VV(5) - Impersonations & Dreams

[David Morris]

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(63) The rest was only impersonation and dream
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"The rest" is part of a logic-equation.  It presumes something bigger from 
which these stories are subtracted.  These impresonations and dreams are 
Sidney's.  Herbert and "V." are the wholeness which he ultimately seeks, the 
bigger thing.

Who narrates the "foreword" of Chapter Three?  Is it young Stencil?  
Possibly.  If so he narrates his own story, third person, which fits.  To 
whom does he speak?  Is it to us readers?  It might also be to himself.  Is 
this his apologia?

The more I read Stencil's impersonations and dreams the more I respect him.  
He has fantastic depth.  Might this not be a very prominent self-portrait of 
Pynchon himself?

Consider the difference between impersonations and dreams.  Impersonation is 
a conscious deception.  It is an act meant to convince.  It is calculated 
for a desired end.  Dreams, though, are supposed to be the 
prima-unintentional story-telling.  They might even be called 
"anti-intentional" stories.  As antidotes to the intentional dreams might be 
seen as messages from the beyond.

Stencil's stories have such depth because the are such an amalgam of dream 
and impersonation.  They may contain truth.

David Morris
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