I thought that the first chapter of The Crying of Lot 49 was slightly confusing but very intriguing. Throughout the entire 12 pages I felt like I had come into a book that was many chapters in. The reader was quickly introduced to people that the book makes you feel like you should already know. I felt like I was bombarded with information, and disordered information at that. However, the more you read through the disorder there was order. But even when I began to understand something, I still found it weird. For instance, the fact that Oedipa's psychiatrist is calling her in the middle of the night to ask her to be apart of his study that requires her to take drugs. There were many times throughout the chapter that I felt like it reminded me of Slaughterhouse 5. For some reason the amount of disorder reminded me of the almost random way in which Slaughterhouse 5 is written. Also there were small little additions to the story that were odd, but I'm sure have some deep hidden meaning. For instance, the fact that the radio station that Mucho works at is the word FUCK spelled backwards. Also, the names in this story are very odd. The name Oedipa which could be said to sound like Oedipus, might be a reference to Freud. Also what is with the name Mucho? So he is a lot. But a lot of what? Also, who could look past the name of the psychiatrist. How could you take someone seriously and expect them to take you seriously when their name was Hilarius. I know that there must be something more to these odd additions to the story I am just unable to figure it out at this point. Hopefully these will be questions that will be answered with further reading.