His injury by the vulture is also one of the reasons he is able to become close with Crane; his hurt ankle serves as a pretext for Crane to give him the wrapping, etc. So the vulture serves an importance narrative purpose as well. Also, Wolfe seems to have a thing with lame protagonists. Weer, Severian, Silk ... not sure why that is.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 1:49 PM, James Wynn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">crushtv@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On 10/28/2011 12:43 PM, larry miller wrote:<br>
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yeah I was wondering about the woman too. Surely most of the visions<br>
presented to Silk have connections with events in the book (Silk<br>
seeing lights beneath his feet is him seeing the stars out the window<br>
of the Whorl for example) so just who was the woman? Any thoughts?<br>
Also the patch of skin found on the roof, any thoughts on this?<br>
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IIRC, It was a rabbit killed by the gyrevulture. When Silk picked it up, he was attacked. Musk what coursing his hawk with rabbits earlier or maybe later in the story. Now, you'll ask, why did Wolfe put a gyrevulture at the top of Blood's roof? What narrative value did it offer? It breaks up the narrative and provides some action. Also, I think it had a role in a thematic reference that Wolfe was weaving into the story.<br>
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