The Politics of Reticence and Paralysis
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SummaryWhy are we sometimes unable to speak to others? In our societies, why are we sometimes unable to communicate – or, communicate truthfully or effectively? We are thrown into cities, let’s say, teeming with unimportant people, blank faces, uncaring, hurrying, where sounds of movement and presence drown out sounds of communication – speech, dialogue, laughter. Perhaps we ride an elevator, one in a group who stares at ascending numbers, or likewise on the bus, we stare forward, conscious of the tension of silence.
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- Why are we sometimes unable to speak to others?
- This conceit of social alienation is evident in many modern and early-modern fiction narratives
- Connell's main character, Mrs. Bridge, is depicted as passive person from the beginning of the narrative
- Bridge is alienated from the person that she is (traditionally) supposed to be closest to
- He'd tried to pull off a trick that couldn't be done, which was to remake himself, to vanish what was past and replace it with things good and new
- In Jesus' Son, Johnson's main character and narrator, Fuckhead is similarly alienated from both his wife and the people he encounters
- Can this even be considered an attempt at a consolatory action?
- Despite the fact that John Wade is a politician and, necessarily, ambitious and successful in the public sphere, he is nonetheless an indecisive character, who is both muted and paralyzed
- This kind of voiceless character is a mode of modern fiction
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