In fact, Oedipa, the main character in The Crying of Lot 49, was trying to perceive and construct the world around a conspiracy, similar to how a television perceives the world in terms of image. Her actions fueled her desire to have the capacity to question and merge many aspects of the world together. Oedipa recognized that the world of The Crying of Lot 49 was fragmented. For example, she recognized in the novel that the world contained diverse groups of people that did not fit together. Some of these included: druggies, rock singers, lawyers, actors, Mafia, and the other century cultures. The novel clarifies that these groups weren’t bonded to the elements of this world. Oedipa recognized that the society had no bond; and, therefore, she tried to place these elements into a bond through structure. Her dream was to create “constellations”. The constellations metaphor addressed how Thomas Pynchon might believe humans impose order on something that does not have any order at all. Oedipa would later learn in the novel that her dream of order would not be
In fact, Oedipa, the main character in The Crying of Lot 49, was trying to perceive and construct the world around a conspiracy, similar to how a television perceives the world in terms of image. Her actions fueled her desire to have the capacity to question and merge many aspects of the world together. Oedipa recognized that the world of The Crying of Lot 49 was fragmented. For example, she recognized in the novel that the world contained diverse groups of people that did not fit together. Some of these included: druggies, rock singers, lawyers, actors, Mafia, and the other century cultures. The novel clarifies that these groups weren’t bonded to the elements of this world. Oedipa recognized that the society had no bond; and, therefore, she tried to place these elements into a bond through structure. Her dream was to create “constellations”. The constellations metaphor addressed how Thomas Pynchon might believe humans impose order on something that does not have any order at all. Oedipa would later learn in the novel that her dream of order would not be