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Oedipa Mass (Lot 49) vs Dorothy (Wizard of Oz). Oedipa vs. Dorothy Oedipa
Maas, the main character in The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas ...
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Oedipa vs. Dorothy
Oedipa Maas, the main character in The Crying of Lot 49, by Thomas Pynchon finds herself stumbling down the yellow brick road as she is named the executor of a will for her recently deceased ex- boyfriend. Oedipa decides to fulfill the duties handed to her and to do so she heads to San Narciso to meet a lawyer who her ex-boyfriend Pierce Inverarity planned for her to meet. The lawyer, Metzger and Oedipa end up having an affair with one another in the hotel at which Oedipa is staying. Some time later the two of them go around searching for different things and different people. Oedipa ends up meeting societies like the Peter Pinguid Society and even goes to a play called The Courier’s Tragedy. While watching this play Oedipa hears a quick mention of the word Tristero, which sparks her curiosity further as to what Inverarity really had been doing while he was alive and has Oedipa craving to know what everything means. (Spark Notes Summary)
Dorothy, the main character from The Wizard of Oz written by L. Frank Baum actually finds herself walking down a real yellow brick road right after being transported to the Land of Oz by a tornado. When she first starts on her journey she follows the yellow brick road and on the way she meets the Scarecrow whom she saves. Together with Scarecrow, Dorothy continues her travels and later
meets the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion all of whom join the traveling squad because they all need something from Dorothy and Oz. Oedipa and Dorothy’s stories match in the general plotline, both stories have bad guys or objects, and both woman discover who they really are. The differences in these two novels however, begin with the worlds that the stories take place in and the characteristics of the characters, and lastly the decision that these woman make to conclude their journeys.
Oedipa Mass is a woman who is afraid to find out who she really is. She is a woman much like...
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