In Chapter 3 of The Crying of Lot 49 we see an episode when Oedipa finds an interesting thing in the bathroom. She finds a symbol and some message, “Interested in sophisticated fun? You, hubby, girl friends. The more the merrier. Get in touch with Kirby, through Waste only, Box 7391, L. A.” (Pg 38)
In many novels, especially mystery novels, we constantly see the main characters find clues of what they want in symbols. If we take The Da Vinci Code for example we see hoe the protagonist is always finding new symbols that mean something important for him to achieve his quest. Each time he finds one something big is scrambled in the message transmitted by it. Here in this part of the book, Oedipa has just come across this symbol, and message, that don’t mean anything to her. She isn’t even looking for something. So this symbol must be a start to her problems, or start for her solutions.
In many novels, especially mystery novels, we constantly see the main characters find clues of what they want in symbols. If we take The Da Vinci Code for example we see hoe the protagonist is always finding new symbols that mean something important for him to achieve his quest. Each time he finds one something big is scrambled in the message transmitted by it. Here in this part of the book, Oedipa has just come across this symbol, and message, that don’t mean anything to her. She isn’t even looking for something. So this symbol must be a start to her problems, or start for her solutions.
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