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