![]() ![]() Finally, the Absurd quest itself is traced extensively throughout Inherent Vice by following its main character, Larry ‘Doc’ Sportello. ![]() ![]() The Absurd quality of the California setting will be elaborated upon next. Then Humour of the Absurd, or Black Humour, central to Pynchon is described. The thesis will begin by discussing the relationship between paranoia, anti-paranoia and the Absurd, followed by the Absurd quest prevalent in Pynchon’s fiction. This thesis will seek to illuminate to what extent Pynchon instils paranoia within the absurd reality imposed upon the central character in Inherent Vice during his quest. Little discussion exists regarding the relationship between paranoia, anti-paranoia and the Absurd, and the combined influence they have on Thomas Pynchon’s central characters. ![]()
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