Babbie

James Wynn · 18 Mar 2009, 19:28 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:28:16 -0500
Subject: (urth) Babbie
References: <W355431990244431237403877@webmail39>
Message-ID: <4157CDEBEFDD466CA3EB7956CB1116A9@eMachinePC>

>I guess I can sort of swallow, chokingly, the idea that
>Horn became a neighbor in the pit as Stu describes.

No, no, no. The Neighbor in the form of a greenbuck whom Horn was chasing 
when he kilt hisself _became_ _Horn_: reanimating him and taking on his 
identity. Neighbors seem to be more morally sensitive than humans because 
the Neighbor feels such great guilt over killing Horn (as he sees it) that 
he spends almost the entire novel coming to terms with it.

J

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