The personal experience of the characters displays the hope one has for something new with hidden truth. ... Pynchon uses word choice and personal dialogue to display Oedipa's optimism as she travels to talk more with John Nesfastis: She had caught site of the historical marker only because she"d gone back, deliberately, to Lake Inverarity one day, owing to this, what you might have to call, growing obsession, with "bringing something of herself" - even if that something was just her presence - to the scatter of business interest that had survived Inverarity. (72) Pynchon exhibits Oed...

• Word Count: 3055
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School