The Maturation of Oedipa

Happiness never never "leads a happy life afterwards". With so many or few words this fun conclusion will penetrate the typical literature we like. At the end of the novel, the hero always solves him Her question has gained new insight, complemented it, became stronger, or was fortunately blessed. As a reader, we are accustomed to the latest awareness of understanding and plot plotting and novel information to open the last page. However, in Thomas Pynchon's "Crying No. 49" and John Updike's "Rabbit, Running", the reader is denied this final satisfaction.

This novel tells us that a Californian housewife, Oedipa Maas, fell into a mysterious history mystery when her former lover died as a co-enforter named her heritage. The Oedipa adventure is the set of postage stamps that may be used by the secret underground mail service Trystero (or Tristero). According to the story of Oedipa gathered during his trip to Southern California, Trystero lost to Thurn und Taxis in the 18th century - a true postal system, but Trystero continues to exist until now (1960 's). That mailbox is camouflaged like a normal trashcan, and its slogan W.A.ST.E. (the acronym for "Silent Tristero's Empire") and the soft relief of that symbol are frequently displayed. Although the existence and plan of this dark organization has been clarified little by little, there is no possibility that Trystero will always exist.

One aspect of connecting Oedipa and the audience is paranoia. Unlike Maxwell's devil, in a closed system, readers and Oepipa have contacted the expanding Pinchon fictitious system, including more and more aspects of modern America. As an inefficient sorter, both readers and Oedipa are in a state of confusion or delusions. Paranoia not defined as psychosis refers to the tendency to find meanings where there are meanings in symbols and cases where there is no meaning. At the height of the climax, Oedipa saw a soft back corner across her everywhere. § On the collar she found, she made it with a pale, sparkling alloy, not a different Cyrillic badge, but a pin in the shape of a horn behind Trystero. Mute and everything (page 111). This makes us wonder as if most witnesses she is thinking are whether she is just delusive or whether there is conspiracy involving Trystero.