Post by mccoyxyz on Jul 31, 2010 11:45:11 GMT -5
To Col Neubauer I felt absolute disgust, loathing, as he systematically larded his files with ridiculous carbon copies, all designed to show the (approaching) Americans he was such a wonderful person; meantime, offloading the horror onto Weber.
Weber's exact rank is never given, (in the translation I saw anyhow), he is always just Storm Leader. This could be Unter (2nd Lt), Ober (1st Lt) or Haupt (Capt). From the context, he was almost certainly a captain. With Weber, I felt a sense of kinship, of being inside his head, seeing the world through his eyes, even to the point of predicting several of his moves.
It was not until much later I understood this. The Col was a metaphor for my parents, with that SO good act at church, convincing the world (or so they thought), how wonderful they were. I was Weber, ignoring the hypocritical nonsense on high, simply following my own strategy.
Col N is taken into US custody. In the final death orgy, Weber is killed by 509 using the smuggled pistol.
The ending struck me as so perfect. Weber permitted to depart the lamentable planet; Col N having to hang around and face the wrath of the Americans. And years later, when I read about Thanatos, I understood that reaction in myself.
For what it's worth, I reread it about four years ago, got the exact same reaction. So, how is it possible to feel such a sense of kinship with the enemy? Does that mean shared or similar experience trumps things like what side you were on?
Weber's exact rank is never given, (in the translation I saw anyhow), he is always just Storm Leader. This could be Unter (2nd Lt), Ober (1st Lt) or Haupt (Capt). From the context, he was almost certainly a captain. With Weber, I felt a sense of kinship, of being inside his head, seeing the world through his eyes, even to the point of predicting several of his moves.
It was not until much later I understood this. The Col was a metaphor for my parents, with that SO good act at church, convincing the world (or so they thought), how wonderful they were. I was Weber, ignoring the hypocritical nonsense on high, simply following my own strategy.
Col N is taken into US custody. In the final death orgy, Weber is killed by 509 using the smuggled pistol.
The ending struck me as so perfect. Weber permitted to depart the lamentable planet; Col N having to hang around and face the wrath of the Americans. And years later, when I read about Thanatos, I understood that reaction in myself.
For what it's worth, I reread it about four years ago, got the exact same reaction. So, how is it possible to feel such a sense of kinship with the enemy? Does that mean shared or similar experience trumps things like what side you were on?
