So, if Pynchon gives us the pattern of meaning, rather than meaning itself in this novel, he also gives us a vision of what it means to embody that pattern.

所以如果说Pynchon给了我们意义的模式在，而不是意义本身，那么他也给了我们体现那个模式意味着什么的景象。

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