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Martin Amis's "The Zone of Interest" - 12 views

www.newyorker.com/...death-factory
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  • The author’s rage at Holocaust horrors is portioned into scenes and sentences; it does not gather into a powerful swell, to overwhelm or terrify.
    • sarahps0341
      sarahps0341 on 05 Oct 14
       
      I agree with this statement. The author's rage is spread out and although it goes into great detail about how bad times were it still does not overwhelm the reader like the comment said.
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'The Giving Tree': Tender Story of Unconditional Love or Disturbing Tale of Selfishness... - 6 views

www.nytimes.com/...rbing-tale-of-selfishness.html
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  • The boy uses the tree as a plaything, lives off her like a parasite, and then, when she’s a shell of her former self and no longer serves any real purpose, he sits on her — which makes her happy?
    • sarahps0341
      sarahps0341 on 05 Oct 14
       
      I think that even at this day in age males still dominate certain work fields, or the household, or even entire societies. The tree example paints a clear picture as to how it works in some cases regarding men and women.
  • (O.K., maybe I’m exaggerating a bit, but you get the idea.)”
    • sarahps0341
      sarahps0341 on 05 Oct 14
       
      I like how the person writing this article gives off her sense of humor periodically through out it which makes it relatable to the reader considering we have all exaggerated at at least one point in our lives. It gives the writer credibility.
  • Silverstein would have made it funny, if that was what it was meant to be.
    • sarahps0341
      sarahps0341 on 05 Oct 14
       
      I agree with the comment, and I also like the fact that the book is not your typical "funny" or "child-like" book even though it is a children's book. 
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