horn to silk

maa32 · 02 Jul 2002, 17:30 · from urth-v0207.mbox · original

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From: maa32 <maa32 at dana.ucc.nau.edu>
Subject: (urth) horn to silk
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:30:00 -0700
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Hi Steve.  In response to your statement that you liked the narrator of IGJ=20
and RTW, but not the one of OBW, I totally agree that they are actually=20
different people.  I have explained the change to my own satisfaction on th=
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list - the majority of Horn leaves the narrator at the end of OBW when he=20
slumbers under the big tree and flees into Babbie (that weird scene where h=
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believes he IS Babbie - a beast with three "horns" - note how babbie treats=20
Horn's son at the end of Return to the Whorl on Urth - he is mean until he=20
recognizes him, then he bear hugs him and points at his "horns" to indicate=20
his name)- since the trees are the "gods" or creators, to some degree of th=
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vanished people, they have their powers of transmigration.  Many, many peop=
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disagree with me, but I maintain that the entire change in narration suppor=
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my ideas - this is where the narrator's voice changes - right after he says=20
goodbye to everyone and then Silk awakens - and the outlook of the narrator=20
becomes positive RIGHT away - he claims his text was too negative, and that=
 he=20
should have said how much Hari mau smiled, etc.  I have a lot of other idea=
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about the trees and their importance which have already been posted - but I=20
just thought I'd restate that one for you.
Marc Aramini

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