> Dillon was the product
> of his background as all of Thompson's characters
are.
> He is brutal because of the hopelessness of
his
> circumstance.
This is where we have our disagreement--I see Dillon's brutal
nature due to a severe personality flaw--as highlighted
throughout the book of his being a hardluck guy who keeps
making the worse of his situations.Every woman he ends up
with is a worse slob tramp than the one before (even if she
isn't), every situation turns to crap on him-- it's not
because of the hopelessness of his situations (since he
create it), but due to his broken personality. Where I agree
with you wholeheartedly is the depth of Thompson's
writing.
--Dave Z.
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