(urth) Overthinking/Underthinking "The Fifth Head of Cerberus"

[Marc Aramini]

The end of "A Story" hinges on a very ambiguous switch: indeterminacy
between Lander and aboriginal, indeterminacy between Eastwind and
Sandwalker.  Though of course in the final analysis it is Eastwind and the
abos who actually survive, though both groups believe them to be the other
Sandwalker and the Landers.

The switch for Eastwind is a bite, and in that way it tells the origin
story of the shadow child Marsch.  This is the climax of A Story, and the
climax of the origin as well.


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It is Marsch's origin story overlain on the historical tale.
>
> There is a wonderful scene where the cat is running around trying to bite
> him in the third novella and he narrowly escapes, and both the audience and
> Marsch are unaware of the severe consequences of the bite, giving him a few
> more days.  He is bitten on the major Rogation Day.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I think an important point is being missed here. People keep treating "A
>> Story" as if it were reliable. Give some thought to who wrote it and why
>> and then decide whether (and to what extent) you think it's reliable.
>>
>> --
>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
>>
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