Pynchon and fascism

[s~Z]

>>>Selecting some things and not others from the text as "significant" and
then
setting them against one another is an act of interpretation, call it what
you will. But, as I've said, it's not a bad thing. It's what all of us do
when we read. Thanks again.<<<

I guess that's really the only thing giving me pause about PN's reading. As
soon as he moves from noting something about the structure of a given
sentence to comparing two sentences and noting a 'connection,' that is an
interpretation. I agree that there is nothing 'wrong' with the methodology,
and it gives rise to an interesting reading, but to say it is not
interpreting is just not accurate. Noting similarities and reading those as
connections is interpreting.