VLVL Vond in love

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Toby G Levy wrote:
> 
> I don't pretend to be a psychologist, but from what I've experienced and
> read about control freaks is that they are not in love with other people;
> they are in love with their ability to make other people do their
> bidding.  Is there a more classic control freak in Vineland than Brock
> Vond?

How about Ralph Wayvone? His business associates insist that he's not
enough of a control freak for the job he's in, but Ralph goes to great
pains to get DL in a  Japanese brothel with Brock Vond. He even films
the encounter. He hopes to add it to his DL scrap book.  How about
Takeshi? Sister Rochelle? Brock is hardly the classic control freak in
this book. How about Vietnamese Bitch? Justin, son of Frenesi and Flash?
Flash? 
Frenesi is a control freak too. Rex? 


> 
> On page 69, in response to reports of Vond's depression due to his loss
> of control over Frenesi, all Frenesi can say is "What a wacko."  After
> she is freed from his charismatic control, she feels not a whit of
> sentiment for him, no sympathy, no desire, no NOTHING!


Sure she does.  Frenesi is afraid of him. At last, she has seen the
Light. 
More than we can say for the rest of them. More importantly, at novels
end Prairie is ready to be controlled by him.