Now and then, unannounced, Drave showed up to review Lew's progress.
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I'm not sure Drave's program designed to help with atonement is much of a concern to Pynchon because we haven't received any details about the steps Lew is taking towards atonement. It's probably because getting too specific would narrow the analogy. It's better to be vague so that the reader can choose what terrible and controlling self-help group or religious camp Lew has fallen in with.
It's also possible Lew doesn't understand the program or has not been taught any of the steps. He's just out there doing chores for a bunch of strangers who occasionally give him a performance review or beat him with the remembrance stick.
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