Vineland

[davemarc]

> From: Sean Klein <seandkle at sybase.com>
> 
> I think what I'm getting at, with the end of Vineland, is that the
meeting betwen Prairie and her mother was anti-climactic whereas the
presentation of other events in the book made me think that the meeting
would be more dramatic (or climactic...)  Prairie is one of the few
searchers in a TP novel that actually finds the subject of the search and
all we get is "they talked for a few hours."  Imagine how this meeting
would play on a Movie of the Week.  Now imagine how it would play on a
Movie of the Week scripted by TP.  That's what I was expecting.  How come
he didn't give us that?

I'm with you so far.  What do you think the answer is?  When does P create
those climaxes, and when doesn't he?

Just wondering,

davemarc