VLVL concluding Chapter 7

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> 
>> 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"?

    Years with Takeshi, and she was still finding out what he
    could do. And couldn't.

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