Creative Freedom in Nabby and the Pynch

[Bandwraith at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/16/03 6:19:52 AM, lycidas2 at earthlink.net writes:

<< I beg your pardon? What is the question begged? Does P believe in
individuality? The self? Wha?

 >>

Not as an objective vantage point, which, by extension, begins
to degrade the romantic notion of the subjective self. Slothrop's
progress is offset by a loosening of the boundaries of his
individuality, and the American reflexes which held him together.

respectfully