This is so illuminating -- the parallel is so obvious to me now that you have articulated it, but it had not occurred to me before. Thanks, Pamelalass. -- LJG Discussion board

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Date Posted: 18:14:48 09/14/07 Fri
Author: CatherineM.
Subject: This is so illuminating -- the parallel is so obvious to me now that you have articulated it, but it had not occurred to me before. Thanks, Pamelalass.
In reply to: pamelalass 's message, "Thanks Jane! Wow, if he did have something with this Everett, he has suffered the deaths of two lovers, and the betrayal by Percy, before he's even 30. His mourning for Hector seems deeper and more permanent than anything except his impossible love for Jamie. I think John's alone-ness is one of the aspects of this character that affects me the most. Such a paradox -- he's quite in demand socially, yet quite isolated by circumstances from sharing himself fully as a friend. This is one of the things I think he and Jamie have in common - - that their sense of responsibility for others, and duty to uphold honor and preserve a facade of strength and control, often separates them from the men around them. They will always have a care for their loved ones and comrades before themselves, and in John's case this means his secrecy and discretion are more than just self-serving; they are shielding his family from shame and dishonor as well, and he never questions the burden of it." on 17:17:03 09/14/07 Fri

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Why thank you, Cathy. In the later books I sense that these two men, so different in many ways, come to recognize this fundamental similarity, and to appreciate this about each other. It's perhaps one reason why their bonds of friendship actually seem to strengthen in the later novels when they are not even living on the same continent, or in the same colony, through their correspondence, because each is isolated to some extent by the burden of leadership and/or information that must not be shared with others. (NT) -- pamelalass, 06:11:47 09/15/07 Sat

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