V-2 - Chapter Nine - Fasching/False Time

[alice wellintown]

Also, p.93 AGTD, the Union Card bit, well, that is kinda important. I
hate to say I told you so, but I did argue this work theme before the
publication of VL and was dismissed so ...ya see, the romantic
American Hero he don't get no education in no Harvard or Yale, but on
a Whaleboat. There are deep and historical roots in that native ground
as to  why that Nattybumbo & the boyz ain't European hero-types. That
paid conscription (AGTD.103), that sending another man to war in your
place, that education and job contract, that sleepless time that Kit,
after 36 hours without a wink, that disturbs the universe and lets
loose the disembodied voices, that's the work of sloth, of a Bartleby
who don't end up in the Toombs. Just see a lot of them, in Bryant
Park, blowin that sax, hat out...tough times in new york town.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 12:53 AM, Michael Bailey
<michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 10:41 PM, alice wellintown
> <alicewellintown at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Also obvious, I suppose, is that Mondaugen is "related to" Grover Snodd.
>>
>
> Warte mal - who dat?
>
> http://gravitys-rainbow.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Pages_329-336
>    oh.
> So within the similarly flawed societies, Grover plays the Mondaugen role -
> where Grover "has a disagreement with his father about Berlin"
> Mondaugen tries to reject Weissmann when he realizes, "Scheiss - I'm
> working for you"
>
> interesting insight, alice - the normally positive force of love leads
> them to accept the shortcomings in their society and stop rebelling,
> and start conforming in the prevalent evils...
> Mondaugen's path a little more tortuous
>