theme and grand scheme

[Cometman]

>new readers of
>Pynchon seem to pick Vineland off the shelf  and read
>that novel FIRST ( mebbe cuz like, it has, like, a
>TOtally crunchy-granola kinda resonance and
>connotations of like Greenpeace, redwood forests and
>save the whales, dude! )..and so they get their first
>exposure to his writing from arguably his weakest
>novel...so those who don't probably don't get past the
>Pirate Prentice Banana breakfast scene....so yeah you
>have brought up some very good contingencies here...

A good story has a) a happy ending b) what Chaucer called "sentens and
solas" - in my estimation of Pynchon's worldview and storytelling
talents (manifesting stuff perceivable to me as A and B) developing
over time, Vineland is his masterpiece.  

>.so those who don't probably don't get past the
>Pirate Prentice Banana breakfast scene....so yeah you
>have brought up some very good contingencies here...

how could anyone not be moved by the banana song?