TT 1.3 - "The Recognitions"

[Jed Kelestron]

One thing Gaddis and Pynchon have in common is that they are not
doctrinaire. They offer a wide spectrum of perspectives through a
large cast of characters without identifying with any doctrine. To
state the obvious, no one would think that because Aunt May espouses
what she espouses that her position is Gaddis' position. And just
because Otto's character's position is such does not mean Gaddis
thinks it is so. If you look at the ways the word 'recognition' is
used in chapter 3, you'll see the very word of the title is used in
several different ways. Some like alice defined it, others like Otto
used it.