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Slothrop's body slowly was consumed by Imipolex G, turned into it.  He became transparent, invisible.  He was treated with it as the Baby Tyrone.



-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
To: kelber <kelber at mindspring.com>
Cc: pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 10:59 pm
Subject: Re: Discuss


The difference between your take is universality.  Slothrup is much bigger than himself.  That's sort of why he had to fade away.  He is the elusive escape, as well as  inept revolutionary.  Pure and dumb.

On Sunday, February 10, 2013,   wrote:

I don't disagree with any of this, but I don't see how it contradicts what I said about the events in Slothrop's life (as laid out in the book) have more to do with his eventual paranoid quest across Europe and his choosing to turn on, tune in, drop out.


LK

-----Original Message-----
From: David Morris 
Sent: Feb 9, 2013 11:42 PM
To: "kelber at mindspring.com" 
Cc: "pynchon-l at waste.org" 
Subject: Re: Discuss

Your fault with Slothrup's disappearance is too literal.  He transcends his creators by evaporating into the void,  Pointsman's biggest fear was the golum, the experiment gone awry.  Rogue.  So they would rather kill it than lose control of it.  Slothrup  evades, but not before becoming a Buddha.


On Saturday, February 9, 2013,   wrote:

Don't really believe in any sort of deterministic Fate - there are too many incalculable and unpredictable variables.  At any rate, I'd say that what happens in Slothrop's life has more to do with the fact that he was experimented on as a baby, than anything to do with his friendly, and smart but hedonistic character.

Laura


-----Original Message-----
>From: Markekohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
>Sent: Feb 9, 2013 8:30 AM
>To: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>Subject: Discuss
>
>"A man's character is his fate" with special reference to Slothrop.
>
>Sent from my iPad





 
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