NPPF Preliminary - Some Patterns

[Otto]

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From: "Jasper Fidget" <jasper at hatguild.org>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 5:23 PM
Subject: RE: NPPF Preliminary - Some Patterns


>
> Mirrors, parallels, pairs, doppelgangers, dualities: butterflies, twins,
> chess boards, tennis courts, ping-pong tables (sometimes the pairs are
also
> paired).  Parallels and series may also show up as colors, characters,
> locations, dates, etc.
>

I think this is a main structuring element that Pynchon has taken over from
Nabokov.

Butterflies indeed have a very unique mirror-like form.

Otto