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  • From: RHONDA MCDONNELL <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com>
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  • Subject: Re: [percy-l] a couple more comments on Part I of the slow read.
  • Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:15:28 +0000

Good observation Janet, and good to hear from you on the list! I get some spidey-sense tingles that Rita has some designs that aren’t wholly wholesome. I’ve always wondered about that, but then I don’t think that Percy intended it to be how it reads to me in 2025. I think that he probably intended Rita to be a mentor figure only, but knowing what I know about the sonnets, it’s hard for me to see them as neutral. 

Anyone else with thoughts?

Rhonda
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On Jun 18, 2025, at 5:53 PM, honeyjbc1 <honeyjbc AT gmail.com> wrote:



Anyone want to comment about why Rita and Kitty share Shakespeare Sonnets?


People feeling better in hurricanes on page 23 reminded me of The Moviegoer when accidents or other unpleasant surprises relieve the malaise.


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