Wheeler's Waxing and Waning
gumbo at fuse.net
gumbo at fuse.net
Wed Aug 13 11:28:44 CDT 2003
Not gonna play, Terrance. If you think you can make the case that the scene on 302-303 depicts Zoyd turning snitch, please go ahead without me.
D.C.
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> From: Terrance <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
> Date: 2003/08/13 Wed PM 12:12:05 EDT
> CC: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: Wheeler's Waxing and Waning
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> gumbo at fuse.net wrote:
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> > The scene (pp 302-303) you refer to is highly ambiguous. Zoyd clearly doesn't think he's giving Hector any useful information (and doesn't intend to), and the text suggests that Hector's pretense that he's received a valuable tip is a joke. ("It occurred to Zoyd more belatedly than usual that Hector could all along have been running some exercise in narc humor for his own entertainment." (303) What's more, thirteen years later they're still playing the Sylvester and Tweety game, Hector still trying to pop Zoyd's cherry.
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> > I don't think it's a settled question at all that Zoyd "gives up a guy."
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> Let's take this one step at a time. OK? page 302
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> Hector says that the political office decided they don't need Zoyd.
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> Is he telling Zoyd the truth?
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