perspective detective

[jbor]

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>From: "s~Z" <keith at pfmentum.com>
>

> -- rather, his *personal* perspective is for the most part
> absent altogether.
>
> I think Pynchon is very interested in analysing the sort of supremacist
> mentality which believes it can "distinguish savages"
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> Are these premises contradictory?

Perhaps "analysing" was a little strong, it being part of the reader's task
of interpretation. Thank you. Let's try "representing" or "depicting"
instead.

Marvy: "They're a childlike race. Brains are smaller." (288)

cf. millison:
> That's how we distinguish savages, after all
> -- they act out the impulses that the rest of us manage to keep in
> check. (25.9.00)

best