As I continue reading through chapter three of the book, I find myself with another funny name in the book, Mike Fallopian. Yet another funny name in the book, but why does Pynchon use so many funny names? He hasn’t given us a clue about this in the book up to this point.

Oedipa Mass is starting to turn into some sort of detective. Everything she does seems so mysterious that we feel like something might be wrong or that she is not simply executing Pierce’s estate. In chapter three, Oedipa and Metzger go to a bar and she finds in the restroom a message. The message was that “Interested in sophisticated fun? You, hubby, girl friends. The more the merrier. Get in touch with Kirby, through WASTE only, Box 7391, L.A” (Page 38) and symbol to the left.

I don’t see why she puts so much interest in this, but without a doubt it is important for her. She even writes it down to investigate it. The more into the book, the more I feel like Oedipa is acting as a detective.