Might Profane be gay?

[alice wellintown]

> Might Profane be gay?

Benny Profane is not a homosexual. There is no evidence that he is
gay. The novel, however, seems rather homophobic by today's standards.
Much of the work under consideration is anxiously influenced by the
young Pynchon's favorite books. Moby-Dick's influence is obvious here
and even more so on GR and M&D. Is Ishmael Gay? No. In fact, if we
read Ishmael as a homosexual, the romance is diminished. Leslie
Fieldler might be of use here.

The pipe smoking Freudian's in Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
diagnose RPM: "Negative Oedipal."