VLVL2 work

[barbara100 at jps.net]

I was raised by druggies for a year or so in my youth. Northern California
druggies in fact. It remember it was part of the culture (and probably still
is) to wanna get over on the system. Maybe it was misplaced hatred of the
cops. Maybe the drugs made them think they had it coming. I don't know, but
they sure knew that welfare system.  Rules, requirements, prison penalties
for defrauding it.  Still, when I need advice about benefits and such, I
call my people in AA.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Terrance" <lycidas2 at earthlink.net>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: VLVL2 work
> >
> > There are two things which strike me about the scenario Pynchon sets up
at
> > the outset of the novel regarding Zoyd's way of making a living for
himself
> > and Prairie. One is that *in practice* the government welfare system is
> > corrupt, and Zoyd is exploiting it.
>
> Two master links in the daisy-chain, a corrupt system and the
> exploitation of a corrupt system.