Seize the Day [Excerpt]

Bellow, Saul

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“…A contrary version of the WASP-l'Chaim! conflict occurs in Saul Bellow's Seize the Day (Bellow, 1956), which opens with this sentence: "When it came to concealing his troubles, Tommy Wilhelm was not less capable than the next fel-low…He had once been an actor…and he knew what acting should be." This is a Jewish man adopting the WASP code of reticence, hiding his suffering behind a mask.…”

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Cracking the Wasp Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word

Strandberg

2024

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Cracking the WASP Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word" is a study in Literature and Language. The "Language" component is the idea of the Soul Word, used here as a generic term for words that represent a code of values and behavior that is admired and aspired to in various subcultures. Examples include "Soul" (African-American), "L'Chaim!" (Jewish), "Genutzat" (Armenian), "Sissu" (Finnish), "Dom" (Serbo-Croatian), "Yamato-Damashi" (Japanese), "Machismo" (Hispanic), and-most important for this essay-"Class" (WASP). The "Literature" component of this essay includes definitions and literary excerpts to explain these terms.

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Cracking the Wasp Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word

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2024

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“…But I'm not the right type of son. I'm too old and too unlucky‖ (Bellow, 1996, p.55). Adler stands as the typical American materialistic father.…”

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“…Nasty lies..... He's a puffed-up little bogus and humbug with smelly feet‖ (Bellow, 1996, p.95). Nevertheless, he erects conviction on Tamkin.…”

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“…Being cheated by Tamkin, Wilhelm says to his wife -I'm at the end of my rope and feel that I'm suffocating. You don't want to be responsible for a person's destruction… I feel I'm about to burst‖ (Bellow, 1996, pp. 113-114); but his heartfelt agony doesn't help to shake her heart a bit.…”

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“…Same way Willy commits suicide believing the insurance policy worth $20,000 will be very helpful for his family. The suicide that is committed by Willy can be named as a kind of murder, that's self murder, as -all suicide is murder‖ (Bellow, 1996, p.71). So, just for material gratification of others, one is murdered physically and another psychologically.…”

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Materialism Precedes Murder: Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day

Deb¹

2013

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Men Are Also Victims at the Hand of Patriarchy: A Study of Saul Bellow’s <i>Seize the Day</i> and Arthur Miller’s <i>Death of a Salesman</i>

Joynal¹

2023

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The present paper focuses on that men are also subjugated in patriarchal tradition side by side with women. In male chauvinist society, it is a common scene that male is the patriarch of the family. He should be the representative of the whole family and should take all the responsibilities. He is also expected to lead other female family members. He should be established, job-holder and bread winner. Society always wants to see him performing the primary role. If he slips from these stereotypical standards and cannot match up to the man-made set-roles, he is considered as coward. If he is jobless and cannot provide financial support to his family or depends on others, he is considered as an outsider, outcaste and good for nothing. The paper sheds lights on the fact that patriarchy also victimizes male side by side with female that is observed in the two modern American stories Seize the Day (1956) by Saul Bellow (1915-2005

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Seize the Day [Excerpt]

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Cracking the Wasp Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word

Cracking the Wasp Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word

Materialism Precedes Murder: Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day

Men Are Also Victims at the Hand of Patriarchy: A Study of Saul Bellow’s <i>Seize the Day</i> and Arthur Miller’s <i>Death of a Salesman</i>

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Cracking the Wasp Code: Joan Didion and the Soul Word

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Materialism Precedes Murder: Saul Bellow’s Seize the Day

Men Are Also Victims at the Hand of Patriarchy: A Study of Saul Bellow’s &lt;i&gt;Seize the Day&lt;/i&gt; and Arthur Miller’s &lt;i&gt;Death of a Salesman&lt;/i&gt;

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Men Are Also Victims at the Hand of Patriarchy: A Study of Saul Bellow’s <i>Seize the Day</i> and Arthur Miller’s <i>Death of a Salesman</i>