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American Nisei Biochemist To

Study Mars

■ SUNNYVALE, Caiif. -— Dr.
Vance; Oyama, a Nisei biochemist
at the U.S. National Aeronautics
and Space Administration’s A­
mes laboratory
....... . . .. ..... will be
. conduct
.......
ing experiments °n Murs short­

Martian life as they scratch-the is at . a maximum and nutrients
planet space.
most rich? "
.
Three separate
experiments, - So his soil sample will be incu­
each a complex network of che­ bated first in the tiny porous cell
micals, detectors and analyzers, where nutrient-containing water
will look in different ways for remains close to the soil to keep
signs that microscopic organisms it humid.
ly.
His miniature biological labor­ are. living, breedingand dying in
Then, under radio
command
atory-will be one of two aboard the sands of Mars where temp- from Oyama, himself on earth,
a Viking spacecraft that will he­ teratures range from 75 degrees the soil will be drenched with
ad for Mars this summer to pro- above zero down to 150 degrees “chicken soup,” a nice, rich, wet
be the distant planets.
.below.
,
.
nourishing broth.
'Each' lab will test as broadly
Dr. Oyama’s experiments are -.A small-scale
version of? a
as possible, during a four-month based on his own strong convic­ common analytic instrument caperiod.— and possibly longer — tion that Martian life'will bloom lied a. gas chromatograph - will
for any- recognizable signs of. most prolifioally when moisture detect any signs that microscopic

For Signs

Of Life

Martian bugs _are breathing, ea- the Viking biology experiments
exchan- — manufactured with infinite ca­
ting, reproducing and
ging .gases with their environ- re by TRW Systems of Redondo
Beach—‘is already at Cape Ke­
ment.
in
Oyama will be able to repeat nnedy awaiting installation
payload .
his. experiment, several times, in the Vikng spacecraft
the “humid mode” and in the compartment.
If, when Viking reaches Mais,
“chicken soup” or flooded mode.
Like all other experiments, he the tiny scoop loads of soil re­
will be able to run the same veal nothing, it will only prove .
test after heating his soil sam­ that, the mystery of extra-terre­
ples, to sterilize them complete­ strial life continues tantalizing.
ly — a scientific control meth­ - But, if those Viking instruments
ods to make sure any positive re­ find hugs or germs or microscop­
ic plants — then mankind back
sults are real. The instrument package .for on earth will never he the-same.

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The

Tim Canadian

An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol . XXXIX — 53

Toronto, Ont.

TUESDAY; JULY 8, 1975

Experimental tHouse
50 Years Of Dedication

Tor. J.C. United Church
Honors Mrs. Hide Shimizu

NHK Shies
Japan’s First All Solar Home
Away From
Satisfies Energy Need From Sun
Probing Issues

TOKYO. — An experimental airconditioner, and a hot’ water

house that relies on sun' for mo- supply system.
By
IROBERT
WHYMANT
r
st?of:
its
energy
requirement
des of the B.C. Security Commi­
' It has also a conventional ehas'recently been completed at lectric water heater, which sto­
ssion schools in the evacuation
- TOKYO. — Every two mon­
Soka, Saitama Prefecture. •
res’ hot water only when elect­
centres.
ths, an elderly man with a bulge
ricity
consumption goes . down
The two-story wooden structu­
4. From 1945 since relocation to in his coat pocket < knocks on
during
-the; night, for .use during?
Toronto, Hide has never ceased my door, collects the television re; named “Solar House,” has
winter days when the. solar ener-. :
a

kitchen,

dining/living
:
room,
to work for the welfare of the licence fee, and wants to know,
a^bath: room; a toilet on
the gy absorbing capacity’ of- J the
people.’ At present, she is invol­ if I am still following Hatoko- first floor and one ■ Japanese house goes'down.'
No-Umi,a weepy soap opera .now
ved.in the folloving activities '— on a marathon run. He' is the style and one Western style.;ro­ f The energy -self-sufficiency ra- :
member of the Toronto Japanese man; from NHK (Japan Broad- om on the second floor totaling tes of the house are estimated '
United Church Official Board and casting Corporation) who is' of- 65:7 square .meters ‘ in floor' spa­ at .40 to <50 per- cent for air coo-V
ling. 70 to, 80 per cent for air
United Church. Women, volunt­ ten at the reciving and of criti- ce.

