Re: through a Glass darkly
SonikSka (SonikSka@aol.com)
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 01:49:24 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 98-01-18 16:36:54 EST, scottie writes:
<< I can't offhand recall any of his protagonists
seriously worried about finding work, or having enough money
or being unattractive or having to face a wasting illness.
Their troubles are the troubles of the greatly favoured. >>
i don't understand why that is an issue that would be a problem in his
work...that doesn't matter in relation to the overall 'right-ness' of the
book--i mean, F&Z is hardly a book of that nature. if JDS were to have thrown
in a random set of troubled circumstances it would have taken away--no,
annihilated--the entire 'point' [although indeed, i am loathe to say 'point'].
'the troubles of the greatly favoured'? with all due respect, scottie: so
what? the complete lack of any extraneous influences on the characters is
what makes them so pure. they are allowed to develop as individuals facing
what is, for lack of a better term, a spiritual crisis. i must say that in
all of the times i have read F&Z, that thought had never crossed my mind. i
suppose it is valid, but why does it matter? besides, who wants to read about
The Struggle Of Man Against The Odds all the time? i guess i don't understand
your point.
bethany