“You couldn’t say his father didn’t try to get along with people for all that he really couldn’t”: A Response to Lou Levov
Lou Levov, the Swede’s father, is hard to like and hard to dislike all at once. The first time we see him he is a father “for whom everything is an unshakable duty, for whom there is a right way and a wrong way and nothing in between”. He is a breed of Jewish fathers who want [...]
Posted at 11:31 am on December 11, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Miscellaneous Responses | read on
“We are none of us enough”: Chaos as a Rule
When the Swede calls his brother Jerry to relay the events of his last meeting with Merry, in which he learned about the rape and the traveling and the newfound Jainism, Jerry does what seems unthinkable: he scolds him. He tells the Swede that he should have either dragged Merry home or left her there [...]
Posted at 11:36 am on December 10, 2009 | leave a comment | Filed Under: Miscellaneous Responses | read on
