CoL49 group reading ch6 part 1

[Michael Bailey]

There was a game called “punch-buggy” I heard of second hand, in which the
older sibling would spot a VW and say “punch-buggy” & punch the younger
sibling. Seemed kind of mean.

On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 9:54 PM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> "This is America, you live in it, you let it happen. Let it unfurl. She
> drove savagely along the freeway, hunting for Volkswagens."
>
> This quote, after Oedipa leaves Winthrop Tremaine's government surplus and
> racist memorabilia store, responds to her calling herself a chicken for not
> hitting Tremaine over the head with a blunt object. However, the first two
> sentences speak to what America represents as a "free" nation, that we swim
> among vile attitudes that we allow to exist because we are "free" to think
> as we please. Their hatred will unfurl, bringing to the light of day what
> would otherwise remain in the festering darkness. To accept this, she hunts
> Volkswagens in order to relieve her distaste for this reality.
>
> Three short sentences that capture so much.
>
> In solidarity,
> James
>
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