VLVL concluding chapter 7

[Michael Joseph]

On Sun, 19 Oct 2003, jbor wrote:
>
> It's pretty straightforward that Prairie is asking for information and help
> in finding (physically and metaphorically) Frenesi. And it's immediately
> followed by DL realising she's "in a pickle", acknowledging Takeshi's
> fallibility,

The text suggests that DL feels that she is in a pickle, not because of
Takeshi's "fallibility" (your intervention), but because of his
prowess--"she was still finding out what he could do" (100). Pynchon is so
obviously implying Takeshi might be capable of doing anything. Why else
rig up his business card as an "amulet"--and why else repeat the term
"amulet"? Surely there are better ways to imply "fallibility"?


Michael