ATD: NO SPOILERS NO PAGE # Re: Rocketmen and Wastelands

[David Morris]

I think your comments below are right on, but that's not necesarily a
good thing.  What's interesting to note is that Pynchon can write
exsquisite description of scenes in great levels of detail, but very
rarely does he do so with his characters.  I think one of the least
flat of his characters was Blicero, and possibly Enzian.

David Morris

On 11/2/06, bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> "Rounded"  (fleshed out)  characters can end up driving a narrative, flat ones get driven by the plot or theme or something else.  Rounded characters are built on their emotions and motives (I think) and Pynchon doesn't usually go there in much depth;  he has other places and things to visit.
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