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Conflict (National/Global Conflict (National Identity (Language and…
Conflict
National/Global Conflict
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National Unrest
Racial Conflict
Twilight: Los Angeles
When communities feel that their voices aren't being heard, their unresolved anger can lead to violence and destruction
Often, racial conflict is not one race versus another, but instead a complex web of race relations. For example, in the 1992 riots the Koreans were targeted by rioters, but weren't protected by police either
Past events can serve both as a source of anger (slavery, segregation) and as inspiration for those who want to be heard (past riots like the Zoot Suit Riots)
Activism
Moving Politics
While logical arguments have their place in politics, often it can be more effective to target an emotional response that you want to evoke in your audience
ACT UP effectively attempted to turn the grief of the LGBT community into anger against the government
The dominant ideology of thoughts in the US is rationality, which abhors the intense emotion evoked by ACT UP. They countered this by asserting that their anger IS rational and that they must logically rebel to live
Gran Fury
"Let the Record Show" not only attributed criminality to people working against Gran Fury's cause, but compared them to Nazi leaders in order to stoke anger
Their "Venice Biennale" piece was a bold jab at anti-safe sex policy in the Catholic church and cemented the group as both artists and activists in the US and worldwwide
Inner Conflict
Shame
The Bluest Eye
Shame is prevalent among almost every character in the novel, taking different forms
Most prominently, Pecola feels shame at her blackness due to anglonormativity in media
Cholly notably does not feel shame, but rather self-contempt
Shame and its Sisters
Shame-humiliation is focused on the self and is necessarily connected to a lingering interest in the object of shame
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Loss and Grief
Mourning and Melancholia
Mourning and melancholia are responses to the loss of a loved one or some object of love (country, freedom, etc.)
Melancholia is a pathological form of mourning, in which the subject never moves on and stops mourning the loss
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Hope
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A Litany for Survival
"We were never meant to survive"; the very fact of one's existence proves a strength perhaps unknown to us and encourages us to continue
Fear and worry will be present no matter the circumstances, so to not speak because of fear does only a disservice to yourself and those you represent
Cultural Conflict
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Difference and Otherness
Get Out
Racial community and kinship are important to maintaining the self and withstanding outside pressure to conform
Chris feels uncomfortable at the Armitages' home because the only black people there have been stripped of their "blackness" and adopted a sort of faux-whiteness
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Interpersonal Conflict
Familial Conflict
Tradition vs. Change
The Woman Warrior
The narrator feels a connection to her mother's homeland through stories, but also feels shackled to its issues, such as sexism
Brave Orchid cannot keep up with the business of American life ans struggles to integrate into a society that does not value her
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Abuse/Antagonism
Anger vs. Forgiveness
Notes of a Native Son
Baldwin's father was abusive and paranoid, but after his death he came to understand what made him that way and the kind of man he may have been before
He connects the feelings of his father to the emotions of the black community in Harlem. They had been wronged and corrupted by an abusive society for so long and "needed something to smash"
Beyond Anger
Anger is primarily motivated by revenge and punishment of the offender and therefore is always counterproductive
Patience, restraint, and love can counteract anger with practice and bring groups together rather than alienate them
The Aptness of Anger
Anger can be productive, allowing us to effectively recognize and act against perceived injustice
Even counterproductive anger can be apt and justified given the situation, despite causing more harm than good
The question, then, shouldn't be "Does being angry help the situation?", but instead "Is being angry an appropriate response?"
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