atddta 32: loose ends Dally

[David Payne]

Nice job hosting, Jill!

You wrote:

> The last time I posted was before it when the temperatures were still in
> the 40's where I live. There’s nothing crazier than living in a dark cold
> climate, and when the sun comes out everyone goes nuts. You couldn’t pay me
> to sit inside.

Amen! We must be in similar latitudes ... 

> 1)compare Yashmeen’s angular Olive Oil body (a person who studies a lot
> will be underdeveloped) versus Dally’s “rangy nakedness” ~917 ish. (a
> person who lives as a street waif, model, yes, and high class hooker, but
> rangy is also strong, maybe sinewy strong)

Of course "rangy" also hearkens back to Dally's wild-west roots (to paraphrase a previous comment by another poster: you can take the Dally outta the range, but you can't take the range outta Dally -- note that most of the OED usage examples for "rangy" refer to horses). Compare "rangy nakedness" to the mathematical quip describing Yashmeen: in "rangy" we see an earthier phrase used to describe the earthier gal? But both women are wanders for/from duplicitous fathers?

> 2)I wanted Kit and Dally to get back together--didn't you?

Yes! This is especially worth noting because Pynchon has been criticized for failing to create characters that readers care about. I seem to recall that the ending of M&D surprised some critics who didn't expect to feel close to Pynchon characters.







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