ATDTDA (17): Character Analysis (pp. 474 - 75)

[Tim Strzechowski]

"For a day or two after they got married ..." (pp. 474 - 75).


Remember that wonderful scene in _Citizen Kane_ (1941) in which Charles Foster Kane's marriage spans decades over the course of a minute or two, simply by showing he and his wife at the breakfast table?
 
What this next section of the chapter lacks in obscure references to the period, it makes up for in complex characterization in a short amount of space.
 
What inferences can we make about Deuce in this section, based on what Pynchon tells us about the development of his loneliness?  How does this "loneliness" corrspond to what we learn about Deuce in the preceeding section (i.e., his earlier years)?  Is Pynchon giving us a glimpse into his motives?
 
Similarly, what does this section reveal to us about Lake?  
 
How does Pynchon convey "change" in their relationship?  Are either of the characters undergoing a specific (if subtle) change, or does the interplay between their personalities somehow convey change in their relationship?