ENGL 122AP Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Unapologetic
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Intensified by modern media technology, but not new. Conviction or hope that people will act if they are educated. Taking leave and then being haunted by it at random times. Leslie torchin, the witness to the witness becomes a witness . Unknowingly already selfish, but took the steps to see other women. Loss as both unbearably particular and profoundly universal. Disruption of daily coordinates for moving through life. The mingling of the mundane and extraordinary. Some critics view murakami"s stories as hopeful. Purpose and reason to hold on, even if it is false. Carrying the box gave komura a future. Living with uncertainty, all god"s children can dance . Uncertainty: what is not able to be relied on; not known or defined . Values uncertainty in environmental ways of knowing the universe (morton, 25). Murakami: potential destructiveness of living with uncertainty. Yoshiya: indirect witness who does not act.
