little doper reminder from GR

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Fri Oct 30 11:21:18 CDT 2009


I think a large part of why the setting matters is that this is as
close to "home" that Slothrop has gotten (or gets) since he was
kidnapped at the Casino.  The war is officially over, so he should be
returned home.  And he sees Mickey Rooney, a sort of emblem of the
American male youth.  And instead of surrendering, and thus getting a
free ride home, he hides and escapes back into the zone.

Mark Kohut  wrote:
> The huge stash of dope--a kilogram of Nepalese hashish-- which Slothrop learns exists in Section 7, In The Zone part of GR is kept in a compound where the Potsdam Conference is happening!
> Gotta matter.



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