Protagonists and points of view

[Swing Hammerswing]

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

good for you, only jbor could use terms like proscribe
and moral hierarchy to describe a reading of Pynchon. Meanwhile...
yes, go to the text, gets him every time.




>
>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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