ATDTDA (3) Dynamitic mania, 80-86

[Tore Rye Andersen]

Monte:

>Don't you think Dally -- who has a lot of prairie in her -- and
>Erlys offer a very (s)(gr)atifying alternative to the Prairie:Frenesi
>configuration?

Oh yes, absolutely. As I argued in an earlier post today, there are plenty 
of strong, independent women in Pynchon's fiction who resist the temptation 
to submit themselves to power - who may not even FEEL this temptation - and 
Dally and Erlys are good examples of this. Their relationship isn't rosy and 
unproblematic by any means - Erlys can't really forgive herself for having 
left tiny Dally, and Dally has a hard time forgiving her as well - but the 
two women come to an understanding (which also includes Merle).

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