MDMD (2) chap. 6

[Mark Smith]

Can anyone explain why, after the great build up of expectation in
chapter
6 concerning the crossing of the equator, Pynchon just drops it
entirely?
The next thing we know we are in Capetown (chap.7) and the "Polliwogs"
have apparently not been subject to any humiliating rituals at all.  In
a
lesser author we would call it careless.  In Shakespeare we would say
there must be something missing or lost.  What do we say of Mr. Pynchon?
I'm sure there could be some hermenutical justification of this
narrative
ommision (and I expect to hear of it!) but for me, I'm sorry, it just
seems downright strange.
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