VLVL The Pisk Sisters--JAPs?

[davemarc]

From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>

> How many poor women were in college then? The Mouth Sisters
> were never poor and they aren't now.

Were they in college? On page 194, the narrator says, "Back then they had
roved the country together in a loose low-visibility convoy of older midsize
sedans, pickups with and without camper shells, an Econoline van for
equipment, and a dinged and chromeless but nonetheless kick-ass Sting
Ray...."

As for the question of their poor, I don't believe anyone has claimed that
they're from a poor background. I've merely been resisting characterizing
them as "privileged" at this point in the book, especially based on the
"evidence" being offered. Terrance writes "they were probably the daughters
of the 'true Middle class' or privileged college professionals." I certainly
am open to their being somewhere in the middle class, but I don't simple
associate middle class status with "true privileged status." As for their
being daughters of "privileged college professionals" (as Terrance writes),
that's not in the passages discussed to this point as far as I can see. I'm
open to more evidence, and I understand that we may differ even in the
absence of any additional evidence.

I'm glad we agree on the Owlglass-Pisk comparison.

Peace,

d.