Thank Goodness

[Otto]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "tyro tortoise" <tyrotortoise at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: Thank Goodness
> 
> --- Otto <ottosell at yahoo.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > For example, the paragraph at the top of page 12
> > > starts off talking about class and racial
> > differences
> > > and ends with an apology for the offensive
> > language in
> > > one of the stories. That's bad writing.
> > >
> > 
> > The paragraph in question already starts on 11.23,
> > is about careless speech
> > and ends with an honestly meant apology for that.
> > Why is this bad writing,
> > what's your problem with it?
> 
> My mistake. The paragraph starts 11.23 as you say. 
> Thanks for the correction.  Still, it's a poorly
> constructed paragraph. The sentence that beigins at
> 12.1 takes up the issue we have been discussing
> (race/power). What is that sentence doing in this
> paragraph? Why does he insert theoretical speculation
> about race and power in this paragraph? 
> 

Because race/power relations are present in his fiction.

Otto

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