is this the pynchon list or not?

[Elainemmbell at aol.com]

Okay, I'll take up the gauntlet:

"He sat curled in an old washing machine that lay on its side in a back room 
of the house; he listened to the rain going down a drainpipe and looked at a 
wart that was on his finger."  TSI, opening paragraph excerpt

Here we are back to the womb imagery, plus the necessary rain, and the image 
of the flawed foetus.  Setup for uncurling (growth) and healing, leaving the 
womb and mother's (racist) influence and heading toward an autonomy without 
the defect.  No academic backup on this, just my thoughts. Unless, of course, 
the washing machine is a metaphor for isolationism and the wart is an 
indirect reference to Republican policy.

Elaine M.M. Bell, Writer
(860) 523-9225
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