question:  What is the significance of Rogers Snead?
context: FEBRUARY STRAWBERRIES By JIM HARMON How much is the impossible worth? [Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1961. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Linton lay down his steel fork beside the massively solid transparency of the restaurant water glass. Snead's dead, don't you remember?" "The man who isn't Snead is leaving," Linton said, describing the scene over Howell's shoulder. "Snead came to Greta's funeral. Probably no relation to Snead at all. Oh, the man who looked like Snead, you mean." Howell breathed in deeply and sucked back Linton's attention. "Oh, well, 'dead,'" Howell replied. He's not Sherlock Holmes or the Frankenstein Monster—there's no doubt or semantic leeway to the thing." He had buried his wife, or rather he had watched the two workmen scoop and shove dirt in on the sawdust-fresh pine box that held the coffin. Even after they had let him out of the asylum as cured, he still secretly believed he had known a genuine affection for her. "I don't know, mind you," Howell said, puffing out tobacco smoke, "but I suppose he might have been resurrected." Linton asked, thinking: God? Howell meant that some people had a system of making it appear that a person had died in order to gain some illegal advantage. But by saying something so patently ridiculous, Linton hoped to bring the contradicting truth to the surface immediately. "But it's wonderful," Linton said, thinking his immediate thoughts. "Look, Frank, you can't legalize a thing like resurrection," Howell said with feigned patience. "There are strong religious convictions to consider. Overpopulation. "There are a lot of fakes and quacks in the resurrection business. The charges, if any, come under general vice classification." "They didn't talk much about white slavery in Victorian England.
output:  His sighting gives LInton an idea of how to see his wife
options:  His sighting gives LInton an idea of how to see his wife  He serves as proof that Linton is seeing things, and needs professional help  Snead is a reminder of a previous stage of Linton's life  Linton knows that Snead could take him where he needs to go