COL 49 3&4
I don't know if I'm the only one but I feel like this book makes no sense. The plot is ALL over the place. I think I was better off reading Piers Plowman. The language isn't difficult to understand; there's just a million WEIRD things going on at once.
I keep trying to look up some of the capitalized words in hope that it's a reference to something that'll help me understand the book but my efforts are futile. For instance, I couldn't find anything on "The Scope," maybe it doesn't mean anything, but I thought I'd at least try to decipher it.
Why are The Paranoids just following Oedipa and Metzger around? I'm trying to understand the names but I can't make any connections. Like why is Mike's last name Fallopian? Tristero reminds me of "triste" which means sad in Latin but I don't know why that would mean "sad." Koteks just reminds me of Kotex.
To be honest, I'm not fond of any of the characters. Metzger is a jerk, yet Oedipa continues to have an affair with him. Smh.
I was so annoyed reading The Courrier's Tragedy. There really was no need for the WHOLE play to be in the book. So far this book is a snooze fest.
The symbol Oedipa finds is pretty cool though...it would make a super cool tattoo.
Oedipa should know that Big Brother is ALWAYS watching!!!
I keep trying to look up some of the capitalized words in hope that it's a reference to something that'll help me understand the book but my efforts are futile. For instance, I couldn't find anything on "The Scope," maybe it doesn't mean anything, but I thought I'd at least try to decipher it.
Why are The Paranoids just following Oedipa and Metzger around? I'm trying to understand the names but I can't make any connections. Like why is Mike's last name Fallopian? Tristero reminds me of "triste" which means sad in Latin but I don't know why that would mean "sad." Koteks just reminds me of Kotex.
To be honest, I'm not fond of any of the characters. Metzger is a jerk, yet Oedipa continues to have an affair with him. Smh.
I was so annoyed reading The Courrier's Tragedy. There really was no need for the WHOLE play to be in the book. So far this book is a snooze fest.
The symbol Oedipa finds is pretty cool though...it would make a super cool tattoo.
Oedipa should know that Big Brother is ALWAYS watching!!!
I totally agree that the book got really hard to follow during these two chapters. And the summary of the play was definitely excessive. I feel like the author could've easily just included the part about the Tristero and left it at that. There are also just so many different characters that she has been meeting so it's difficult to keep track of everyone. Hopefully things will clear up later though!
ReplyDeleteI like how you present these questions throughout your post. It shows that you are engaged in the reading and believe in what the book is talking about. I believe that the book's purpose is to make the reader ask questions until they are answered.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you as well! Even though the language is pretty simple, it's super hard to follow. I think this book might be sort of a satire of detective fiction, because Pynchon introduces a couple things that seem to be important, but then nothing ever comes of it, so they might be red herrings??? It's just kind of confusing and there are so many names.
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