AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Joyce Carol Oates, Creative Destruction
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Mr. carrick as the symbol of america. Ichiro applies for a job in portland and meets mr. carrick, who represents kindness that ichiro dreams of in america. Not an erotic scene - she takes ichiro into her arms when he started sobbing. Lonely, upset that she will most likely not see ichiro again. A man offers to buy drinks for both ichiro and emi because he insists that he wants to, but he didn"t associate with or look at them after. Emi and ichiro wonder why he did so. Symbolic because it"s a small exchange that represents kindness and humanity in america. Appears again at the climax of the story. No one is there for freddie, so he always gets into trouble. Freddie and bull get into a fight in club oriental. Freddie and bull need to clash because of the rage that is bottled inside them and the rage that"s bubbling inside of ichiro.
