IV - chapter 19 page 348 - 350

[Bekah]

Good insights,  Laura.

I figured Doc just felt that he knew enough and was happy to get out  
with Coy's life restored.   Bigfoot has more at stake what with it's  
being his partner who was killed.   This part of the ending seemed  
right to me.

Bekah


On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:02 AM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:

> What about the exchange between Doc and Denis on p. 350:
>
> "Bigfoot's not my brother," Doc considered when he exhaled, "but he  
> sure needs a keeper."
>
> "It ain't you, Doc."
>
> "I know.  Too bad, in a way."
>
> Doc seems wistful that he's hopping off the investigatory  
> bandwagon.  Bigfoot's no longer seeking revenge or profit; he just  
> needs to know.  He's been bitten by Golden Fang fever, as Doc was.   
> Maybe he'll go on to become a whistleblower.  That's my reading of  
> this exchange, anyway.  I think most of us would agree that  
> Bigfoot's never been portrayed as an in-your-face Bad Guy.  He and  
> Doc exchange info in that archetypical cop-and-PI relationship found  
> in Chandler and other noir fiction/film.  There was a sense through  
> the book that Doc's actions were driven by a need to know, but now  
> it appears that all he was interested in was assuring the safety of  
> Shasta, Coy and other people he cared about.  That's not a bad  
> motivation, but there's something sad in his decision to stop  
> pushing for answers.  The torch is taken up by Bigfoot.  In the end,  
> Doc's more Slothrop than Oedipa.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
>
>>
>> On Jan 8, 2010, at 6:22 AM, Bekah wrote:
>>> As they leave the parking lot Doc notices Bigfoot's car trailing the
>>> operatives, still trailing the dope.  Bigfoot continues to hunt for
>>> Adrian, the "employer" of his partner's killer,  and there are still
>>> lots of questions to be answered.
>>
>> 'Scuse me for asking, but isn't Adrian Prussia already dead? Sez on
>> page 330 that A.P. re-emerged, threatening Doc with permanent damage
>> only to fall on his face in the street. The book sez "Dead enough." I
>> think Bigfoot's pursuit of the Woody has more to do with profit
>> motives than with revenge.
>>
>>
>

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