In the prologue before DeLillo’s Underworld, chaos ensues when “the Giants win the pennant” similar to the chaos in Pieter Bruegel’s painting The Triumph of Death. The Giants won and although there are fans that are ecstatic, the Dodgers and their fans are not. As Russ Hodges is shouting through his mic with excitement, Edgar […]
One of the major points/themes of this novel that stand out to me tremendously is the idea of motivation and purpose. In many instances during Gravity’s Rainbow we find characters that have a distorted perception of motive. Many of them fail to grasp the greater picture and do not fully understand their involvement in the […]
S. was a women held captive during the time of war. A guard invaded her home and brought her along with a group of women into a bus without informing them of where they were going. Before they left, they rounded up a group of men and led them outside to kill them all leaving […]
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There was a segment in a Simpsons episode on Pynchon. I thought it was hilarious how he has a paper bag over his face the entire time. My favorite quote is “Pynchon loves this book as much as he loves cameras.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jR0588DtHJA
This isn’t a direct interpretation of Gravity’s Rainbow but a lot of Pollock’s work is similar to this and seems to depict some kind of universal entropy. Of course, there might be a method to Pollock’s madness, just like there’s a method to the madness of the novel itself.
I took some time to skim through the illustrations from the Zac Smith link and I hope I’m not the only one that think so, but most of them look like scribbles done by a 7 year old. Smith said that he mostly “tried to make a series of pictures as dense, intricate, and rich […]
My sentiments are the same as most people in the class. This may be one of the most dense book’s i’ve ever had to read. I must admit though, it has been a fun journey analyzing and trying to dissect this book. We’ve explored the lives of Pynchon (as far as we could, at least) and Von Braun. […]
Hmm. This has to be one of the strangest novels I’ve ever read. Or rather, attempted to read. Most of the time, I ended up re-reading to make sure I didn’t miss the point of the sentence and it turns out many times, there is no point. However, one thing I must admit it is […]