Then when Oedipa writes down an address from the bathroom, and a symbol that was a "loop, triangle, and trapezoid" (p.38), I thought, okay, maybe Pynchon is targeting ridiculous scenarios? However, reading on, I found out that he was actually targeting rebels. Rebels who were against the government. So pretty much the people who go around doing...well, whatever they want I guess. The whole mail carrier ordeal was a way to rebel against the government "monopoly" on delivering mail. Great thing to rebel against, don't you think? It makes mail so much more, interesting and complicated.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Mail Call
As Oedipa and Metzger are sitting in a bar, having a modified-history class, a "fattish pale young man...started calling names and throwing envelopes into the crowd" (p.37). Whaaaaaaat? I had to read this paragraph three times to actually realize that they were talking about a real mail carrier, walking into a bar, and start throwing letters at people. It made me crack up; yet, what was the significance of this, other than just being plain funny, in a ridiculous sense?
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