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Living in the Chink of Death

Author: XuJingZuo
Tutor: WangYong
School: Shandong University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Fear of Death Symbol Consumer society White noise
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Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2010
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\The novel is the daily life of about the Gladney one - his father, Jack, his mother, Babi Te, and their four children - as well as a special accident experience. And there is not much plot, the novel is mainly different scenes of dialogue, as well as their day-to-day experience. If the in-depth inquiries the day-to-day experience of these characters and their point of view, the reader can find novel vivid reflection of American society in the post-modern society, in this society, people are a lot of popular thought. This makes the novel good response from the public. The original title of the novel is \Life in contemporary society, people almost from the supermarket to get everything they want, to meet the majority of their own desires, but they still have to like their primitive ancestors thousands of years ago to overcome the fear of death. In this novel, the author fully show the character of the fear of death. Often there is no sign of the topic of death appear unrelated to arrange the different chapters. The same time, this work is full of consumer scene, it is very obvious. Consumption, not just the traditional consumer, constitutes an important part of their life the characters. Many critics from consumer theory to analyze this work. If we delve into the driving force of the consumer will be able to find some related to such activities and the fear of death. The point of this article is in the \The characters have to immerse yourself in consumer activity, make every effort to avoid the fear of death. However, they can not be consumer to get rid of this fear etched in human bones. The only way is to accept death, of course, know the final outcome of life, but life remained calm. This paper consists of three parts. The first chapter is concerned with the amount of Nestor Beckett in its rejection of death \Mankind to believe, as the presence of an advanced, almost gods and earth as sacred, higher than any other creatures. However, the presence of physicality doomed they can not escape death, which is what makes them feel confused at. In this novel, the hero of Jack and his wife frequently mentioned in this topic. Related topics and death again and again, can not be avoided. The second chapter discusses a novel way to reduce the fear of death, consumer articles, academic, and religious, love and technology. Different forms of consumption, substance, academic, or even religious, to provide a sense of power and control over their own lives, they rejected identity in life for consumers. In the consumption process, they feel full, and get a sense of control, to resist the face of death powerlessness. Love and sex has become another source of strength for the people against the fear of death forces. As the perfect symbol of love, in love in the eyes of the religious icons sacred, so that he or she is considered to be high above, to provide certainty, as used against people unable to meet the reality of a standard. Furthermore, it should provide a scientific explanation for everything technology has also become another source of uncertainty. However, these methods have not be able to solve the problem. The third chapter discusses the surreal caused by these problems. A deterioration of the situation of the characters are surreal, become the root cause of the problems they face. Carry the symbol of the people to the product consumption, rather than for the value of goods consumption, this process they lost their own subjectivity. In the consumption of goods and academic, in a surreal world through symbolic consumption, in order to carry symbolic consumption. They are no longer before self, but these symbols mixed. Surreal abundance and symbols instead of the real world. In addition, science and technology through the the enduring commitment camera lens makes the separation of death and the individual, deprived of most human factors, precisely the factors that separate humans and other animals. The media continue to spread the effect of making the media recorded more important than their own lives. The power of the media example of a novel technology caused surreal. Concluded that all of these outside help to help will fail. Articles, academic or religious consumer, technology, or the power of love can not be resolved once and for fear of death, because these methods do not solve the problem from the root of the mind, including deep. The solution lies in the inner world of human beings, is to accept the limited nature of the fear of death and life.

Living in the Chink of Death

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