Oedipa Has No Goal Just As The Hair Spray Can Has No Aim
The hair spray can has no aim when it is flying around just as Oedipa
has no goal when she is traveling around. The can is flying around bouncing off
of whatever it hits and is out of control. Oedipa is traveling around San
Narciso just going where ever people take her and really has no destination in
mind. Both Oedipa and the can are traveling aimlessly around their respected
areas.
The can is flying around the room because Oedipa knocked the can over
and the top broke off. The can then started flying around the room, "The can
hit the floor, something broke, and with a great outsurge of pressure the stuff
commenced atomizing, propelling the can swiftly about the bathroom"(36). The
can is fueled by something in side of it. The stuff inside the can sends it
around the bathroom even though it does not know where it is going.
Oedipa starts traveling around San Narciso but she does not have a
destination. She is being......
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