AtDDtA1: Evil

[Joseph Tracy]

In some ways I think Pynchon is confronting the language of the Bush  
speech writers and the neocons and religious right along with their   
cooption of Biblical language and Christianity. Vibe and Foley are  
the quintescence of this language.  One also thinks of the way the  
Nixon and Reagun boys took a bullet  for the gipper and were later  
rewarded and returned to high power as W's right hand men. I sense  
that  TP believes the word evil is legitimate and properly applied  
particularly to this kind of wanton bloody greed. But he goes further  
with the suggestion that the snake in Genesis was an alein, and  
drawing a comparison to the northern snakefaced badass who comes to  
bring havoc to that great city.

On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Dave Monroe wrote:
>    "It swiftly became evident to Roy Ipsow that his
> friend was in town to conclude a bargain with forces
> that might be described, with little risk of
> overstatement, as evil....'" (AtD, Pt. I, Ch. 3, p.
> 30)
>
>
> "a bargain with forces"