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Crying Of Lot 49
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The philosophy behind all Pynchon novels lies in the synthesis of
philosophers and modern physicists. Ludwig Wittgenstein viewed the world
as a "totality of facts, not of things."1 This idea can be combined with
a physicist's view of the worl .... Middle of Term Paper
... the chaos around them. The protagonist in The Crying of Lot 49,
Oedipa Mass, like Pynchon's audience, is forced to either involve herself
in the deciphering of clues or not participate at all.4
Oedipa's purpose, besides executing a will, is finding meaning in a life
dominated by assaults on people's perceptions through drugs, sex and
television. She is forced out of her complacent housewife lifestyle of
tupperware parties and Muzak into a chaotic system beyond her capabilities
to understand. Images and facts are constantly spit forth. Oedipa's role
is that of Maxwell's Demon: to sort useful facts from useless ones. The
reader's role ... |
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