AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Assimilation, Identity Crisis, Homosociality
4 Oct 2018
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From baldwin to roth: on philip roth"s (cid:389)conversion of the jews(cid:390) Hw: a brief history of asian america (bulosan) intro - p93. Roth(cid:394)s concerns in the story are presented on the first page. (cid:396)freed(cid:397)man is young boy dying to be free, (cid:396)bind(cid:397)er is authority trying to hold him down and restrain him. Christ, he did jesus is historical and other less delicate barnyard noises(cid:397) Roadmap from this first paragraph tells us concerns of roth. There is no natural beginning to a story. Ozzie(cid:394)s choice to challenge authority by speaking straight up to him. Itzie doesn(cid:394)t have a strong set of ideologies. Subvert what it means to be jewish, or christian. What it means to be jewish: 15 years after wwii (mid 1950s) Itzie theologized sure it(cid:394)s impossible mary hadda get laid(cid:397) (140) Questions that get to the heart of judaic beliefs. Questions that reveal anxieties about being jewish.