.
It
was
built
by
the
National..
heating, and 70; to 80 per cent for .
'
device
from
his
overcoat
eer worker for the Momiji-Kai, out' of
Land
Development
Technology?
water
jheating. course
of
his
.round.in .the
Director of . Nipponia Home, _ me­
Research
Center
under
the

Sci
­
' A -family of three whose head But if he’s- .expoised to public
mber of the Nisei Women’s Club,- dissatisfaction with , programs ence arid Technology’ -Agency’s is' a staff member of' the Solar
Treasurer of the Japan Fellow­ he rarely ' hears a - protest about program for promoting effective, House development team, is sche­
duled to move into the house .this
ship Club, member of the “Visib­ the licence- fee, and if someone home use of solar energy.
month? ‘
denies
they
have
a
set
he
takes
Its
roof
faces
southward
-and
le Minority Women’’ of the Inteis composed of 21 solar energy ■ - Under -the Science and Tech- ~
out
adevice
from
his
overcoat
iriational Women’s Year and. ppocket: a -mini-detector with a collectors, each made of two rein­ nology Agency’s1 program,’ a - blo­
ther community related projects. 12-yard range. This is the Ja­ forced glass sheets and a . spe­
ck offourtofivesolarhouses
Letteis received from her four, panese method of gentle persu­ cial steel sheet.
is to * be built at an estimated
TORONTO. — On - Sunday, children (Victor; Shimizu of Wi­ asion—- no 'detector vans cruise
T'he. walls, floorings, .and the cost of $40 million during the
June 8th, Mrs. Hide Shimizu, nnipeg, Grace Arai of ( Alaska1, the streets.
z
.. - ^
ceiling ail have - heat insulation, next two years. .
Those who failed to -pay are materials embedded; in them and
a member of the- Toronto Japa­ Tde Shimizu of Ottawa and Do­
According' to an estimate of
the agency; solar houses, if mass .
nese United Church, was hono- rothy Shigeishi of England) all not taken -to court — there -is windows have double panes..
no legal compulsion to pay —- : The house also has two-water produced, will cost 1.5 times moured by the Nisei congregation. expressed the same sentiments.
but the collector is expected to tanks — one for storing hot wa- re than those with conventional
In conjuction with the. 50th<Ann“Hide has always been consci­ exert a little, moral pressure and ter 'and the other, for cold water central heating; systeins . for the .
iversary?;of the United Church ous of the needs of strangers in to appeal to a sense of social re- — a heat absorption cooler, : an time 'being.
ever
of Canada, ? a tribute was paid the midst, and never missed an sponsibility. It is hardly
opportunity
to
be
acquainted
with
necessary
anyway.
More
than
to Mrs; Shimizu for her contri­
them; inviting recent
arrivals,
bution to the church and the from Japan over to /dinner and 99 per cent of households with
television sets - pay ■ without a
community.. Joy and honour "to introducing them ■ to . others- and ’murmer. The; phenomenal hone­
. . ’
TOKYO. — A 54-year old man capped..
Mrs. Shimizu * were given and a help in any possible- way. Hide sty, of Japari’s 2*5,500,000 set ow­ who lost both his ." legs after . 'a, ? He also --received welfare ? pay- beautiful watch was presented by is practical and direct,:, thought­ ners is an integral? and stirring ‘construction accident is on. a .360- ments. generous
and
thrifty, part of .the success story
of
Rev. Ken; Miatsugu: on behalf of ful,
and
hen
principle
of
us­ NHK,'? which formally celebrated mile trip by - wheelchair, covering -But - when his income dropped
the Nisei Church.
ing time wisely kept her active, its 15th anniversary in March.. about 25 miles a day, in search to -about $17 a month, .plagued
i Her accomplishments are ma­ giving her time to various orga­ ; Amid the plethora-of tributes of a new job.
by recession, he: decided - to - head
ny,- but; some of' the highlights nizations.”
to a public /service corporation, > Minoru - Hanawa of Shibukawa, for Osaka. J ~
^of her life are:
• After the service,, a large cr- almost as generously and inter­ about 75 miles northwest of he­
Hanawa-has chosen a scenic .
1. As Miss- Hide Hyodo, she ta­ owd gathered for. a Pot . luck nationally praised. as. the BBC,
re,
set
out
June
.
2
with
a
trans
­
route,
and turns- down offers by _
ught Grade " One in . Steveston, lunch prepared by members and the most impressive .homage of
passersby
-who - want■ to push .his
istor
radio
.and
$170
for
_
Osaka.
B.C. from 1926-1942.
^'
friends. In 1975 as we celebrate the day came from a. senior ethe 50th anniversary of the Uni­ xecutive as we were taking the
“I heard; that there is a fact­ •wheelchair, or truck drivers who .
: 2. In; 1935, she went to Ottawa
ted Church, as well- as the Inter­ elevator in the - ultra-modern ory that employs physically, •han­ want to.give Him-a ride.' - _- together with-.Dr. Ed — Banno, national Women’s Year, we of­
NHK "building in Tokyo. It con­
■ Dr. S.I. Hayakawa and Mr. Mi-. fer our .sincere congratulations
dicapped people,’’ said Hanawa ■ He suffered; a- serious- spinal
cerned the audience. It . was, the
injury in a fall when he was 22.
: nofu Kobayashi regarding - the to Mrs. Hide Shimizu who. has
executive- said, an anniversary of who, until’last February, had e-.
• lack of franchise.for the Japan­ contributed at least 50 years of
publi'loyalty."! think it’s hard aimed more than $70, a month In 1963 he underwent surgery .
ese.
her life to .the church and to for a- Westerner to understand producing television parts ata at' whch time both his legs were
; 3. From 1942-1945,? Hide • was the community, a record which
home for ; the physicallyhandi- amputated.
i - Supervisor of - the Primary gra- is ■ difficult to surpass. .— TJUC

