1. The book of Daniel and the post-modern
... ) who is now attending college during the historical moment of the radical upheaval of the 1960s in the US. The construction of the character Daniel in itself is one of the most interesting features in this book, since he shows an outstanding intelligence, although he is also permeated by ... we know language is neither transparent nor neutral and the character uses language even when he wants to appear as an outsider. The reader only has Daniel's perspective. Even the encyclopedic definitions that the reader is pretended to accept, which are also important devices used by Doctorow, are ...
- Word Count: 1122
- Approx Pages: 4
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Undergraduate