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The Good Life, Gap between rich and poor, Emma's family, both parents…

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        A Raisin in the Sun 20C
        
        Beneatha's quest for freedom, autonomy and independence confronts the prejudice against women going to college and becoming doctors.
        
        "Family" is a very important concept in the book, and this dream of a better life is more collective. Families work hard to make a better life for each other. They may have arguments, but more often than not, they are understanding, encouraging and supportive of each other.
        
        The work also reflects the racism and hardships that African-Americans face in life, seeing the difficulty they have in earning money and achieving a higher status in society. All they want is a chance to be like everyone else, and the image of the "house" plays an important part in their vision.
        
        Parasite 2019
        
        The contrasting relationship between two families.
        The film reveals the huge social inequality and solidification between social classes." The state of the "house" and the height of the terrain on which it is located visually point out this difference. The opportunity to realize dreams is not open to any class in society.
        
        The " smell of the poor ", the fake " stone ", the insecticide, the basement play a role in the play as a link and symbol.
        
        The film uses details of American business, learning English, the youngest son's fascination with Indians, and singing Korean songs to allude to America, empire, capitalism, the global neoliberal order, and the brutal colonization of Korea by America and Japan.
  - - - As a speculative fiction, the novel helps us imagine that there might be a different world, embodying a double anti-utopian nature.
      - Anarchist societies have no mechanisms of coercion or enforcement, but with collectivism, people build a solid wall to autonomy. Social conscience and public opinion, on the contrary, create a kidnapping of people. And in capitalist societies, gender discrimination leads to the objectification of women and their inability to obtain equal opportunities. The gap between the rich and the poor and the inequality of rights come to the fore. The suppression of unarmed people by force by the state and government agencies with great power is still not an ideal paradise. The story leaves the end hanging, leaving a gap.
    - - The protagonist also suffers from an identity crisis due to growing up and being educated in a different culture. After realizing the hegemony and power politics of the United States in the international arena, which brought fear and disaster to people in other countries of the world, he returns to his homeland.
        
        "You retreat into the myth of self-difference, into the assumption of self-superiority. You put these beliefs into practice on the world stage, and the whole planet is shaken by your anger." (168)"
      - As a Pakistani who rose to the top in America through hard work and talent, Changez thought his American dream had been fulfilled. But all this illusion was eventually shattered after 9/11. He tried to fool himself, but to no avail. The inequality of opportunity and racism in American society also came to light.
      - Economic globalization has been a blow to some areas.
        "Your blood comes from a body part that is no longer needed by a certain species. The tail vertebrae. Like me. We come from a place of increasing decay. "
- - - - Utopia
        
        Capitalism
        
        Collectivism
        
        Hegemony
      - American Dream
    - - Class solidification
      - Sexism
      - Racism
      - Colonialism
  - - - A Small Place 1988
        
        The standardization of international financial markets and the liberalization of the world economy. The increasing dominance of Western (or American) forms of political, economic and cultural life ("Westernization" or "Americanization")
        
        Globalization has increased economic inequality. Jamaicans are at a loss in the face of the wave of globalization. The novel looks at the land from the perspective of both tourists and locals. The locals, in dire straits and with their lives utterly ruined, are ironically contrasted with the wealthy, happy American or European tourists, "whom all laws mysteriously favor".
        
        "People in a small place cannot give an exact, complete account of events. It is impossible to give an accurate and complete description of anything anywhere. " (53)
        
        Life and Debt
        2001
- - - - Antigone BC442
        
        Sophocles' tragedy is centered on the suffering of Antigone. The failure of the "tragic hero" to succumb to unstoppable forces leads to inevitable consequences. The confrontation between Creon and Antigone also reveals the opposition between the city-state and individual, the responsibilities as citizens and kins, human law and divine law, and the male and female.
        
        Who is right? Hegel: They both were right in a way, but were limited in their one-sidedness.
        
        The instinctive family love and duty towards a brother is the driving force behind Antigone's behavior. Ismene's feelings of care and love for Antigone also motivate her to make a brave move.
        
        "We must defend the men who live by law，never let some woman triumph over us."(757-758)
    - - Madame Bovery 19C
        
        Emma's tragedy has a strong social and contemporary character. Her desire for romantic love is built on a bubble of luxury piled up with the money. Behind the pain of seeking but not receiving, there is a criticism of the narrow and vulgar bourgeoisie and the sadness that Emma, as a woman, has no other way out. Flaubert uses free indirect discourse, focalized narration, and other narrative techniques, using such objects as bouquets and cigarette boxes to paint a vivid picture of the characters' hearts and lives.
        
        Radically expands the geographic scope of the novel. Small French villages are also part of a global network of trade and exchange.
        "three Algerian scarves, a few packages of English needles, and a pair of straw shoes" (chap. 5:90). "Turkish slippers" (33) "Bengali lamps" (63)