Mrs. Hide Shimizu

Legless In Wheelchair Looks For Job

Page 2

PAGE
2
-.-' • ' ^'- .v-4 . ■•.-.-

Yes, Tokyo Has Its
Ups And Downs

THE

NEW

Fees. . .

Friday, July 4, 1975

CANADIAN

(Gout, from Page One)

the Japanese philosophy of pay­ costs, especially since /the ; oil
crisis/ Mr.- Sakamoto says, poin­
ing licence fees,” he said.
ting
to gaps in the" ceiling whe­
That philosophy has
helped
re
neon
lights have been remo­
keep: NHK in the black for most
ved.
>
operating
“That’s right,” 'OHJ again a- of its history, while
By DON MALONEY
■NHK’s two' television- channels
three
nation-wide
television
cha­
greed. “But I’m not talking abroadcast
18 hours 'a day, start­
TOKYO. — During your first bout the people already1 in the nnel s ( one. educational-),. as well
ing
at
six
in the morning. ~
days in Japan. — if "you in any elevator/including* the button ma­ as " external services in 21.langu­
.
Mr.
"Sakamoto
. insists' that the
ages.' -Largely due, to. the requ­
way resemble a , normal gaijin nager, I‘m talking about
the
organization
is
immune to pre­
isition
of
a
new.
station
in
Oki
­
person — you’re bound to get up others who charge in.”
ssure
from
government
or any
nawa;:
it
had

