"More and more in recent weeks, he had found himself approaching likewise the condition of an empty cylinder, ony intermittently occupied by intelligent thought."
— Pynchon, Thomas (b. 1937)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The Penguin Press
Date
2006
Metaphor
"More and more in recent weeks, he had found himself approaching likewise the condition of an empty cylinder, ony intermittently occupied by intelligent thought."
Metaphor in Context
The call went through immediately, and Scarsdale, excusing himself, withdrew to an instrument in another part of the suite. The Professor was left to stare into the depths of his ancient hat, as if it were a vestiary expression of his present situation. More and more in recent weeks, he had found himself approaching likewise the condition of an empty cylinder, ony intermittently occupied by intelligent thought. Was this the right thing to do? Should he even be here? The criminality in the room was almost palpable. Ray certainly didn't care for any of it, and the boys today, even in their usual unworldliness, had regarded him with something like apprehension. Would any sum the New York lawyers might be suggesting now be worth the loss of that friendship?
(p. 35)
(p. 35)
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Reading
Citation
Pynchon, Thomas. Against the Day, New York: The Penguin Press, 2006.
Date of Entry
06/26/2007
