Redeployment

Her er Studienets hjælp til analyse af novellen "Redeployment" af Philip Klay, som du blandt andet kan læse i lærebogen Contexts II, s. 251. Her behandler vi alle de væsentligste elementer i teksten, som vil være relevante for din egen analyse. Derudover får du et resumé af teksten, samt hjælp til tema og perspektivering.

Titel: “Redeployment”
Forfatter: Philip Klay
Fra samlingen: Redeployment (2014)
Genre: Novelle

Philip Klay (f. 1983) er en amerikansk forfatter, hvis skønlitteratur er inspireret af hans egne oplevelser som officer i USA's marine. Hans debut novellesamling, Redeployment, vandt National Book Award i 2014.

Uddrag

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Symbols

The most important symbols included in the short story are the dogs, colors, and guns.

The dogs mentioned in the story—those killed in Iraq and the narrator’s dog – are symbols of the paradoxes of war and of dehumanization. The narrator and his fellow soldiers kill dogs in Iraq without thinking too much about it, just like they kill people. This implies that dogs and people have become alike. Furthermore, the narrator also has an old dog back home. When he returns and kills his dog which is in pain, the narrator loses another part of his humanity because this time he is not killing a random person or animal but an animal he loves …

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