Re: JCO: An Encounter with the Blind

Hi, Laurie: Yes, control is a very important theme. When we get to the BY
THE NORTH GATE story "Legacy" we'll see a very odd scene toward the middle where
someone quietly steps on someone else's foot during an important
conversation. It seems to be a weird sex/power gesture. Cigarettes play an important
part too, twice in the story.
Cyrano

In a message dated 9/5/2004 10:54:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
laurie@betteredit.net writes:

<< The boy is a desperado who has learned what he
needs to do to get by. The Senator is a man who needs
to be in control. He doesn't mind so much the
anonymous accident of a bear attack, but can't stand
the thought of a person getting to him.
There may or may not have been sex in that half
hour, but the main thing is that the boy got through
to the Senator in a way he resented.
At the end of the story, the Senator decides to
give the knife back; he tries to restore himself to
the role of decision-maker. Much as buying a round of
drinks or waving another driver forward at an
intersection might be an act of control rather than
kindness or courtesy.
>>
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