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4 pages in length. The theme that links Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried and T. Coraghessan Boyle's The Tortilla Curtain is the underlying political and social implications that ultimately impose themselves upon unsuspecting people. In O'Brien's (1999) case, the stench of war is thrust upon his protagonists, enveloping them like the plague to such an extent that the only thing keeping them sane is the camaraderie they develop. For Boyle (1996), the wholly divergent story line of two California couples – one wealthy suburbanites, the other Mexican immigrants – smacks of the injustice of social class distinction so readily attacked by Marxist theory. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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impose themselves upon unsuspecting people. In OBriens (1999) case, the stench of war is thrust upon his protagonists, enveloping them like the plague to such an extent that the
only thing keeping them sane is the camaraderie they develop. For Boyle (1996), the wholly divergent story line of two California couples - one wealthy suburbanites, the other Mexican
immigrants - smacks of the injustice of social class distinction so readily attacked by Marxist theory. At the forefront of Marxist social class theory as it relates to Boyles (1996)
story is the manner by which there is always a separation that determines social acceptance, whether that is representative of overflowing bank accounts, fancy houses and privileged status or the
struggles faced by populations of hardworking, dedicated people who are cast aside due to their lowly rank upon the social ladder. "A house, a yard, maybe a TV and
a car too-nothing fancy, no palaces like the gringos built- just four walls and a roof" (Boyle, 1996, p. 29). What is the American Dream, and why is this
immigrant couple so desirous of attaining its elusive fulfillment? Indeed, the American Dream has come to represent the attainment of myriad goals that are specific to each individuals defined
social status; while one person might consider a purchased home with a white picket fence her version of the American Dream, another might regard it as the financial ability to
operate his own business. What it does universally represent in the context of Boyles (1996) literary interpretation, however, is the opportunity for people to seek out their individual and
collective desires under a political umbrella of democracy, while at the same time under the restrictive thumb of social class limitation. Boyle (1996) illustrates how the group of people who
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