COL 49 CH 5 Arrabal to Hilarius and arrival of cops

[Michael Bailey]

On Sun, Jul 21, 2024 at 7:20 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Why did TRP link dead Pierce with Maxwell's Demon?
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My guess: the simile links 3 pairs of things:

A) a container of gas molecules to a landscape of investment prospects;

B) 2 instances of a selection process with a goal;

C) a monitor able to identify and direct items within each of the 2 types
of system


Maybe another connection: that Oedipa hadn’t been able to figure out either
Pierce or the Demon?



Although she does seem to be mildly attracted to Maxwell himself, or at
least interested in him:

“But had Clerk Maxwell been such a fanatic about his Demon’s reality? She
looked at the picture on the outside of the box. Clerk Maxwell was in
profile and would not meet her eyes. The forehead was round and smooth, and
there was a curious bump at the back of his head, covered by curling hair.
His visible eye seemed mild and noncommittal, but Oedipa wondered what
hangups, crises, spookings in the middle of the night might be developed
from the shadowed subtleties of his mouth, hidden under a full beard.”





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