Re: JCO: Discussion Question

Thats a great point you bring up. Maybe the whole book is a metaphor for a much larger idea. After reading the book I did get the impression that she was just a spineless victim who is under the Senators spell. With the idea you brought up, it does seem as though there is more to the story. The book was sort of confusing in the fact that JCO was constantly refering back to phrases like "black water filled her lungs and she died". She does slowly die, and could represent how slowly she came under the spell but how fast it killed her.

 
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From: Eric Anderson <erickarl78@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: JCO: Discussion Question

His actions (or lack of actions) lead to her death in that he chose not to tell anyone about the accident. If he had told someone or if he leapt in to bring her out of the car, she might have lived. Do you think of her as a single hapless victim entranced by the power and prestige of the senator or do you think her slow drowning is more a representation of how American society is lulled and slowly drowning in its own obsessively consumerist culture? 
 
eric 
 
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>yes the woman ends up dead but as the book progresses, th! e Senators actions >towards Kelly leads her to her death. 
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