GRGR(5) Katje and the Nazis

[Michael Perez]

Meg chastised:
"Oh, to be such an expert on Pynchon to be able to make that last
statement!"

Well, <blush>, I didn't mean that statement to be as pompous as all
that!  Anyway, the whole idea behind any of my objections to
questionable references to the Holocaust were that, in my even more
than usually humble opinion, we readers lose something by insisting
that there are references to events and issues when those alleged
references are as vague and problematic as those Doug has mentioned,
particularly regarding the opening dream sequence.  Taking that as a
Holocaust reference is a larger than usual stretch and the checklist of
instances that are supposed to point to it are weak.  Nothing anyone
has said in support of these references has been convincing to me,
including pointing out the stylistic lack of an apostrophe in "Ss." 
Personally I've never used apostrophes in cases like those mentioned,
I've seen both usages, but the apostrophe is most often used for a
possessive form of nouns or something standing in for a noun.


Michael

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