Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Chapter 1: Section 6: Page 53: Line 150 (943)

 He handed Lew a pair of field-glasses.

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Heino Vanderjuice wants Lew Basnight to take a closer look at the text. I mean the Stockyards. No, I mean the text. Remember how right now, in this scene, Lew has taken on the role of the reader as Randolph and Heino attempt to go a little more in-depth with Pynchon's themes rather than just dropping a reference or two that the reader will most likely miss, being so far off and out of sight that you'd need a pair of binoculars to see them at all.

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