Journey of Self-Discovery in Thomas Pynchons The Crying of Lot 49 Ess

Journey of Self-Discovery in Thomas Pynchons The Crying of Lot 49 Thomas Pynchons The Crying of Lot 49 challenges the readers perception of the initiation by enfolding his readers, through a variety of means, within the intricate whole kit and caboodle of his narrative. It centers around would be heroine Oedipa Maas whose life is turned upside down when she discovers that she has been do executor of the the three estates of old flame and entrepreneur Pierce Inverarity. When she is imposed upon to travel to the fictional city of San Narcisco, where Inverarity is said to have numerous real estate holdings, in order to carry out her task, Oedipa stumbles upon a muted target horn the first of many clues leading her deep into the impenetrable crew surrounding Trystero, an underground postal system shrouded in mystery and enchant opening her eyes to an alternative way of life. This post modern work of literature infuses dark humor and irony instigating a metamorphosis of intellec tually challenging material subsequently luring us, his readers who have unknowingly be uprise a part of the conspiracy, into the methodical chaos of The Crying of Lot 49. Well cognize for incorporating the basic ideas of philosophy and physics into all of his writings, Pynchon states that the measure of the world is its noise (The Grim Phoenix, pg.2) an assertion that ext extirpates into the worlds he has created within the covers of his books. The structure of observation that Pynchon has constructed for the view of his creation has two distinct levels focused on those of his characters, particularly Oedipa Maas, whos world is restricted to the confines of the composition and also that of the reader who stands on the outside looking in but who is also affected by (h... ... our unfitness to interact personally with the characters in the book, are bound to a befogged cicerone who cannot see well enough to point us in the refine direction. Although Oedipa never uncovers the h idden truth as to whether or not in that location really exist a statewide conspiracy involving Trystero, in the end she gives herself over to the paranoia innate to never knowing for sure. Like the reader she has come to the conclusion that it would be a better practice to know that shes paranoiac and accept it as a part of life in that society, thus to deny its existence and live in doubt for the rest of her life. Choosing to contract the new self she has unearthed in her journey, like the reader Oedipa is reintroduced to the world at large and with eyes wide open.Works CitedPynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49. innovative York HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. 1965.