From:	Helge Diernaes <ecocide@***.CBS.DK>
Subject:	Ghost/Sam Relationship
Date:	Mon, 18 Sep 1995 18:05:20 +0200

On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Robert Watkins wrote:

> > As far as I remember, Ghost tolerated Sam, because Ghost was a human and
> > most humans like Dogs.
>
> Not that at all... Ghost was impressed by Sam's cojones and loyalty to his
> friends and the corp he worked for. This formed the grounding for the
> friendship he later showed in the first book, which in turn was spoiled as
> Sam and Sally got on together.

Cannot dispute that. But are you sure our opinions diverge that much? As
far as I'm concerned, Sam displayed very much Dog behaviour, which you
claim to be the factor that founded their friendship. I personally cannot
put a sharp "No that at all" fence between the liking of a displayed
behaviour and the liking of the being that displays that behaviour.
Ofcourse, if Sam had been acting as to fool his surroundings, these
concepts would not be similar, but as Sam did not decieve Ghost, I
believe the borderline between the concepts to be rather blurred.

> When Sam left Sally Tsung, Ghost became less
> distant. Pure and simple, and nothing to do with any Totem mysticism (the
> relationship between Sam's sister and Ghost was the reverse of what people
> have been saying... Ghost used images and stereotypes of Wolf to spur on
> Sam's sister, not the other way around)
>
Once again, I cannot completely disagree with you. But what came first, the
egg or the chicken? As you will remember, Ghost at first refused to help Sam
keeping an eye on his sister, but changed his mind when Sam told that she
was Wolf Totem, which also is Ghosts totem. I do not think that Ghost would
have bothered had he not felt a certain kinship towards Janice, because of
their shared totem.

--
Regards,

Silhouette
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