Discuss

[Michael Bailey]

> "A man's character is his fate" with special reference to Slothrop.
>


let's see,
 if a man's character is his fate then is a man's fate his character?
that is to say, depending on what the meaning of "is" is, does fate
equal character and/or vice versa
- is that like a figure/ground thingie - ie:

fate being what happens to a certain particle at a certain trajectory

character, then, being the nature of the particle and its trajectory

all blending into a single gestalt, considered from afar.

that might relate to Slothrop to some extent.
I mean, Slothrop qua Slothrop - is in fact a bundle of acquired
characteristics, foisted by outside forces - may as well call them
fate - on Infant Tyrone

and in turn those characteristics  -- that character -- cause him to
gravitate towards certain actions which have consequences, yes...fate