Re: Keamy unswayed by Smokey?

On May 10, 11:47 pm, "Steven L." <sdlit...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Davej wrote:
> > Keamy seems unconcerned about smokey. He just needed
> > to return to the ****p to get more ammo and bigger guns -- not
> > likely to be effective against a cloud of smoke, so what is
> > Keamy thinking? Does he know much about Smokey? Is he
> > unimpressed by Smokey?
>
> Nobody on the island is particularly "impressed" by Smokey.
>
> Even Jack, the supposed "man of science," doesn't spend even
> a moment to wonder what the heck Smokey really is.  Neither
> does Juliet, even though she's a scientist herself.
>
> The characters have a very matter-of-fact attitude toward
> Smokey:  It's big, and it can get angry, so we better keep out
> of its way.  That's all.

I've never been impressed by Jack. As a "man of science" he is quite a
dud. When he is confronted by his father's ghost in the office he does
not react like a scientific person.