The Adversary

[Dave Monroe]

"'Metzger, don't harrass me.  Be on my side.'"
   "'Against whom?' inquired Metzger, putting on
shades." (Lot 49, Ch. 3, p. 76)

--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> "The chain of associations forged by these connected
> observations makes for an interesting ambiguity in
> our attitude toward Metzger.  His name links him by
> analogy to competitors of the Thurn and Taxis
> organization, and hence to the Tristero, a fact that
> accords well with Watson's thesis, which maintains
> that through the Tristero Oedipa comes to the brink
> of self-discovery, after being rescued by Metzger
> from her 'comfortable and complacent' suburban life
> (61).  Metzger, however, is Pierce Inverarity's
> legal representative and thus is closely associated
> with the main current of American capitalism--the
> equivalent of the monopolistic Thurn and Taxis 
> dynasty.  This latter suggestion has ties to the
> speculation raised by the discovery that W.A.S.T.E.
> stands for 'We Await Silent Tristero's Empire,' and
> anticipation when the Tristero itself will take over
> the monopolistic functions of the state system
> (169)." (Grant, Companion, pp. 11-2)

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