Mark asks:
>Out of curiosity, where was the redemption in Jones
Men?
>Perhaps you're talking about personal redemption,
though?
Indeed, that's more what I meant, I just didn't express that
very well. But note that the cops will continue their jobs
despite that feeling of futility. I guess I find that
admirable, in a sense, and more globally the first step
towards finding long-term answers to problems like drug
dealers, postitution, murder etc that (specifically) these
cops encounter as an everyday reality. Running away doesn't
solve anything.
>Really? I thought the ending of Bullet was one of
redemption as the
>main characters turn their backs on corrupt society
and go off to >build
and define their new family.
It has been a couple of years, and there were many things I
disliked about BULLET. Did you really get the sense that
these utterly damaged people were going to somehow become
functioning members of society, any society? I didn't. Not
even a society where they create their own rules, since it
would have to work in conjuction with the corrupt society
they were fleeing from. I much prefer when the characters
attempt to find their niche from within that society.
Maybe redemption does not always have to be there for me to
enjoy a novel, but it is a preference.
Keith Logan
"Apr賠avoir choisi on se contente du hasard de son existence
et on peut l'aimer"
- A. de Saint-Exup鲹
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