Analysis of Gravity's Rainbow, Part 4 - Chapter 2: Mexico at the Heath, Jessica and Roger, Milton Gloaming, IG Farben's Surveillance, Mexico at Twelfth House, Mexico Joins the Counterforce
I think your ramblings are awesome! You did a nice job with the Nora discussion, I'm lost there as well, but that's nothing new. Nora has always confused me as have the mystic scenes throughout the book. I've had to suspend my own images of reality when trying to interpret if they're all part of a fantasy while other scenes actually happen, or it's just exaggerated descriptions of oddballs and outlandish happenings.
Using Nora as you did, tying the ever existing gravitational force, that control of destruction as the center of the freaks was perfect. She's there in the mysticism whether Dodson-Truck accepts or even understands it or not, as gravity is ready to control our actions when we've gone beyond our ability or energy to do so at brennschluss. Less groomed ramblings here.
I really loved the song. I took the "it's not a resistance it's a war" line to mean the preterite are stuck in the resistance or reactionary state of mind, and therefore in the They system, until We realize it will always be war; psychological, economical, class, and military, until We have our own system for offensive measures. Go beyond the resistance and force that feeling onto the elite.
I think your ramblings are awesome! You did a nice job with the Nora discussion, I'm lost there as well, but that's nothing new. Nora has always confused me as have the mystic scenes throughout the book. I've had to suspend my own images of reality when trying to interpret if they're all part of a fantasy while other scenes actually happen, or it's just exaggerated descriptions of oddballs and outlandish happenings.
Using Nora as you did, tying the ever existing gravitational force, that control of destruction as the center of the freaks was perfect. She's there in the mysticism whether Dodson-Truck accepts or even understands it or not, as gravity is ready to control our actions when we've gone beyond our ability or energy to do so at brennschluss. Less groomed ramblings here.
I really loved the song. I took the "it's not a resistance it's a war" line to mean the preterite are stuck in the resistance or reactionary state of mind, and therefore in the They system, until We realize it will always be war; psychological, economical, class, and military, until We have our own system for offensive measures. Go beyond the resistance and force that feeling onto the elite.
As always, thank you so much for your work.
Bummed about Roger and Jessica. Brings me back to the line in episode 6, "Poor Roger, poor lamb, he's having an awful war."
Always one of the hardest chapters to read. I genuinely love the both of them.