ENG140Y1 Lecture 24: 24 On Such a Full Sea 1
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Process of globalization has north americans on a path to a dark future: no singular and eventful catastrophe; gradually progressing change. Furthermore, perpetrated by a complacent population rather than by one particular force that acts in and of itself: plot context. City of baltimore populated by imported migrant workers from (new) china: this working class broadly include fan, reg, etc, b-mor a labour-centric settlement, subservient to upper-class charters, and living in some kind of coexistence with counties people. Rampant prevalence of c-disease, or cancer: narration: rst person plural. The we of the novel: subjecti es the community of b-mor. Not omniscient; in a sense, unreliable: diminishment of the individual, lee examines what happens if our postmodern vices go on unchecked, i. e. technology addiction, international labour conditions, class divide, and so on. Connections with delillo"s white noise: infectious, toxic nature of our society is something we"re ethereally aware of, globalization, global capitalism, and their effects.
