Opening chapters: the culture of violence in Vineland

[Michael Bailey]

Mark Kohut  wrote:

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>  has anyone pointed out Isiah 2:4 breeds violence out of his Biblical name [in Pynchon's patterning]?
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I24 lives up to his name, taking the paraphernalia of violence and
making it fun.  Nobody really gets shot in Aggro World.  (dream on,
I24 - the insurance would kill you, for one thing)
Still, it's a pretty clear application of beating swords into plowshares.