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[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Has nobody before made the connection between Marsch and Marshmen? I'm sure
somebody must have (it's an obvious sort of Wolfean wordplay), but I can't
recall anyone doing so.


On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
> On 01/09/2014 22:32, Marc Aramini wrote:
>
> One more quick point - when the barrier around ste Anne falls, Sandwalker
> asks his mother what color his eyes are "now". Of course she answers that
> eyes are green, but this , coupled with the strange mitotic imagery in the
> eyes of the creature Marsch shoots , and the pits known as the eye and the
> other eye,  is at least enough to hint that one character in an allegorical
> story is concerned that his eyes have actually changed color from something
> happening on Ste. Anne. ( and the shadow children grabbing the marsh men by
> the eyes to ride them ........)
>
>  The piece about green eyes is a bit clunky; I interpret it simply as
> Wolfe hammering home the point that green eyes are a characteristic by
> which we may identify abos.  As for the water buffalo-like creature that
> Marsch shoots, I find Marsch's explanation reasonable.  Incidentally, the
> Shadow Children are indicated to grab the Marshmen by the hair, a;though
> they do gouge out the eyes of one of them.
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
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