ATDTDA (3): Children and dynamite, 90-96

[Paul Nightingale]

It might include that dimension, depending on how you define "every form of
terrain" (although, whether young Frank has this in mind, is another
matter). I thought first of the novel's juxtaposition of macro- and
microcosmic explanations. Frank leans towards the macrocosmic/'big picture'
explanation. As a "kid-engineer", he embraces scientific objectivity; so
doing, he might well be oblivious to the human consequences.

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From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Kohut
Sent: 04 March 2007 16:18
To: pynchon -l
Subject: Re: ATDTDA (3): Children and dynamite, 90-96

Is this attempt to find a "general rule", Pynchon's way of asking if/when
dynamiting might be 'justified"?......Or, to be more exact, when Kit and
Frank think it might be, as heirs to their father's deeds?