Dialectics and conspiracy

[Michael Perez]

Doug wrote:
"Slothrop may be imagining things but how is it 'over the edge' for
Pokler who  sits, in fact, at the Rocket's target, precisely where the
Rocket is aimed?"

In part of this episode where the narration is focused through Pokler
it reads:  "why should he [Pokler] be picked, unless . . . somewhere in
his brain now two foci sweep together and become one . . . zero ellipse
. . . a single point . . . a live warhead, secretly loaded, special
bunkers for everyone else . . . yes that's what he [Weissmann] wants .
. . all tolerances in the guidance cooperating toward a perfect shot,
right on top of Pokler . . ."[425, ellipses are Pynchon's]  Terrance
was addressing universal conspiracies and I was adding my bit on
personal conspiracies, AKA paranoia.  Pokler and Slothrop both thought
that just in their cases everything was working right and the
concentration of all involved parties was directed at making a direct
hit just on them, even though, in Pokler's case, everyone knew that
Ground Zero was the safest place to be.  I thought that might qualify
as over the edge with regards to fear and self-importance.

Michael

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