1. The Search for Truth and the Emptiness that Follows
... is to the window. Being in a "very high window" represents that the feeling of being near the abyss is very frightful, and a fall into the abyss would be long and deadly. Oedipa is like the curtain "moving out to and over the abyss" symbolizes her emotional state. She moves into the empty void and then hovers above it. Pynchon includes the ... ...
- Word Count: 3055
- Approx Pages: 12
- Grade Level: High School