Characters

After knowing that this book is satire, I found myself very intrested in reading it. Since we studied satire in class with Mr. Tangen I have wanted to read a book of satire, this way i will understand it better and have a great time while reading it.
The main characters on chapter 1 of The Crying of Lot 49:

Oedipa Maas: Began to feel ill after knowing that Pierce had died. Needs an escape.

Wendell Mass: Is the husband of Oedipa, short tempered, and works by selling used cars.

Dr. Hilarius: Is a doctor and wants to perform drug experiments upon her.

Roseman: Is the lawyer and insists Oedipa to run away with him.

Pierce Inverarity: One of the ex-boyfriends of Oedipa, was a wealthy man, and a real-estate mogul, in California. He had lost money and died.

I thought that these characters were all very interesting and I found it funny to see that they are all very different from each other. Everyone seems to have their life formed individually and not really united. The part that I found most fun of this chapter was when Oedipa says that she felt she was Rapunzel and that when pierce tried climbing it was really a wig.

I think that the book is going to continue becoming funnier, and I really look forward and continue reading it.