Pynchon's Women

[Brian D. McCary]

Jean comments, in referance to Jessica

>"...she'll end up with Beaver because that's what she, celluloid femme
>with no real choice, is expected to do....she is essentially passive.
>As are all the women in the book, even Katje."

And, I would add, all of the women in Pynchon's work through GR.  If
not passive, at least two dimensional.  I am probably in a minority
here, but I always thought his ability to create interesting or
believable female characters was, um, limited.  Yes, I include OM and V
in that.  I remember thinking, while reading Vineland, that he must
have finally met some women who forced him to take them seriously in
the 14 years between GR and it, because the female characters seemed
somewhat more substantial.

brian