... , me and you, there and here, are lost. Such experience of silent impact of violence represents the cultural boundary of self and its relation to the world collapsed. " On the edge of non-existence and hallucination, of a reality that, if I acknowledge it, annihilates me. There, abject and abjection are my safeguards. The primer of culture " (Kristera ). Our culture deals with morality ... ). For the "I" to reemerge into existence/reality, to feel, to remember, and to mourn for its pain. On the other hand, a witness to torture/violence, can only stand at the edge of that "pain", that no-...

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... mass, particles flash in and out of existence, and atoms can spin up and down at the same time. Quantum wave forms prove that a card cannot be balanced on its edge, even in a perfect environment, and that it will fall to both sides at the same time. The best example of an absolute truth, the physical world, is even relative. Our ... ...

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... a better understanding of her confusion. Throughout the entire piece Atwood uses fantastic metaphors that illustrate vivid mental images. "It's not easy being quiet and good, it's like hanging on the edge of a bridge when you've already fallen over, you don't seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength". This quote is used to ... ...

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