VLVL2 work
Tim Strzechowski
dedalus204 at comcast.net
Sat Jul 19 23:06:23 CDT 2003
>
> The "message" which those dream-pigeons are bringing him in the opening
> paragraph of the novel, a message which he "understood" is "almost surely
> connected" to his receiving mental-disability benefits and the way he has
to
> qualify for these, is a wake-up call from Zoyd's own conscience.
>
"Is" is a pretty strong verb there, Rob. This is literature. Not too much
is an absolute. Let's just say "suggests" and leave it at that, no?
Respectfully,
Tim
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