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Analysis Of Duong Thu Through Paradise And Blind
Duong Thu through Paradise and Blind that was published in 1980 shows the tolerance of the people, especially the second- class citizen who suffered in new Vietnam and their willpower to live with dignity where she herself might has had personal experience. The writer considers the impact of communism on the people of Vietnam by saying, “The habit of misery had twisted these people, driving them to this paranoia. What had been diligence turned to desperation.” (Duong) It seems that the writer's standing develops from the fact that she also a fighter against war and men’s domination.
Duong in the Paradise of the blind permits her reader to see the struggles and disappointment of average working people in the community, the influence of blood
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