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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
Iris Lemon is ruined by a teenage pregnancy and then later by Roy's almost total abandonment after she breaks his slump. Memo Paris is ruined by literally all the men in her life. Pop drags her around like some kind of mascot and prostitutes her out to the men of the team to keep them happy. While Iris is a more sympathetic, wholesome character because she seems noble, Memo is clearly seeking someone to care for her. She clearly demonstrates symptoms of depression and manic tendencies. Her actions grow more and more desperate as the book progresses.
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I was thinking of the women as either madonna (Iris) /whore (Memo, Harriet, Roy's mother). Their function in the novel seems to be either to nurture men or to destroy them.