Protagonists and points of view

[CyrusGeo at netscape.net]

I agree on Pynchon not prescribing any kind of moral hierarchy. Meanwhile...

jbor:
>  There's his little dummy spit to Jess (37-38), where he adopts a superior
>  tone with her ("We call them 'staff"), has a dig at Pointsman for being a
>  "Royal Fellow", and then calls Beaver "Nutria" just to bait her. Later he
>  refers to his colleagues as "raving lunatics" because of their belief in the
>  supernatural (58.7), and he's again "more cranky than usual today" when he
>  ridicules both "analysis" and "cause-and-effect" while walking with
>  Pointsman on the beach. (88-89)  His jealousy and self-consciousness are
>  somewhat cloying. If nothing else he's somewhat immature.

Well, Roger is young, and he's in love. So, of course he's immature, but he's also passionate. In what you say above, I can honestly find nothing negative about him. Most people with passionate convictions would talk like that. Is there a chance you are being somewhat "politically correct" here? (No offence meant whatsoever.)

About the incident with the secretary: I believe this whole episode is brilliant comedy, probably in the spirit of the great comic actors of the '30s and 40's. You can often find cruelty there, and I don't think it was ever considered offensive. In any case, your views are fully respected.

Thank you for your time
Cyrus
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