IVIV, more lost innocence. Is IV a Paradise Lost? p.38

alice wellintown alicewellintown at gmail.com
Mon Sep 7 08:22:17 CDT 2009


> It seems Doc shares some of Stray's ideas. Doc may not be an angel,
> and he may have his flaws, but his decision to save Coy and give
> Amethyst her dad back does seem to be just such a moment of uncompensated
> kindness. It would certainly be difficult to argue that Doc in this
> particular instance acts out of anything but pure kindness, sentimental
> PI that he is.

It's actually fairly easy to argue since the text makes the argument
for us: the best place to start is p.314 but there are several other
scenes that expose Doc's delussions of some higher calling or
vocation. Who is he working for if he working for himslef? It doesn't
matter. What is he working for?



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