ATDTDA (7): 189-191 plotline

kelber at mindspring.com kelber at mindspring.com
Thu Apr 19 12:53:59 CDT 2007


But later we're told she was a virgin on her wedding night.  Are we, along with Webb, jumping to conclusions about her activities, or is wedding-night Lake an alternative reality she's created for herself?  There's plenty of ambiguity here.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>

>
>On 4/19/07, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> However I would say Pynchon does throw in a dollop of ambiguity about Lake's whoring.
>
>Well, we don't see her spreading her legs in exchange for that
>mysterious cash, but otherwise I'd say the implications are pretty
>explicit.
>
>David Morris




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