MDDM Ch.7 Attitudes to slavery

[jbor]

paulngale at supanet.com wrote:

> Thankyou jbor, I have now reread the relevant sections of Ch7. I don't think
> it a case of labelling characters in the way you seem to suggest, or seem to
> suggest I have done here: rereading what I wrote earlier, perhaps I gave
> that impression. I have already tried to outline my view that fictional
> characters shouldn't be interpreted in that way, so perhaps I should take
> greater care. Dixon the nice chap, Mason the racist: not what I intended.

No, nor did I mean to imply any of these things. My point is that the
political inferences you (are wanting to) draw(ing) from Pynchon's text,
which are indeed valid and interesting, are also problematised within the
text. Deliberately so (in my opinion).

I, too, have been enjoying reading your responses.

best