Re: Class without a bell for dismissal

No, definitely he's not capable of that kind of destruction. But I think Lane's character throws a monkey wrench into Vonnegut's prophecy of doom and gloom ("we have been conquered").

Lane's charming, and he's self-absorbed, but what distinguishes him from a PP? There's the capability of destruction, but that's not a characteristic that's evident right away. How is Vonnegut to make such a distinction? Lane strikes me as a "gloriously normal" cad, but <i>heck, there are gloriously normal people who go to Charm School to develop all the telltale signs of a sociopath.</i>

It's possible that the need to "save" someone from something like sociopathy is also indicative of a deep lack of self-respect, however, it's also possible that the St. Francis type wants to save someone he or she loves from believing that charm is an end itself.

Most tragically, Bessie and almost everyone else were quite taken with Lane as a "charm boy."

luke

oh yeah, thanks for the tip on the italics, Jim. i'm enjoying messing around with them

-------Original Message-------
From: James Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu>
Sent: 07/10/03 12:42 PM
To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
Subject: Re: Class without a bell for dismissal

>
> Wait...wait...dangit, what're ya doing talking about Salinger here, of
all places :).

Lane's probably a good example of the self absorbed type, but I'm not
sure he was a psychopathic personality. Do you think he was really
capable of causing the destruction associated with them in the article?
I realize I didn't quote from that paragraph, but the paragraph
preceeding the one I quoted from described them as being able to wreck
people's lives, wreck corporations, wrech nations all the while thinking
they're saints.

Lane seemed too tame. I could be wrong.

I believe that the St. Francis thing may be another possible motivation,
though, in any case. The woman is trying to "save" him -- that what you
mean?

Jim

jlsmith3@earthlink.net wrote:

>"PPs are very much self absorbed, and to be attracted to that type of
person for any length of time is usually an indication of self absorption, or
a complete lack of self respect."
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>or the St. Francis of Assisi thing, maybe. Lane was self-absorbed and
charming.
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>luke
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