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In article <1e5gu9INNjfs@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale) writes:
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|In a previous article, sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com (Fred Welden) says:
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|>But he does not have a redeeming "soft" side, where we see that he is
|>capable of gentleness and affection, because he is not capable of
|>gentleness and affection.  He is severely damaged goods in that regard,
|>and this is in fact one of the character traits I wanted to explore in
|>writing the book.
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|That's very interesting, and piques my curiosity.  What about _receiving_
|affection or kindness?  Is he capable of that?  How does he react to
|kindness from others?

(This discussion seems to start sail perilously close the wind as far as
the group's charter goes.  Next, you'll have me posting the entire text
of REMOTE CONTROL. :)

Funny you should ask.  The two people who show Asher (the protagonist)
real kindness and affection are two pivotal characters in the book--
one is an old acquaintance who tries to get Asher to stop taking drugs
(for a while) and take a sober look at the events that are frightening
him, and the other is the psychiatrist who treats him after his arrest.
Asher doesn't intellectually understand the actions of either character,
but both cause him to undergo extreme emotional catharses.

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--Fred, or another blind 8th-century BC  |  sasafw@dobo.unx.sas.com
        Hellenic poet of the same name.  |