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[Will Layman]

Pynchon writes about power, the abuse of power, the personal as well  
as the corporate dominion of the elect over the preterite -- dominance.

And he ALWAYS eroticizes this power -- shows how men see power as a  
sick turn-on.

It's also true that Pynchon consistently writes about how children  
are abused and overlooked as the machineries of power turn.

So I don't find those scenes of pedophilia to be indulgent or  
gratutious.  They are certainly NOT arousing, but upsetting, as they  
are supposed to be.

-- Will

On Nov 8, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Carvill John wrote:

>> Given the omnipresence of ...
>
> Nope, doesn't convince me, sorry. I still have no idea why Pynchon  
> would choose to have his protagonist (such as Slothrop is) do such  
> a thing, and why there seems to be a theme of sex with underage  
> girls running through not just GR but Pynchon in general. It's  
> disturbing and very unattractive and - to me anyway - inexplicable  
> and hard to take.
>
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