Jalousie

[Henry M]

I find that I must reply to myself in order to beg your/my pardon for 
my naivetee. Yes, of course Roger, the fuckin' idiot, is fuckin' 
jealous. So jealous that he does the unforgivable and breaks the 
first motto of my sig the other way around from other Pynchon 
characters: Keep cool, but care. Roger has cared all along, but in 
the end, no longer keeps cool, unlike other Pynchon characters, who 
keep cool, but disassociate and lose their passion (if they ever had 
any). 

(Not so sure about that Vineland, what with parental issues in 
it and all.)

On 20 Jan 97 at 9:54, Henry M wrote:

> I don't need to read that passage again; practically have it burned
> into my brain. As far as a worthy opponent/enemy goes, Beaver is
> quite peripheral. That Roger wants Jessica back, doesn't sound like
> jealousy to me. Jealousy is only for us mortals. Roger doesn't care
> that Jessica is preggers with Beaver's baby. He wants her back so
> desperately that he suffers Beaver's patronization, and even attends
> that most dangerous of events, a dinner at which there are both the
> woman that you love, and the man that she has (it seems badly)
> chosen. 

Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner

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