BLUE -- Jahlee, Chota, narrator/protagonist

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From: Latro1 at aol.com
Subject: (whorl) BLUE -- Jahlee, Chota, narrator/protagonist
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 21:17:49 EDT
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1. I loved the passage where the Rajan of Gaon compares Jahlee to=20
a chameleon-like lizard and Evensong says "They catch insects with=20
their tongues." Jahlee replies "We do the same, rani." I took this to
mean the inhumi ensnare humans with words, which is a wonderful,
chilling joke on Jahlee's part. Especially when you find out about
the lander.

2. Did you notice how Horn/Silk/Babbie's emotional distance from=20
Evensong changed throughout the later part of the book? First he=20
calls her Chota, which is just her nickname, then Evensong,=20
then back to Chota and finally "the Hannese girl." Could these=20
be clues to identity of the narrator?

3. Speaking of the narrator, perusing the list of Proper Names in the=20
Text, we see that Horn is the protagonist of the book, but the
Rajan of Gaon is the narrator.

4. I also peeked back at Gods, Persons, and Animals Mentioned in
the Text for the last three Long Sun books and in Calde of the Long=20
Sun, Horn is listed as "the student punished by ROSE for imitating
Silk." Foreshadowing?

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