Re: Grip thoughts (SPOILERS)

[mol@bartlet.df.lth.se (Magnus Olsson)]

In article <erkyrathEor1xx.Eu@netcom.com>,
Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath@netcom.com> wrote:

Let me first say that I agree with most everything that Andrew says,
except that I don't think the main problem bothering Terry is his
relationship with his father - it's the most important part of it,
and Terry probably believes that it is the root of his problems,
but I felt that the main problem was what Terry has done to
himself, and that Terry is aware of that, and also that he blames
his father for it.

The following is a bit pedantic, but I think it has *some*
relevance for the interpretation of the story:

>aspects of personality (abstract
>versus verbal, or what's annoyingly labelled "left-brain" versus
>"right-brain".)

Unless a fit of premature senility has robbed me of my memory, I think
that verbal/linguistic capabilites are based in the *left* hemisphere.

So I wouldn't call the two alternative Fit 4's "math" vs. "verbal",
but rather "math" (or "logic") vs. "intuitive" ("intuitive" for
lack of a better catch-phrase). 

It only just opccured to me, btw, that there is one "left-brain"
puzzle in the "right-brain" Fit, and vice versa: I'm referring to the
strands-and-balance puzzle and the "sloping rooms" puzzle,
respectively. Or am I just imagining things?

>Oh, and I don't see anything particularly redeeming in the father. When he
>hits you, and then looks shocked and apologetic, I read that as classic
>abuse behavior. It may be sincere, but he'll do it again. 

Indeed, but we must keep in mind that all this is Terry's subjective
memories of his father.
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