(urth) Like a good Neighbor
James Wynn
crushtv at gmail.com
Sun Nov 20 16:19:20 PST 2011
>> James Wynn wrote:
>> Arguing about whether Horn died when he fell in to the pit? Come on.
>> Seawrack is the witness. She doesn't even feel the need to justify
>> her assessment even after Horn return alive. She's been a carrion
>> eater. She knows dead things.
>
> Antonio:
> All drowned ones. No, if you want to take as evidence any character's
> impression on this, I don't think Seawrack cuts it. But maybe Babbie
> does on account of his psychicness - the same that makes it odd that a
> Neighbour should be out of touch with other Neighbours. . And there's
> the issue of whether he could have physically survived the fall.
Well, Babbie agreed with Seawrack. If you want to argue that it is
impossible for a Neighbor to be out of touch with other Neighbors, fine.
I don't see it, but have at it. Horns death and resurrection is a
mystery in the novel. But whether it happened is not.
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