Profit & Loss

[Doug Millison]

When Pynchon puts an image as freighted with cultural significance as the
rainbow in a novel that also directly references the Old Testament texts,
it's difficult to see how the rainbow doesn't carry some of that religious
symbolism into the novel, too. But, the great thing about GR and other
Pynchon novels is that they can support multiple interpretations.  Yours is
an interesting reading, but hardly the final word; same with my suggested
interpretation, too, of course. I believe that a profound ambivalence on
Pynchon's part underlies the way his novels oscillate between despair and
hope, and I find it fascinating that he expends as much time, effort, and
space to existence on other-worldly planes, as well as -- where's Terrance
when you need him? -- religious and mystical experience.  

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From: Mark Wright AIA [snip]