AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nuclear Family, Russian Literature, Social Realism
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Bulosan"s america speech - signals a shift in the story. America - one full of opportunity and one full of repressed opportunity. Bulosan: i knew it was good literature, that it was honest and written with a purpose (246). Has an interest in russian literature, like tolstoy. Art is not just for art"s sake. Art is for accomplishing his labor activist goals. Broadening of the idea of america and americans (189) Filipinos join the american armed forces (319) America is in the hearts of men (314) A huge heart unfolding warmly to receive me (326) Despite the obstacles and struggles he has faced, bulosan believes that. The work that he has accomplished is in the effort of building an idealized america, the one that he always dreamed of. Bulosan"s readers in the 1940s concluded that he was advocating a recognition that. America is the location where one"s hopes and dreams can come true.