its
first;
deficit,
tight’'about some’of, those every­
“I - know, I know,” newcomer
4,550
million
yen
(about
$15
mi
­
other
source,principaly
because
day differences here that are^u- assured the OHJ. “I’m getting
not
llion) ..in 1974. But with . costs only the Parliament, and
sually~referred to as “cultural to-them. _
the
government,
has
any
cont
­
mounting,
its
expected
-deficit
shocks.”'
'
- -‘/Now you: know 'there’s :a self, Whether these 'shocks' register app ointed -operator; in every Ja- this- year will be five times as rol "over its budget. That view
two, four, seven, ,'or even more panese elevator -and so do those much with - outlay budgeted at is generally, accepted,' although
NHK
on, your rown personal cultural people who are waiting to get 152,909 . million yen . (about $45 left-wing parties accuse
of following a government -line.
million).
Richter Scale depends entirely in at the next floor.”
Only- two • per. cent of that .will- It is : true . that' the corporation’s
■ upon'■you. I-'mean one man's'tjvo
‘“So?” OJH shrugged.
president is appointed .by . the
is often another man’s 'seven.
“So, they know that at , the come from the, government, in
Prime minister — the present
And, how long your personal instant the last leaver gets off the form of a grant towards the
president,
Kijiro Ono, was once
scale goes on'registering these the elevator/- self- appointed is go- cost - of the lease of . tr ansmitters
a
colleague
of Mr. Tanaka, the
shocks.is up to you, too, I guess. ing to'mash that ‘Door Close’ (which NHK does not own) and
former
prime,
minister, who ga­
for .covering the loss of income
For some, one jolt does it. For button.” " ■
ve him his NHK jo-b. but the ofromresidents
near
airports
and
others,'.the aftershocks go on
“I get it now. So they are try­
exempt pposition parties have never ta­
for years.
__
v
,
ing to - get on the' e levator, before express / railway s . lines
from
the
licence;
fee.
That
cont­ ken their charges of bias as farI know -one guy, for instance, the. last exiter gets off and the
as - seriously atempting to trim
ribution
does
not.
even
.
cover
who’s been here since MacArth­ unlicensed operator closes
the
the
budget.
half - the cost of NHK’s .external
ur but' still stiffens when nati­ doors.” *
ves rush jhto an elevator at the
“Exactly. Try this yourself so­ services, which: in-.Britain . ; are .: “The more ; usual, complaint is.
for
government-funded. that NHK, in its search
metime:
Wait until' everybody completely
same inslant he’s trying to get
balance
and
fear
of
controversy,
ForAthe
<re
off.
gets off an elevator that stops
' But, I'know another who’s only on "your floor, and -; then try to NHK depends on. licence fees;-/ shies away from probing issues
been here three weeks and rie- get in.: Odds ' are better than e- / The monthly fee has -not chan­ : deeply, and is bland, and stuffy.
■ ver passes up an opportunity- to ven; that you’ll have to wait for ged in seven years — 465 yen NHK takes its role as a "public
service seriously with the
dis­
; ride - an elevator - in Japan ?becau-. the next one.”
for color ’ reception (working osemination
of
:
news
and
education
se ‘he thinks it is one of "the mo.“OK. — So now I understand,” ut at $21.50 a year) and 315 yen
rather than entertaintment. But.
re^faScinatings;©^
no
OJH_ admited. “But isn't there for black and white, with
in: spite of competiton from 105
soipe-Lway we ‘can change - it?- charge for radio receivers. But
Now; I had’one of those once-' Can’twekeep- the Self-appointed an /increase as? expected in 1976. commercial stations around the
Japan, surveys show that NHK
in"-a,TpkycHl^
opportunities operators Jn-a purely passenger
“We’re the ■ only ‘ - enterprise has the highest •viewer loyalty
the,other night when I.wound up' role?”-.
at/the St. Mary’s School4 Annua! ■ /‘The only -thing I ,can think which didn’tsincrease its, basic re-, and . the best ratings for many
.Dance with1 the' both of them at of,’? the..newer .expatriate said, venue , unit :in :the . last seven-ye­ of its ■ hews and .historical dra­
ars;”. Hiro shi/Sakamoto,: director ma. “People trust us,”- -Mr. Sa­
the- same table? .V'
'
“is to remove r'all the ‘Dpor'Clo- of-the/International /Co-operation
kamoto says.
- ' The, subject * of/elevators came se’-buttonsAfrom ’Japanese ele­
Office says.
One
reason foi
This feeling of trust helps the
up __ J made certain it", did —' vators.'. Then, these would be no
NHK’s long-standing / solvency, 2,000 collectors employed
by
and’ /here’s .how it went
from raisen:d’etre?foranioperator.” he says; / is that the personnel
NHK
aroundthe
country
<to
co-,
there":

“Do you , believe there’s rally figure: of 16,500 . has not increas­
llect licence fees, on which' the
' The,“Old Japan Hand” "struck a. chance that Japanese -would
ed.more than 10 per cent in that corporations financial
freedom
7 first. “What really annoys-me,” stand for elevators with; no ‘Doorseven-year period.

