new member (spoilers)

Jason Ingram · 02 Apr 2001, 01:35 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Jason Ingram <jingram at usc.edu>
Subject: (whorl) new member (*spoilers*)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 01:35:47
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(There are some minor *spoilers* below.)

Hello, I'm new to this list and wanted to introduce myself.  I've=20
managed to work through the most recent archive, and so will limit=20
myself to a couple of simple questions until I've been able to scour=20
the rest.

--The second ring, the one Oreb brings to "Horn" in RTW, changes in=20
form.  I didn't know quite what to make of that, and would be=20
interested in others' views.  The fact that the ring changes would=20
seem to possess minor significance, but I'm not sure what that might=20
be.

--I was curious about mixed references to "Horn's" eye(s) in earlier=20
volumes; based on RTW I hypothesize the following: "Horn" gives an=20
eye to Pig, returns to Blue, and functions with one eye at times, and=20
either uses or wears the mechanical eye that he later gives to=20
Maytera Marble at other times.  Have I missed something here?

One fact I unearthed in researching hyacinth: the plant can be used=20
as Pig fodder.  (apropos of the Who song, it is also called 'water=20
lily'.)

Incidentally, I can see only an ironic reference--regarding=20
hyacinth--to TSEliot's _The Waste Land_, in that the scene in the=20
hyacinth garden references paralysis and failed communication.=20
However,  some interpreters have argued the opposite.

The theme of mixing memory and desire is another matter.

Happy to have found the list,
Jason

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