M&D new question

[Becky Lindroos]

On Jan 13, 2015, at 12:12 PM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
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> What do you think of the idea that, maybe to Cherrycoke, the Uniting of the States itself (the artifice of it, or...?) contains some ominous potential, maybe regarding slavery?  Maybe he understood that the line's role would change from an simple separator of two distinct sovereignties (one with slaves, one without...), to a sublimated, buried, so more dangerous element of a larger identity (from schism to schiz-...)?

I think we have to keep reading to find out - I don’t remember slavery as being any kind of a theme or motif in the book but it might be there to discerning readers -  ??

Bekah 
who gave herself that online name after reading M&D the first time back in ?? - (there were too many Beckys in my groups back then)  


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