GR: More newbie questions

[Michael Bailey]

another continuation of the idea might be how he has recently stood in
the lavatory, urinating "without a thought in his head" (something
Slothrop does later, notably, towards the end of the book)

also, although he looks at his watch and "nothing registers" at this
juncture, he's not an oblivious person at all, but in general - as we
shall see - is deeply involved in numerous missions involving much
presence of mind.

this sequence as he wakes up and goes about a series of private tasks
(his toilette, saving Bloat, starting breakfast) involves his
interiority...

clock time, which synchs him into the wider, war-torn world, doesn't
register because he's still on his personal time - makes sense?


what a wonderful project, to read GR in English and Chinese!

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
> He cannot see--register-- any time for whatever reason. (it is 13 o'clock at
> opening of 1984)
> We live in time. (see early lines about scumbling, I believe)
> Nothing---no thing; death; oblivion---registers.
> All those and more resonate..............
> ________________________________
> From: Mike Jing <mikezjing at hotmail.com>
> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
> Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 3:24:14 AM
> Subject: GR: More newbie questions
>
> P7.32  Pirate looks at his watch.  Nothing registers.
>
> Does this mean he is so nervous and distracted that he is not seeing what he
> is looking at?  Or does it mean something else?  Sorry if this is obvious.
>
>



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