I think we have a different view of what is political and
what is not. I see the decision of what kind of car a person
drives as a very political one. One's car is a much more
important comment about status than are their shoes or
trousers. Very few things a person does fails to telegraph
their political pov. I don't see much of a break between a
person's political attitude and the rest of their lives.
Certainly a writer, intentionally or not cannot fail to
expose their political views in all their work. Whether we're
talking about Thompson or Wodehouse both are making valid and
pointed political statements. With those two, I suspect they
were in agreement most of the time as different as their work
appears on the surface.
Patrick King
--- Michael Robison <
miker_zspider@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Patrick King wrote:
>
> I'm sorry it seems a stretch to you. It seems
like
> ordinary plot line analysis to me. If a character
is
> not a symbol for human condition that many
can
> relate
> to, why include him?
>
> ***********
> You're simply begging the question by choosing
to
> define everything as political.
>
> miker
>
>
>
>
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