ENG215H1 Lecture Notes - David Bezmozgis, Massage, Emo
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The man who read voltaire-antanas sileika (dave, gerry, uncle) Narrated by dave, young boy, so ideas are idealized/romanticized: thinks that detroit is wonderful. Was partly created by a canadian, so is misplacing everything exciting with americans: everything associated with america is exciting, canada boring, boys with mom looking at american cities on map. Looking at stereotypes, they haven"t confronted real life problematized america. Florida oranges: shift in perspective important lesson. Have to learn lessons to become a man. Dave learns that things in detroit aren"t so ideal. Learns that there is racial prejudice: men with accents have their trunks inspected. Elsewhere and nowhere, complication of immigration experience: father expresses anger/disappointment. Husband is dominant: adults deal with problems with alcohol, are bewildered (lost) They had identities unlike the kids who are developing it. They"ve lost their identity and ses: dave feels alone. Mom shares something with the boys that the dad doesn"t.
