unreliable? in Vineland (getting closer to an idea)

[Terrance]

> Simply put, I don't agree that the shifting in and out of characters'
> perspectives is the same thing as the "diction" which Pynchon uses. The
> mingling of colloquial and formal registers occurs across the board. It's a
> separate feature (though there is, obviously, considerable overlap at times,
> most prominently in characters' direct speech). I agree that it is
> characteristic of Pynchon's style to mingle these registers in his
> narratives, but it's certainly not as extreme as "hipster vernacular" vs
> "austerely poetical diction", and there are many shades of grey in between
> the poles of formality and informality which Pynchon does adopt.

Agreed. take a look at the long paragraph on page 29. detached. but
notice the language--ay muere (italics), badass, upping the ante (Z and
H relationship is often described as a game of cards or a gamble, in
terms of virginity lost etc). 




> 
> And the seamlessness isn't between formal and informal registers - these are
> quite conspicuous - it's between detached and engaged narrative povs.

and there are many degrees of detached and engaged as well.