CoL49 Ch5 third section Weekly Reading

[Joseph Tracy]

That seems like a plenty sufficient explanation to me. 

> On Jul 15, 2024, at 4:29 PM, J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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> Pierce, the dead man, obviously connects Oed and Jesus, but Maxwell’s Demon sorts information, connecting the higher pressure chamber with the lower pressure chamber, moving faster moving molecules together and slower moving molecules together. 
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> The coincidence is their meeting again, but besides being part of her quest to understand his will and the Tristero, I don’t see how he links the coincidence, except that Pierce is why Jesus recognizes Oed when she walks into the restaurant.
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> Just an inconclusive brainstorm.
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> In solidarity,
> James
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> On Monday, July 15, 2024, 16:08, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have a question. This Chapter 5, p. 98...What does this mean?
> 'The dead man, like Maxwell's Demon, was the linking feature in a coincidence"
> ??????
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 4:32 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> JK: How does Hilarius' explanation of LSD and blending of individuals into one compare with Oedipa's efforts to understand W.A.S.T.E.?
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> No idea....all individuals merging int sounds like another bat-shit idea....
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 12:41 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Q: Although she learns much about W.A.S.T.E., Oed leaves the Bay area without finding a source or definitive W.A.S.T.E. facility beyond the bin and the currier's route.
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> Trystero has no location, definitive or less than. That is part of its connection to the anarchistic incursion into history....
> On Fri, Jul 12, 2024 at 11:08 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
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> Sorry for the delay. I'm taking up the hosting for the week.
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> Summary:After helping the sailor up the stairs and onto his "Viking funeral" bed, Oed gives him money and takes his letter to mail. She heads down under the freeway where she eventually finds a trash can labeled W.A.S.T.E. She hovers and watches until a young man drops in a bundle. She puts the letter inside and returns to her observation point until a young wino gathers the contents. She follows him and his successor whom he hands the bag off. She follows this wino as he delivers around Oakland. Eventually she returns to her hotel, where the deaf-mute association is having a silent dance where every dancing pair dances to their own music. She is waltzed around the room until the synonymous break, when she flees to her room. After sleeping she drives the Impala down to Kinneret, deciding to visit Dr. Hilarius, who takes pock shots at her as she enters. His assistant lets her into the office, where she learns that Hilarius has a psychic breakdown, believing the Israeli's are after him. She tries to talk him down from the precipice, but he considers her to be an enemy. He relates his history as a psychiatrist in the Nazi death camp, Buchenwald. He was in charge of 'faces' that would have psychotic effects on the Jewish prisoners. He describes one face that can create immediate and irreparable psychic damage,  which he used on one Zvi. The sirens of the police can be heard, and Hilarius pulls Oed into his office, where he tells her the details, including his efforts to pay 'penance' by attempting to become a believer of Freud. 
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> Questions:
> Although she learns much about W.A.S.T.E., Oed leaves the Bay area without finding a source or definitive W.A.S.T.E. facility beyond the bin and the currier's route. Why does she think that Dr Hilarius will help her?
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> How does Hilarius' crimes in Buchenwald move the plot forward or help to understand either character?
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> Is Oedipa Jewish? How does her response to Hilarius' revelations expand her character?
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> How does Hilarius' explanation of LSD and blending of individuals into one compare with Oedipa's efforts to understand W.A.S.T.E.?
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> In solidarity,
> James
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