ATDTDA (7): 189-191 plotline

[Paul Mackin]

On Apr 19, 2007, at 5:59 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

>> Webb is on Lake's case, convinced that she has become a  
>> prostitute, interrogating her and challenging her answers.
>
> Now isn't that a classic scene: a daughter/wife/sister is absent  
> for a while and comes home with a wad of banknotes. Just off the  
> top of my head: 'The Soft Touch' novella in McGuigan's 'Acid  
> House'. However I would say Pynchon does throw in a dollop of  
> ambiguity about Lake's whoring.


Lake is one of those Pynchonian multi-purpose signifiers that just  
keep on signifying

paternalistic oppression

capitalistic exploitation

earth-goddess

porn star

abused faithful wife

ball breaker

vestal virgin