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==Page 553==
'''553.25  Let that Ludwig find his lemming'''<br />
Ludwig's own name has several possible connotations: Beethoven, the mad King of Bavaria, and the brand of banjo played by George Formby, among others. 

'''553.34 One lemming, kid?'''<br />
The context here is different from those of Crutchfield and Rilke, alluded to by Weisenburger. Slothrop wonders at the improbability of finding just one specific lemming among the many who are rushing to their own destruction. Ursula (who is found later) is representative of the Saving Remnant that Pynchon evokes from time to time.  See note at [[Pages 557-563#Page 561|561.26]]

==Page 555==
'''555.29-31 He wrote a long tract . . . burned in Boston.'''<br />
In addition to Weisenburger’s note here, it is worth noting that William Pynchon’s tract took a position similar to the Arminian "heresy" that also seems to inform Frans van der Groov’s tortured encounters with the dodos. See note at [[Pages 92-113#Page 111|111.07-09]].

==Page 556==
'''556.40-41 foreshortening too fast &#151; it’s wideangle, smalltown space here'''<br />
The wideangle (short) lens takes in a greater range of area than a normal (medium) focal–length lens and contributes to "deep focus" effects (keeping all planes in sharp focus). It does so, though, at the expense of distorting the space represented, including foreshortening effects.

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