Pynchon's reconciliation of apparent opposites WAS Dixon's nonviolence

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Thu Mar 14 16:17:59 CST 2002


s~Z schrieb:

> It's a stretch if you don't know the meaning of the word "places"
> and the denotation and connotation of the word "Fist" and the
> usage of the common phrase "Your face ran into my fist" and you
> ignore what would be required on Dixon's part for a broken
> tooth to result from the collision.

I believe you are rewriting Pynchon's text here. Pynchon wrote "Dixon
places his Fist in the way of the oncoming Face". He did not write
"Dixon punches the slave-owner in the face." Of course, you can do
whatever you like with the text Pynchon actually wrote...

Thomas




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