relatives of grigori, Pointsman, Slothrop

[alice wellintown]

For whatever reason, or lack of it, I've alway connected Slothrop with
Invisible Man. There are the paint factory scenes in both novels,
where organized & slave labor is a theme,  and where Whiteness is the
80,000 pound whale in the room. But the apparent madness of these men,
like the "madness" of Cheif Bromden, and how they are subjected to
trials that, as they are made known to the protagonist, make them
neither tragic nor comic figures, but myhtological figures. To these
we would add Shadrack of Morrison's Sula (1973); he too is a vicitm of
war (like Bromden and Slothrop he a Veteran of World War) and like
Bromden, at least. a voctim of genocide. His national suicide day is
also a fprm of passive resistance. His name, alluded to by MLK in his
famous letter from jail in Birmingham, is biblical. Morrison's use of
names, Pilot is a fine example from Song of Solomon,  are worth
investigating as well.

Pulpa Gallega...and Paella Valencia with Lobster today; hope I don't
get that nasty rash again.

I'm quite pround to have been blacklisted from everyhing...even the
anarchists rejected me.

Good luck finding a job, Dave. Maybe if you posted a resume here we
could help you out. Or send it to us offlist or whatever...

T&A