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[Tim Strzechowski]

Thanks for the textual support, which always helps to clarify.


> It's strange that Bopp could appear in "the full regalia of his old
> profession" as a German WWII pilot, and in "Nazi drag" on tv (221-2), and
> not cause controversy and outrage. His dress and demeanour, his name, and
> the acronym CAMP itself, are all pretty cartoonish imo.
>

As are most names in this novel, it is indeed cartoonish.  For me at least,
Kommandant Bopp reminds me of "Commander Blop," the officious "Navy guy"
date of Lillian Simmons that Holden Caulfield meets at Ernie's in _The
Catcher in the Rye_ (pp. 86-7).  "Bopp" also suggests the jazz stylings
often alluded to in P's texts as well.

Respectfully,

Tim