Oedipa Cont.

"things then did not delay in turning curious". This is the first line of the turning point of the novel. Chapter 3 begins similarily as strange as the beginning of the novel. While it opens up in Oedipa and Metzger's hotel room, it sonn travels (through Oedipa's mind) back to memories of her ex Pierce and more objects which he may have left for her to sort in his will ( namely a stamp collection). The character of Oedipa fascinates me. This is a woman who crones for her husband Mucho in the beginning of the tale and yet only three chapters in she is already having an affair with a man whom she has known less than 24 hours. On top of that, her mind is constantly traveling between her past and present relationships with Pierce, Mucho, and Metzger. I find it hard to tell who it is that matters the most to her as all three seem to have a significant affect on her and on her ideals of the others. On top of that, Oedipa claims that she thinks that Mucho already knows about her affair and yet decides not to mention it to him on the chance that it will cause Mucho to start having affairs with teenage girls at his station...yet while this bothers her, other than this thought she seems to completely abandon any sense of guilt over her own affair as well as any thoughts of her husband when she is with Metzger. Who is this woman who seems to be intrinsically tied and defined by the men she is with? Do the various men serve to fill her own insecurities or in the case of Oedipa is she beyond that? After all she seems to confident enough to say to herself ( upon meeting metzger) that even in a sweater and jeans she knew she looked good. Oedipa seems to defy much of what I know of my fellow female....