GR translation: little foxes

[alice wellintown]

> P51.27-41  You have waited in these places ... , you are the Traveler's Aid.
>
> What exactly is Pointsman looking for at the bus station?  Is he an actual
> pedophile, living a secret life?
>
> Pynchon seems to give Pointsman sexual fantasies  about  defenseless young
> people principally as a metaphor for his war work involving human
> experimentation.  I don't recall any acting on the fantasies but could be
> wrong.

I agree. There are several metaphors in these passages that
characterize Pointsman, his work, his desires and obsessions. The
diction and the imagery paint a portrait of Pointsman's mind more than
his actions. Also, the use of "You" by the narrator here has at least
three effects: it establishes an ethical position or one of the
important norms of the implied author, that is, the implied author's
anti-war position, it introduces an important romantic theme of the
work, the novel is a Song of Innocence and Experience (Blake), and it
makes the reader complicit in the fantacy.