Identifying with TRP characters

[Dave Monroe]

Oedipa Maas.  Indeed, on my reading, Oedipa figure the, er, figure of the
reader, of The Crying of Lot 49 or otehrwise, not only confronted with the
immediate question of, well, just what the hell is going on in the first
place, but also with the more fundamental question of, well, just what is
significant in the first place.  Sorting that "information" from that
"noise'" (as) if that's at all possible ...

Jeremy Osner wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd be interested to know with whom (if anyone) in Pynchon's stories you
> identify. AFA GR, I have moments of identity with Slothrop and with
> Roger but not sustained (though I feel empathy with both throughout the
> book), oh, and Leni too. This is a distinction -- I feel empathy with
> many, most, of the characters; by identity I mean the feeling of
> actually being in the character's head, I can't quite put it into words
> but it is stronger than what I describe as empathy. In Vineland I get a
> fairly sustained feeling of identity with Zoyd and with Prairie, too.
>
> Jeremy