Marsha said to DMB March 16th 2013:
"In LILA, I didn't think the Captain, Rigel or Lila were very attractive
characters. The best aspect of the book, I thought, was the metaphysics."
Ant McWatt comments:
Marsha,
I thought the idol (the discarded doll of Lila's that Phaedrus gives a burial
to) at the end of LILA is quite a character though. (As we discovered on my
recent visit, the audio version of Pirsig's second book really brings out its
cynical, dark humour. It provides a nice summary of the story as well).
Moreover, the Captain's boat (which represents the inorganic level of the MOQ)
is also, according to Pirsig at least, a certain aspect of his own character
(as Phaedrus, Rigel and Lila all are). However, with people naturally tending
to be human-centric rather than Quality-centric, they tend to overlook good old
Arete (not that I think the name of the boat is actually given) when reading
the book.
Best wishes,
Ant
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