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

[Marc Aramini]

... believe themselves to be the other, Sandwalker and the Landers.

That ending probably makes more sense grammatically.


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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