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Feminism and Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm Source: Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange‚ Seyla Benhabib‚ Judith Butler‚ Drucilla Cornell‚ Nancy Fraser‚ with an introduction by Linda Nicholson. Published by Routledge.‚ pp. 1-16. 1. The Feminist Alliance With Postmodernism A decade ago a question haunted feminist theorists who had participated in the experiences of the New Left and who had come to
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The Things They Carried Analysis “Story Truth” and “Happening Truth” in The Things They Carried Throughout The Things They Carried‚ by Tim O’Brien it is difficult to separate what is fictitious‚ and what is true. During the entire work there are two different “truths”‚ which are “story truth” and “happening truth”. “Happening truth” is the actual events that happen‚ and is the foundation or time line on which the story is built on. “Story truth” is the molding or re-shaping of the “happening
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Tim O’Brien‚ in his collection of short stories called “The things they carried”‚ develops the theme of soldiers ‘carrying’ many burdens throughout their lives. Through his persona‚ also named Tim O’Brien‚ O’Brien contradicts the stereotypical reason as to why the men joined the war. Jimmy Cross explores the unwanted burden placed on a Lieutenant of the platoon member’s responsibility. Further O’Brien explores the affect of the Vietnam War on the soldiers on their wellbeing through Norman Bowker
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In “The Things They Carried‚” O’Brien takes us back to the Vietnam War. He demonstrates to the reader that not only does each United States soldier carry something physical with them‚ but they also carry an emotional burden as well. What each man carries is a combination of thoughts‚ emotions‚ and past experiences. Every soldier carries the standard military issued equipment with them‚ which is their physical burden. Their emotional burden is very individualized. For instance‚ “Lieutenant Jimmy
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Pride Many of the characters in The Things They Carried exemplify tremendous pride in their actions‚ causing them to do good or bad things that they would not have the courage to do otherwise. O’Brien’s personal experience shows that the fear of being shamed before one’s fellow soldiers is a powerful motivating factor in war. He does not want to fight in a war he believes is unjust‚ but he does not want to be thought of as a coward. This same attitude among numerous characters sets a consistent
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Literary Analysis of The Things They Carried: Metafiction Tim O’Brien brings the characters and stories to life in The Things They Carried. He uses a writing style that brings stories to life by posing questions between the relationship of reality and fiction (Calloway 249). This is called metafiction and it exposes the truth through the literary experience. Tim O’Brien uses metafiction to make the characters and stories in The Things They Carried realistically evocative of the Vietnam
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Chapter‚ Speaking Of Courage by Tim O’Brien Is about Norman Bowker witnessing his friend get killed and now feels guilt and a lack of purpose. One explanation is when Tim O’Brien writes “I could’ve won the silver star for valor” a phrase that shows guilt is “I could have won”. This is a sign that he feels guilty about all of it. Norman Bowker is a tragic hero who wanted to save Kiowa from the sewage field but he didn’t want to put himself in danger even with all the bravery he couldn’t save him which
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seen as the perfect medium for documenting reality. Art critic and author Andy Grundberg tried to understand the medium in 1974‚ stating that “photography was still perceived primarily as an instrument of social reality‚ able to represent the way things really were in the world.” As technologies changed‚ so did cameras and photographers were able to produce more realistic images for magazines and newspapers. Because photographs were able to uncover the so-called ‘truth’‚ when it became known that
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Islam‚ Postmodernism and Other Futures A Ziauddin Sardar Reader Edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell Pluto LONDON • STERLING‚ VIRGINIA P Press First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road‚ London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive‚ Sterling‚ VA 20166–2012‚ USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar‚ Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified
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