Posted by pwei at haymaker.leeds.wwwcache.ja.net on March 28, 2001 at 21:46:09:
In Reply to: Vain hopes and dreams for Dante Hicks. posted by Bob, the Lord of Evil on March 28, 2001 at 21:27:48:
Hmmm. Not sure. It would add a good dollop of blackness if Dante was still running around in circles in his little Quick Stop. It'd definately add that dimension of what will be will be that all to often rules this little sphere. Maybe he doesn't need to be a hero and escape from the hood. The planet needs Dante Hicks to sell me gatorade and Julies gum, and there's always the chance of him finding contentment and happiness through shelf stacking and price labelling.
The question is what if he does make it out. Will he go to college? Get a career and a dead end job? Why can't he realise that it's not his situation that makes him glum but merely his outlook? Take Randall for instance. Surely it would be more liberating for him to find inner peace than simply a new environment.
ponder I do.
pwei