CoL49 - Ch6 Part 1

[Michael Bailey]

Depraved as an adjectivication of the infrequently seen verb “deprave”

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/deprave#google_vignette

Deprave - to lead into bad habits
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/habit>; make
morally bad; corrupt; pervert
<https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/pervert>

She’s the “depravee” - ie the depraved person is the victim (although there
are those who blame the victim; haters gonna hate)

Metzger, the “depraver,” has depraved her (although the Paranoids probably
started the process)




On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 4:38 PM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Two quick thoughts about Oedipa. First, why does she describe Metzger's
> new flame as "depraved" instead of him? Does she fall into the blame the
> woman trap?