Date: Mon, 03 Nov 1997 22:33:52 -0800
From: "Thad Q. Alexander" <rattler-AT-inreach.net>
Subject: Re: PLC: GT, Thad, stuph, and compliments.


Ya never know about George! He is a card. :-)
Hey, thanks for the inside scoop on your Quixote project! I Anxiously await for
a copy of your sources. Damn, you got me wondering about this Franz Kafka guy.
What does he mean when he approaches the character of Sancho Panza as the
creator of the character Quixote?

"...his demon thereupon set out in perfect freedom on the maddest exploits,
which,
however, because they lacked a pre-determined object (which should have been
Sancho Panza himself), harmed nobody."

I know this is a philosophical approach, but I do not understand. It sounds
damn interesting though, even if I can't yet make heads or tails of it! I guess
I would have to read in full Kafka, but I have so much on my plate now dealing
with the literary interpretations. Still... :-)
Me

Kevin Goetz wrote:

> I thought that George was delivering a tremendous compliment to Thad.  The
> childs mind is the mind that does what it loives, loves what it does, and
> is good at what it loves and does, all at once.  Craythur aside, and all of
> the blank stared undergraduates (which I run into when I TA Ethics, as
> well), Love is what stops the stare from being blank, and a brilliant shine
> in the eyes was all I heard George of accusing Thad of.  Sounds good to me.
>
> I concur with George, Thad.  From one (slightly grown) youngster to
> another, if that happiness is the happiness of youth, even if 'they' do let
> you grow up, please choose not to. :)
>
> Hoping others read it similarly,
>
> Kevin Goetz
> SUNY Oneonta
> goetks21-AT-snyoneva.cc.oneonta.edu
>
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