MMV: Windigo

[Ghetta Life]

>From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
>
>--- jbor <jbor at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > By contrast, the story does not state or indicate or imply that Loon, or 
>his actions or his culture -- which are all one and the same thing in the 
>context of the narrative -- suffer from a "moral failure".
>
>Pynchon's story closes with the clear implication that Loon is committing 
>mass murder, an act which qualifies, just about everywhere (except, 
>perhaps, in the mind of the odd Pynchon reader), as a moral failure.

The whole point of this little tale is a judgement on the "moral failure" of 
the Whole Sick Crew (which is just a stand-in for modern society).  Loon is 
only the "Avenging Angel" and not really a character with enough substance 
to attribute any morals at all.  But then you don't really care about the 
content of the story.  You just want to bicker with Robert.  But Robert's 
comment above is right on the money.

Ghetta

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