ATDTDA - petroleurs, p.19

[Mark Kohut]

think of the repeated bits later in the novel about average folk just living out their lives day-by-day.  The web (sic) of revenge Webb is caught in, as he traverses moral boundaries, makes him unable to live out the day-to-day life of simple (never really simple--in fact I remember  a line about the "almost infinite" day-to-dayness, I think.) husband and father.

David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:  I think Pynchon is pointing out this aspect of devoted activism. All
else is secondary at best, and a distraction at least. Webb should
never have had a wife or family if he wanted to be true to his
union-religion. Otherwise one needs to modify one's devotion to a
secondary, not primary, place, which means modifying the risks you are
willing to take on.

David Morris

On 1/29/07, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> My grandfather was a loyal Communist who felt that having a family was bourgeois, so he walked out on his wife and kids, leaving them destitute, to go organize the unemployed. Years later, I was walking down the street with him and he ran into an acquaintance. He introduced me as a young college student whom he just happened to know, who was active in the anti-apartheid movement.
>
> At his funeral, his comrades were amazed to discover that he had children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. But I loved him anyway.


 
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