V2nd, C3: pov in sec. viii

[Mark Kohut]

That the statue knows all the placement details bothers me less (maybe) than it 
does David. 


He knows......when set up, or whenever, since this is not exactly realism.

And, whether the pov is exactly the statue's or just a kind of consciousness 
situated around where the statue is,
I see it as semi-omniscient within the scene's limits...



----- Original Message ----
From: David Payne <dpayne1912 at hotmail.com>
To: Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sun, July 25, 2010 3:10:00 PM
Subject: RE: V2nd, C3: pov in sec. viii


John M Krafft asked: "could it [the statue] see itself turned orange by the 
sun?"

That's one of two pesky details that I had trouble meshing with my suggestion of 
the statue pov.

I made peace with this detail the same way that Mark Kohut did; in Mark's words: 
"if the statue pov is speaking in the third person, ala Adams, it would
speak of the sun on it as it does noticing it on the carpet and part of
itself."

Try it this way: replace "the statue" with "me" in the text. Then that detail 
isn't so problematic sounding.

The second pesky detail is: How does the statue know the placement of the 
corridor and boxes within the theater (i.e., upper level, audience right, stage 
end on the west side)?
                        
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