Identifying with TRP characters

Lorentzen / Nicklaus lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de
Mon Jul 10 03:54:04 CDT 2000


Jeremy schrieb:

> I'd be interested to know with whom (if anyone) in Pynchon's stories you
> identify. AFA GR, I have moments of identity with Slothrop and with
> Roger but not sustained (though I feel empathy with both throughout the
> book), oh, and Leni too. This is a distinction -- I feel empathy with
> many, most, of the characters; by identity I mean the feeling of
> actually being in the character's head, I can't quite put it into words
> but it is stronger than what I describe as empathy. In Vineland I get a
> fairly sustained feeling of identity with Zoyd and with Prairie, too.


       sloth, emil, zoyd, takeshi & dixon.

 kai




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