IVIV, Bigfoot on Doc's case

John Carvill johncarvill at gmail.com
Tue Sep 1 04:11:26 CDT 2009


> A lame joke, yes, but a lame joke which connects to important
> themes in IV. An obvious answer to Doc's question would be "in
> the mirror," and Doc does have a close relationship with mirrors.
> Also, in his PCP trip on p. 318 he DOES watch his own head, as
> he hallucinates his own double:
>
> "WoW," Doc replies, "you look just like you do in th' mirror!"

Yes, and Pynchon has always been a big fan of corny jokes, puns, etc.
We know this.



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