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This 3 page paper examines this novel as it respects race. Some additional information is provided and race is viewed as just one of many ways that the author sees the world. No additional sources cited.
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really one and how the formation of a crowd creates a new entity of sorts. The narration talks about someones daughter who is about to marry someone who is "either
Japanese or Korean" (DeLillo, 1992, 4-5). Here, Asian races are lumped together as if they all look alike. These small observations about peoples reactions to race are incorporated into the
context of the entire volume. The book itself is about society and it is tongue in cheek, political commentary. It provides food for thought about the way the world is,
about terrorism and about political paradigms. Is communism acceptable? Is democracy the only way? The book attacks a myriad of issues, inclusive of race and the distinctions made by it.
A student asks: "What are the representational strategies of Mao II by Don DeLillo for showing and dealing with race?" In many ways, race is dealt with within
the context of the larger social order. For example, within the work, people watch television, and they see problems in Iran and problems as people watch the nation and the
race, as the author notes, struggle (DeLillo, 1992). Karen and Brita for example can each watch the television screens and have very different experiences (1992). This is true of many
people. Also, to some extent, race is dealt with by aligning it with nationalism and looking at race as "a people." It seems that much that goes on in the
work is a global look at life. Without different countries are different races and the author clearly notes that these are differences. Other questions posed by a student are:
"How might the representations of race in the texts effect things like social and political enfranchisement? That is, what is the extent of its participation in the real world?" It
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