Analysis of Ideology in Thomas Pynchon's "The Crying of Lot 49

STORY AND IDEOLOGY IN THOMAS

STORY AND IDEOLOGY IN THOMAS

PYNCHON’S 

PYNCHON’S 

THE CRYING OF LOT 49

THE CRYING OF LOT 49

Group 3 :

Group 3 :

•

Alfian Muhammad Mufid

Alfian Muhammad Mufid

•

Najmi Hanifah Kamil

Najmi Hanifah Kamil

•

Fitri Shaharani

Fitri Shaharani

•

Kaleb Grasius

Kaleb Grasius

•

Cahya Bunga Agiva A.

Cahya Bunga Agiva A.

By Thomas Pynchon

Published 1966

SETTING

SETTING

Kinneret dan San Narciso , California

Kinneret dan San Narciso , California

1960

1960

PLOT

Perjalanan seorang wanita bernama 

Perjalanan seorang wanita bernama 

O

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edipa 

edipa 

M

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aas yang

aas yang

berusaha mengungkap misteri dibalik 

berusaha mengungkap misteri dibalik 

tristero

tristero

 , sebuah

 , sebuah

layanan pos rahasia.

layanan pos rahasia.

CHARACTERS



Oedipa Maas



Wendell "Mucho" Maas



Metzger



D

r. Hillarius



Miles , Dean , Serge ,

Leonard

 (Band The

Paranoids)



Roseman



Stanley Koteks



John Nefastis



Manny



Randolph Driblette



Emory Bortz



Grace Bortz



Mike Fallopian



Mr.

 Thoth



The Greek Way



Jenghis Cohen



Loren Passerine

AMERICA’S SOCIAL CONDITION

AMERICA’S SOCIAL CONDITION

DURING THE 1960s

DURING THE 1960s



Pasca Perang Dunia 2.

Pasca Perang Dunia 2.

Amerika telah berpartisipasi dalam perang lain :

1.

Blokade Berlin (1948-1949),

2.

Perang Korea (1950-1953),

3.

Krisis Rudal Kuba (1962),

4.

Perang Vietnam (1959-1975),

5.

Dan Krisis Suez (1956).

Mutually Assured Destruction

 (MAD)

atau

Nuclear Detterence

.

IDEOLOGY

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IDEOLOGI YANG MUNCUL

IDEOLOGI YANG MUNCUL

PADA NOVEL :

PADA NOVEL :

Postmodernism

Postmodernism

Pop

Pop

Culture

Culture

Reference

Reference

Paranoia

Paranoia

or

or

Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia

BUKTI POP CULTURE REFERENCE DI NOVEL

BUKTI POP CULTURE REFERENCE DI NOVEL

The room would be good enough for the time she had to stay. Its door opened on a long

The room would be good enough for the time she had to stay. Its door opened on a long

courtyard with a swimming pool,whose surface that day was flat, brilliant with sunlight. At the

courtyard with a swimming pool,whose surface that day was flat, brilliant with sunlight. At the

far end stood a fountain, with another nymph. Nothing moved.If people lived behind the other

far end stood a fountain, with another nymph. Nothing moved.If people lived behind the other

doors or watched through the windows gagged each with its roaring air-conditioner,

doors or watched through the windows gagged each with its roaring air-conditioner,

shecouldn't see them. The manager, a drop-out named Miles, maybe 16 with a Beatle haircut

shecouldn't see them. The manager, a drop-out named Miles, maybe 16 with a Beatle haircut

and a lapelless, cuffless,one-button mohair suit, carried her bags and sang to himself, possibly

and a lapelless, cuffless,one-button mohair suit, carried her bags and sang to himself, possibly

to her:MILES'S SONG Too fat to Frug,That's what you tell me all the time When you really

to her:MILES'S SONG Too fat to Frug,That's what you tell me all the time When you really

try'n' to put me down, But I ' m hip,So close your big fat lip, Yeah, baby,I may be too fat to Frug,

try'n' to put me down, But I ' m hip,So close your big fat lip, Yeah, baby,I may be too fat to Frug,

But at least I ain't too slim to Swim."It's lovely," said Oedipa, "but why do you sing with an

But at least I ain't too slim to Swim."It's lovely," said Oedipa, "but why do you sing with an

English accent when you don't talk that way?""It's this group I'm in," Miles explained, "the

English accent when you don't talk that way?""It's this group I'm in," Miles explained, "the

Paranoids. We're new yet. Our manager says we should sing like that. Wewatch English

Paranoids. We're new yet. Our manager says we should sing like that. Wewatch English

movies a lot, for the accent.“

movies a lot, for the accent.“

(Chapter 2, Page 5&6)

(Chapter 2, Page 5&6)

BUKTI PARANOIA / 

BUKTI PARANOIA / 

SCHIZOPHRENIA 

DI NOVEL

DI NOVEL

Next day, after twelve hours of sleep and no dreams to speak of, Oedipa checked out of the

Next day, after twelve hours of sleep and no dreams to speak of, Oedipa checked out of the

hotel and drove down thepeninsula to Kinneret. She had decided on route, with time to think

hotel and drove down thepeninsula to Kinneret. She had decided on route, with time to think

about the day preceding, to go see Dr Hilarius her shrink,and tell him all. She might well be in

about the day preceding, to go see Dr Hilarius her shrink,and tell him all. She might well be in

the cold and sweatless meathooks of a psychosis. With her own eyes she had verified aWASTE

the cold and sweatless meathooks of a psychosis. With her own eyes she had verified aWASTE

system: seen two WASTE postmen, a WASTE mailbox, WASTE stamps, WASTE cancellations.

system: seen two WASTE postmen, a WASTE mailbox, WASTE stamps, WASTE cancellations.

And the image ofthe muted post horn all but saturating the Bay Area. Yet she wanted it all to be

And the image ofthe muted post horn all but saturating the Bay Area. Yet she wanted it all to be

fantasy—some clear result of her severalwounds, needs, dark doubles. She wanted Hilarius to

fantasy—some clear result of her severalwounds, needs, dark doubles. She wanted Hilarius to

tell her she was some kind of a nut and needed a rest, and that there was Trystero. She also

tell her she was some kind of a nut and needed a rest, and that there was Trystero. She also

wanted to know why the chance of its being real should menace her so.

wanted to know why the chance of its being real should menace her so.

(Chapter 5, Page 37)

(Chapter 5, Page 37)

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