Oedipa

After reading chapter 2 of The Crying Of Lot 49, I wanted to talk about Oedipa. I thought that she was a great character and found interesting all that was happening to her and the way that she was handling it. So after she found out that her lover: Pierce, had died and that she was named to be the executrix of the estate of Pierce. So after she knowing this she went to San Narciso, this was a town in California and it was where Pierce’s law firm was located and where he used to live. In this law firm he had a lot of associates including: Metzger. This lawyer spend some time with Oedipa in a bar and they were drunk and started to play games in which she had to take off a piece of clothing by each time she talked about an specific topic. And this game went on and on and they ended up in the bathroom, and then they left and had sex. By now we can see that Oedipa is an unstable person she has no idea nor real conscious on what she is doing. She is acting for the moment without thinking what it may imply nor the consequences it may bring. I feel triggered to see what will be the next steps of Oedipa while continuing to read.