# narrator in Fifth Head *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 02 Apr 1998* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Ron Crown, St. Louis University *02 Apr 1998, 08:55* Further clues on narrator's identity: The name of his clone-sister is Jeanine; by the naming convention for siblings we see elsewhere in Wolfe (e.g. Severian-Severa), this should make the narrator "Jean." Technically, this becomes "John" in English but the French pronunciation of "Jean" is similar to English "Gene." (Note also the story "Procreation" in Endangered Species where two narrators, "Gene" and his sister, appear allowing Wolfe to pun on the story's theme of creation). For the last name "Wolfe," we have the name of the house where the narrator lives, "Maison du chien;" "chien" means "dog" normally but can also mean "wolf" (I checked). The thought occurs to me, if the narrator's name is Jean, then what is his brother's name, who is presumably also a clone. I think that it's reasonable to suppose the clones are numbered; indeed, the title should alert us to that. Then, the narrator is Jean-5? and his brother is Jean 6? (I can't remember if the brother is younger or older). Ron Crown crownrw at slu.edu --- ### Pedro Jorge Romero *02 Apr 1998, 18:54 · follows Ron Crown, St. Louis University* > The thought occurs to me, if the narrator's name is Jean, then what is > his brother's name, who is presumably also a clone. I think that it's > reasonable to suppose the clones are numbered; indeed, the title should > alert us to that. Then, the narrator is Jean-5? and his brother is > Jean 6? (I can't remember if the brother is younger or older). First time in here. Just to say that my idea was always that the brother was not a clone but rather a control in the experiment. But, who is Number 1? Great list. Always fun to read. Best Pedro Jorge ---