... history like crabwalk. "Do I have to sneak upon a time in a crabwalk, seeming to go backward but actually scuttling sideways, and thereby working my way forward fairly rapidly? "(3). The title, Crabwalk, defined by Grass as "scuttling backward to move forward," refers to both the necessary reference to various events, and a more abstract backward glance at history, in order to allow people to ... , rewriting and revising history. No doubt Paul was introduced to history from his mother's perspective so was Konny. But it's through internet, that Paul accesses the history from other existin...

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... one-way or another. Yet we find the true heroine of the novel in Hepzibah, the old maid whose only joy in life is her feeble-minded brother. Hepzibah is defined as a heroine of this ideology because of her love for Clifford. This love she has for him pushes her to embrace courage and strength, and ultimately, to escape from the ... and fizzle out, normally revolving around the death of the poor sole who strived and accomplished so much through such treachery and deceit. All in all, the novel had many angles upon which one could weed out domestic ideology in one form or another....

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• Grade Level: High School