depends. The collection method
” he' fumed,' ?‘isi i when. the ele- Close’- buttons?” OJH dreamed.
V Big saving in time and person­ established human ■ contact; with
s vator ’ you’re' in .arrives at your
. “I-think there’s as much chan­ nel- have resulted -from a unique the mammoth organization and
flbor. arid;the-door opens,, the niace of that as there is that they fully computerized system ' for people do not have the heart Ao
. ssbs/came - charging^ into ' the
will'someday-name all*the stre­ planning: program
production, say they never watch the-m^
.elevator before'-ypu: can possibly
ets in Tokyo.” .
and
automatic
program
/ trans­ ning soap opera /---- that might
find yoiir ,way out. Ilfeel like the
A “That’s what I wa,s afraid _of.” mission which NHK: put into o- upset their visitor.
fabled carp — .swimming up^st--“Look,” thejnewcomer asked peration in 1968; Economies have
■ ream. 1 Why . can’t - they : wait until
OJH, “if
^elevatorriding gets been made in day-to-day running,
I get>off?.Even on the subway,
S
you so uptight, why don’t you r
: the 1 incomers, wait until; the outjust-ride the escalators and stay
goers t are off. Almost off?, any­
away from; th ose ,vertical - vehic­
way. -Why^not on' elevators?.”,TORONTO JAPANESE GOSPEL GHURCH
les?”
. '
' St.: - John's : Presbyterian, Broadview < at Simpson Ave.
.
“You 'really, don’t know. ” the ' “Because,” OJH sighed, “esSERVICES:
'
* " ‘
three week^wonder asked-him.
calator manners are even harder
^
Sunday: Sunday: School an<jl Worship - Service#.’2:00 P.M.:
'“Noj-, I, really don’t -know ?”
■ Tuesday:. Prayer - and Study ,•:Fellowship 8:(M:-PJi. :
forme" to take.”
' r-’day: .Young',Peoples Christian Fellowship 8:00 P.M. \*
“Well,”" the newcomer volunt- ' “Why,” What goes on on esPhone contact: Mr. S. Yokota 425-6128, Mr. H. Yoshida 461-1686.
, eered, “L figured it all out and oalator wworth fretting about ?”
■it goes .like this: First off,' re“Well,” OJH admitted,' the >recall if you will, exeafly’ what al reason; I hate Tokyo- depart­
TORONTO BUDDHIST GHURGH
goes on in' a normal Japanese j- ment store escalators is not /.rea­
levator./ ; ' , A ,
- * v
July 13, 1975
_
. ,
lly manner s , but because .1 hate
“Somebody ' always
assumes prejudice.”


'
O-BON
>
the roll;of operator, 'right?. I - “Prejudice?” the
newcomer
mean, they stand over by the row asked, “What prejudice?”
11:00 A.M. Morning Service
" of push buttons , and decide .when , “I’m left-handed,” OJH pointed
2:00 P.M. Japanese Service
918 Bathurst St.
the “Door-Open” and “Door Clo­ out.'
,
.
' 1
” Telephone: 534-4302
' ' ‘ ’
use” buttons Should be hit and
“What has ,that got to do with
they'take^orders for .-floors.”
it?” thejnewcomer asked.
That's right,” the OJH agre- - “EVERYTHING,” OJH " prou­
The New Canadian
Tuesday, July 8, 1975
dly replied.-- “Notice, ?next’ time
“If. a self-appointed' operator you’re iri a department
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tor gets all. the way' to the roof right handrail.” Please find enclosed/$;...;...............^
for which
__
or the basement — depending, of
'•Renew
my
subscription.
i At this ..point, it ;_was -already
. course, on which way you’re - hea­
• Enter my new subscription for . . , . . year/months
one in the morning1 and . the: St.
ded — another passenger immeMary’s Dance was /over. I excu­
diatelly v assumes
command, so
$9.00 for 6'Months
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sed : myself and headed ■ down,
_ you’re, never "in a ship" without
.with Wife 5 Sarah, to .the. Hilton
- a captain.” ;'
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garage for my- car.
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asked,
“are* we, walking.' down the sta­
ADDRESS
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ot Beit Results.
tor?”
x
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. In. the middle of my answer
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■ It li a ■ good •alley to

