characters and narrative threads in afternoon: a story
(as identified in class discussion, 2/6/02)

characters

Peter--used to be married to Lisa; works for Dataquest in "positive values"; hired because he was/is a poet; character: still cares about Lisa; reserved;

Wert--Boss of Peter and Nausicaa; head/owner of Dataquest; wife of Lolly; sexist;

Lisa--used to be married to Peter; now m. to Desmond; name?

Andrew--Peter and Lisa's son

Desmond--married or s.o. to Lisa; prof of music theory

Lolly--Wert's wife; therapist; was ther. of Nausicaa; sees Peter; former Southern belle

Nausicaa--lover of Lolly; former patient of Lolly; former prostitute; works for Dataquest in "negative values"; lover of Wert; lover of Peter

narrative threads

car accident: sees someone (Wert?) in car with someone; spills coffee; sees marks on road; sees marks of bodies on ground; Louis XIV report; talks to bystander; Peter trying to get info from hospital via Dataquest; calls Desmond, Lisa's secretary, Lisa's answering machine; visits schools, talks to headmistress; his form is on field trip; goes to Lolly for therapy/advice; does he cause it?

Dataquest: P hired by W even though he mocks the idea; expert system which would know the value of everything pertinent to money.

conversation between P and W: sleep with ex-wife?

Nausicaa's history: fled to Asia; became prostitute to support drug habit

themes

sex:

machines: what they can't do: can't replace human to other humans; lacks

hypertext itself:

"you can't know everything about anything"--human thoughts;

motifs

tigers, silver,