Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Crying of Lot 49; Identificaitons of Characters

Oedipa Maas - Recently named executrix of the estate of Pierce Inverarity, the novel seems to be written in third-person, limited to Oedipa, however I am not positive.

Wendell ("Mucho") Maas - Oedipa's husband; former used-car seller, seems to be a bit unstable...he gets easily upset.

Pierce Inverarity - Former lover of Oedipa; deceased.

Roseman - Family lawyer, wants to "run away" (p. 10) with Oedipa...he is married, and also tried to play footsie with Oedipa under the table.

Dr. Hilarius - called Oedipa at three in the morning, to discuss the pills she wasn't taking. Seems like a creepy scary scientist who does freaky tests on innocent people.

My thoughts so far on this book are:
1. It sounds like it was written by someone on drugs
2. It sounds like it is written about people on drugs
3. It sounds like it is going to go nowhere




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