This paper discusses the character Oedipa in “The Crying Lot of 49”.
This essay discusses the principle character, Oedipa of Thomas Pynchon’s monograph, The Crying Lot of 49. The author examines how to seek truth and to draw a line between what is real and what is pseudo demands not only rationality but also the power to keep one’s senses intact. The writer shows how searching for the answers to the perplexing and intellectually challenging questions result in our increased knowledge of the world and its practices but also what augments is our disbelief regarding the meaning and the values that we hold dear.
“Oedipa Mass is undoubtedly the female heroine of the novel, The Crying Lot of 49 by Thomas Pynchon. The entire plot of the masterpiece by Pynchon revolves around the self-discoveries of the protagonist (Pynchon). When his ex-lover Pierce leaves an obscene amount of wealth with Oedipa as the sole executor of his will, the female principle character embarks on a journey where she comes across the two stark opposites; the fantasy world and the real world (Pynchon). Trying desperately to distinguish between the two, Oedipa sets on an odyssey, making futile attempts to solve a worldwide conspiracy in the South of California (Pynchon). In order to piece together the mystery and the truth behind her boyfriend’s will she waste her valuable mechanical energy (Pynchon).”