VLVL Zoyd: good dad or bad dad?

Tim Strzechowski dedalus204 at comcast.net
Mon Apr 12 11:28:52 CDT 2004


Terrance:


>
> What do you make of his predilection for high school girls? (VL.54)
>

I find it telling that Prairie surmises: "Know what I think? [...] you must
have always loved my mom, so much that if it couldt'n be her, it wouldt'n be
anybody" (54).  And even though he doesn't agree with this interpretation of
hers, it kinda smacks of ol' Humbert's Anabelle Leigh syndrome.





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