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Crying Of Lot 49
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The philosophy behind all Pynchon novels lies in the synthesis of
philosophers and modern physicists. Ludwig Wittgenstein viewed the world
as a "totality of facts, not of things."1 This idea can be combined with
a physicist's view of the world as a closed system that tends towards
chaos. Pynchon ....
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....d system.
Pynchon's fictional system is constantly expanding to include more and
more aspects of contemporary America.5 Therefore, the reader and Oedipa
are inefficient sorters. Both are left at a panicky state of confusion,
or paranoia.
Paranoia unites the reader and Oedipa. If we define "paranoia" not as a
mental aberration but as a tendency to find meaning in symbols whether the
meanings exist or not, we can clearly see the similarity between Oedipa
and us. Paranoids do not see plots her.... |
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