Zoyd [IV spoiler]

[John Carvill]

> Why is this important? Again, only an allegorical or political reading
> of the text must insist on Zoyd's innocense.

It's important because certain people inisist on negativising our view
of certain characters. And I reckon there are 'political readings' of
Vineland which do not insist on Zoyd's innocence, far from it:

http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0908&msg=140149&sort=date

I can't say with certainty why some people constantly try to run down
characters like Zoyd, but I got plenty of speculations for ya. The
most recent 'reading' suggetsed that Van Meter is a 'snitch' and
therefore Zoyd is a hypocrite and maybe even a snitch himself,
although there's also the insinuation that Van Meter is selling Zoyd
out! I don't think the text supposrts these views.