In Chapter 5 of The Crying of Lot 49 we see how Oedipa begins to find clues of what is going on. This chapter reminded me of many movies and how the protagonist follows somebody that he believes will lead him to the solution. In this case Oedipa follows the man how got the letters, “She tailed him all the way back down the littered, shifty, loud length of the Market and over on First Street to the trans bay bus terminal, where he bought a ticket for Oakland. So did Oedipa”. (Pg106) She is now very much into the mystery she must solve. Her own questions must be answered for her to be finally in peace. Pynchon is making her restless, because she is getting nowhere with her investigation of the mystery she must solve. After all she has been through Oedipa is very tired of it, “Yet she wanted it all to be a fantasy”. (Pg 107) At the end of the day, she just wants it all out of her head.
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Yes, but where is the depth? The satire?
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