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| − | As with most Pynchon novels, ''Against the Day'' is studded with binarisms, perhaps the most obvious in this case being Light and Dark. I've tried to arrange the binarisms so that all the elements that might be construed as being of the "Light Side" appear first, followed by those on the "Dark Side." This grouping is not meant to be absolute. For example, Telluride is elevated (Light Side), but is associated with Hell (Dark Side). I've only listed a few characters, mainly because they often seem to have different doubles in different parts of the book, and also have a tendency to switch sides on occasion. Please feel free to expand. Also, any elements that I remain uncertain of, either as fully intended binarisms or regarding which side is which, I've marked with question marks. In not much of a particular order:
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| − | Light - Dark<br />
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| − | Up - Down<br />
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| − | Out - In<br />
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| − | Peace - War<br />
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| − | Life - Death<br />
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| − | Heaven - Hell<br />
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| − | Cold - Heat<br />
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| − | Air - Earth<br />
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| − | Linear Time - Cyclic Time<br />
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| − | Linear Systems - Parallel Systems<br />
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| − | Singular - Multiple<br />
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| − | Cigars - Opium (?)<br />
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| − | Coffee - Opium (?)<br />
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| − | Mouth - Anus<br />
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| − | Shoes - Hats (?)<br />
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| − | German - English<br />
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| − | America - Mexico<br />
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| − | Japan - China<br />
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| − | West - East<br />
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| − | North - South<br />
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| − | White - Black<br />
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| − | Green - Red<br />
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| − | Yellow - Purple<br />
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| − | Blue - Orange<br />
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| − | Sun - Stars / Moon<br />
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| − | History - Myth<br />
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| − | Fact - Fiction<br />
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| − | Past - Future<br />
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| − | Space - Time
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| − | Vision - Scent / Sound / Smell / Touch<br />
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| − | Vectorism - Quaternionism<br />
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| − | Pear - Diamond<br />
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| − | Gold - Silver<br />
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| − | Glacier - Volcano (?)<br />
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| − | Innocence - Experience<br />
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| − | Male - Female<br />
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| − | Waking - Dream<br />
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| − | Industry - Gambling (?)<br />
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| − | Shininess - Luminescence (?)<br />
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| − | Melody - Harmony<br />
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| − | Werfner - Renfrew<br />
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| − | Vibe Family - Traverse Family<br />
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| − | the ''Inconvenience'' - the ''Bol'shaia Igra''<br />
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| − | Apologies for the dismal formatting. Anyone out there with better HTML skills than mine is welcome to have at it.
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| − | --[[User:Squidwiggle|Squidwiggle]] 14:01, 11 February 2007 (PST)
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