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A 6 page discussion of Delillo’s novel and its illustration of the impact of the Cold War on American culture. Revolving largely around the analogy of baseball, this novel illuminates many aspects of a war which unfolded largely without recognition by a significant segment of the American public. This lack of awareness, however, in no way lessened the importance of this period of political turmoil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Don Delillos "Underworld" is a documentation of the impacts of the Cold War on American culture. Fittingly, Delillo opens his novel in
the most American of American environments, a baseball game. Even more specifically, Delillos opening lines places us in the final moments of the 1951 Giants-Dodgers pennant race. The
reader quickly learns, however, that the game is not the most pressing issue at hand in Delillos novel. Indeed, it is quickly revealed that the Soviet Union has detonated
not one but two nuclear bombs. Delillo freely interlaces this riveting moment of international affairs into the plays which unfold in the baseball diamond, a diamond observed not only
by J. Edgar Hoover but by Jackie Gleason, Frank Sinatra, and Toots Shor. The lives of these historical characters briefly intermingle with as the baseball leaves the arm of
pitcher and flies from the bat of Bobby Thomason and ultimately into the mit of one player after another as a quick succession of plays unfold. Plays are unfolding
off the field as well, however. Hoover has just been informed that the Soviets have tested their nuclear bomb. His mind is obviously occupied with more important matters
than baseball yet the stadium is coming unseated all around him and indeed, the nation as a whole is cheering on the Giants as the play is announced live over
the radio by the raspy-throated Russ Hodges. On a more personal level two fans, young Cotter Martin and middle aged Bill Waterson are jockying for possession of the game-winning
ball which has now made its way into the stands. The chaos Delillo depicts in the stadium stands is reflective of the chaos of the Cold War which is
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