The Box Man

THE BOXvMAN. By Kobo A^ each 'Other; a boy caught peek­
be. Translated by E.'Dale Saun> ing punished by being forced to
ders. Alfred A. Knopf, New Yo- exhibit himself until he-ejacula­
rk, 1974. 192 pp. $6.95.
tes.
It is the reader’s - own voyerBy DONALD RICHIE
ism. that leads him to the conc­
It-is easy to become a1 box lusion of the book, a/maze^of
man. You take, “any empty box, ■mirrors where Abe’s- thesis; discBuy & Sell Your Home
a yard long by a yard wide and
loses itself: upon reflection, the
about four feet deep will do,” cut
Through
off. the bottom .and wear it over box man tells -us, who we are
your head. An observation win­ depends entirely upon what pedow should be cut, a plastic cur­ ople make of us.
,"
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tain over it? ensuring privacy.
Identity is to be equated with
Representing
Tel 261-7040 Free Delivery
(“For a box man the slit in the
that
self extracted ■ by
others,
Robert Owen, Realtor vinyl is comparable, as It were, one -is defined then, only when
ORDERS FOR OBENO
'to the expression of the eyes.”)
ACCEPTED
Then, arranging a few ' hooks fully visible, and voy erism beco­
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inside upon which to - hang nece­ mes a timid and reserved -confe­
OPEN SEVEN DAYS WEEK
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ssities,- (“radio,, mug, flashlight,ssion of love,” since “in seeing
towel”), you are ready to. ven­
there is ? love^ in being seen there
ture forth;
- Nor will you be any longer, is abhorence.” This. is because
alone. “Though there can’t be “if the . one who is looked ? at lo­
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number of discarded cartons, a make it difficult to distinguish
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wever, they are inhabited, and meone . else is generally looked
they can be dangerous. , / upon with scorn because,: I sup­
This . is learned • by The (Box pose, one does not want to. be
Man, in -E. Dale Saunders’ exce­ on the side of being seen.” Inde­
llent translation of Kobo- Abe’s ed, if you want to look, you u1973 novel, Hako Otoko. In it sually-have to pay compesation,
the author? continues several of as at the theater. “The fact that
the themes -common to his ear-? they 'keep on and on Selling
■lier wiork. Like the - hero of The endless instruments for ‘looking’,
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Art Watanabe
so because he is bereft of his terests of “self”, protection,' “fr­
own identity; and like the insect om here it is but a step,.and-a
collector in The Woman in the most? natural one,; to being a: box
-'IIIIIIIJIIIIIIIIllHIIIIlllIllIIllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllilllilllllllllHIIIIIIIR Duties, he finds a- way, ..finally, man.”
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to -bothexist and to affirm him­
_ An amount- of allegory is to?
self. “Instead of leaving
the be expected in the works of
box,” he says, “I "shall enclose Abe. On one level this bbok^may
the world within, it.”
b read as a parable of the ordi­
garden-variety ts aliented
Unlike in the earlier, novels, nary;
man,
boxed
' in with wife; . kids,
however, - Abe? here extends the
FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY
and
the
eight-hour
■; job. On asearch for.identity into the form
ofthe• book- itself. It is collec- nother, -however, the • book reads
tioncof notes, journals, snatches as drop-out’s pilgrim’s progress.
of poetry, even pictures. The qu­ At the same time the book may
est is for the reader as well-, as be seen as • an affirmation ■ of hig-'
the box-man narrator.’ Both must her wisdom: > fin'd? your ?limitati­
make sense of--this:. material... y. ons; these then become ..the - limitiations of your world.
It is not- easy. One of the cen­
One of the reasoris for the va­
tral problems is finally? stated
possible
interpretations
in' the -middle of-the book : ‘‘Who rious
is
that
Abe
is'
not
involved with
, Bone or White
is writing these notes and whe-.
moral
or
ethical?
concerns.
1 He isCrushed Kid.
re are they writing them ?.” . In­
describing .both the, luck ; and
vestigating -this new lead, the
the curse of being human, that
trail doubles back. The opening
we carry
ppppp
is, being an animal, who is con­
entries : suddenly . reappear, now
shoes up to
in a? new context. We realize that scious, ' who knows ■ that he - is
doing. as he does it, who conse-?
.?'?-? Ties - Pumps and Casuals •
“this is1 a tale, of course,” but
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quently, has been . forced to -.in­
(B-C-D-E-EErEEE-EEEE;EEEEE)
that now “this story is in the'
vent
both a self and another.
act of taking, place.”. The tense
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The book itself- is a philosoph­
changes - from . first-person... past,
to second-pension imperative. The,- ical essay - confined inside a not
present progressive descends like vel. And; as in those sets of Oa smothering blanket. “Thus the riental boxes the. next:, one jof
world is alwiays/A . lap fast ? —-. which always contains one - more
“the box man tells us, “The wo­ inside, . there is no ? reason for
rld he thinks he sees/ Has - not. the ’ argument ever to end. (Abe
leaves his mirror, maze- byj the
yet begun.”
simple
expedient, of- -.writing:? the?
Lost in the labyrinth, ' the re­
last
page.
The reader — fellow
ader is, led along by . his own cu­
member,
of
the ? search. party-.—.
riosity and by the strange sce­
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