Slothrop's deconstruction, beginning on p.231 (Bantam)

[David Morris]

Way  back in the 2nd MD reading here, I also noted a creature with
many parallels to Slothrop:  the mechanical duck.

1.  He was constructed/engineered to perform for its maker.
2.  He broke free, escaped from, his maker.
3.  He went on a journey.
4.  He eventually disappeared.

I'd say the duck is a clear case of transcendence over his maker's
intentions.  The Golem is a similar case, a Frankenstein's monster who
became more than his creator's intentions.

David Morris

2009/3/20 János Székely <miksaapja at gmail.com>:
> Imho Slothrop's deconstruction begins in St. Veronica (when he is
> released, he notices that some things from his past "must be outside
> his memory", p. 115), or even earlier ("A lot of stuff prior to 1944
> is getting blurry now").