Pynchon... discourse

Throughout Pynchon’s book, information and or lack of information becomes a problem for Oedipa. Even in the beginning of the novel information is not completely clear. For example, Oedipa must execute the will of an ex-lover, which she finds out via a letter. Information continues to be presented yet confusing when Oedipa gets to her motel and the scene quickly becomes a spectacle with a lot of noise going on. There is the television booming, the band; Paranoid blaring, all while Oedipa and Metzger engage in a wild flirtation. So much is going on in this scene that all the noise meshes together as Metzger and Oedipa become “coincided with every light in the place, including the TV tube, suddenly going out, dead, black.” Information in this book is presented in various ways, from the letter to music. After all, the text is frequently interrupted by strange tunes. The one song that perhaps will coincide with the character’s lives is the “serenade” because this song mentions a “lonely cry,” which may somehow reveal meaning as the book unfolds.