VLVL2 (3): Hector's fall ...

[lorentzen-nicklaus]

 " ... having begun long ago concentrated and graceful as a sky diver but ..."  
                                                             (29) 

Tim Strzechowski schrieb:

> Does he [Hector] exhibit any positive qualities that might offset his tragic 
> flaw?  If so, what are they?
>

   perhaps his original dislike to "ever be some  c a g a t i n t a s, a    
   bureaucrat who shits ink. but he must have cut some deal, maybe it got too   
   cold for him (...) for zoyd, a creature of attitude himself, this long    
   defiance had been hector's most persuasive selling point" (25f). for pynchon 
   too, i guess. although (" - zoyd thought - " [!], 25) it's not clear whether 
   the falling cop really possessed this quality -- 

   kai +   ps: why is hector talking german? "Ja, ja!" (32). huh?