thoughts

[Jsh Krtbn]

DudiousMax at aol.com writes:
>Darlene, and he may have been observed by his tail.  That's all that happens. 
> IMHO it could have easily been left out, if you use traditional literary 
>methods to evaluate its effect on plot, character, or theme.  Nothing much 
>happens beyond, he meets a girlfriend (it's been established that he's a 
>ladies man, or has a vivid fantasy life), they eat candy, and they go to bed.

Eh? What about the obvious function of comic relief? GR is a heavy
novel, and though it's often funny the humor is not always the kind
of funny that relieves the tension of 179 odd pages of Pynchon, or
however many it is to the candy scene. That scene stands out, for me,
as a huge de-pressuring, or relaxing, moment.

Of course, then come the bombs immediately afterward...




Josh

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