You write "It seems that many of these scenes within the chapter are temporally odd." Good observation.
I recall being struck by this as I was re-reading the section myself, and by the sense of disorientation that resulted. This was some years ago and apparently the thought has stayed with me. I literally felt like I was wandering around and getting lost in the chapter.
I would hazard a guess that TRP's intention was to show that same sense of temporal oddity on M&D's part, and if the reader got it too, so much the better.
So much of the Cape Town stuff gives that exact feeling, but this chapter is where it’s at its peak. It’s really where all of the ideas on commodification come together so it only makes sense!
And yeah I completely agree that we are seeing that disorientation through M&D’s perspective in order to show us how our existence is just as odd but has come to be perceived as normal.
You write "It seems that many of these scenes within the chapter are temporally odd." Good observation.
I recall being struck by this as I was re-reading the section myself, and by the sense of disorientation that resulted. This was some years ago and apparently the thought has stayed with me. I literally felt like I was wandering around and getting lost in the chapter.
I would hazard a guess that TRP's intention was to show that same sense of temporal oddity on M&D's part, and if the reader got it too, so much the better.
So much of the Cape Town stuff gives that exact feeling, but this chapter is where it’s at its peak. It’s really where all of the ideas on commodification come together so it only makes sense!
And yeah I completely agree that we are seeing that disorientation through M&D’s perspective in order to show us how our existence is just as odd but has come to be perceived as normal.