VLVL2 (3) A Finesi Romance #1

[Don Corathers]

This is probably a good time to wait for this topic to come around on the
guitar again.

Don


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL2 (3) A Finesi Romance #1


>
>
> >
> > I still think Hector's a bastard, in the sense that any cop who
engineers a
> > corrupt frameup to serve his boss's personal agenda would be a bastard.
Cute
> > bastard, but not somebody I'd want to have a beer with.
>
> But Hector's motives are more complex than your summary allows. For
> example, he is not just following orders as Zoyd says. He is not simply
> serving his boss's personal agenda. He has his own family, his own
> career, his dreams, his great expectations too. He's one Pynchon's
> finest characters. Really quite rounded out after all the film is
> removed  and tube light dimmed.
>
> >
> > And I still don't think Zoyd was ever turned,
>
> But he is. He knows he will be. He's turned. He admits that he was
> turned.  And he keeps jumping and jumping for the money that tells Them
> where he is and that he's still with the program.
>