CoL49 group reading ch 3: 33, 34

[Mark Kohut]

I think this sums up the willed ambiguity very well.....Metzger can control
all he can as a lawyer preparing contingencies to eliminate
while he and Pierce have their way with Oedipa...

But the whole world is beyond his control....

And this is part of P's overall meaning.

Mark

On Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 10:25 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> So how much is Metzger involved in the manipulation of Oedipa? How much
> does he direct the events that happen so far?Most lawyers wouldn't seek out
> a client by searching the local motels, especially not on a Sunday. He
> seems to know quite more than he admits he knows. Does he lead Oed to The
> Scope, or is this an accident? Would he know that the ladies bathroom had
> W.A.S.T.E. graffiti? Would he expect Fallopian to be there?
>
> On the other hand, he can't really have known that the Paranoids would
> have gone to the play, or did he give them tickets? He doesn't trust them
> to get drunk around him, or at least he's too cheap to share. Also the
> whole Manny Di Presso arrival and departure don't seem to be part of
> Metzger's plans.
>
> In solidairty,
>
> James
>
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