TMoP: Pattern

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Tue Sep 30 07:26:08 CDT 2008


These lines speak of a beastliness in D.  He admits just earlier that
he's unfit for humanity, and just after this he says that he's been
for a while beyond or without (I don't remember) shame in his writing
and now in his actions.  The border between the two has been breached.
 Is he acting like a character in one of his books?  Or is he
observing his own now unfettered actions for material to write about?

In some sense in this small little scene he has just raped a child,
and is in the process of cannibalizing his dead son.

David Morris

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> D.  stares at her with "what can only be nakedness" after which she "flees the room." ...   "he will not forget and may even one day rework into his writing."
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