George Saunders

In Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders examines Abraham Lincoln’s paternal grief over the course of a single day, beginning with the loss of his third son, William Wallace Lincoln, affectionately known as “Willie”. The novel is a work of historical fiction, however, it goes beyond the label by combining the citation of primary and secondary historical accounts with the creation of a fantastical afterlife filled with nontraditional “ghosts” to form the central narration of the story. Unlike most

article, “The New Mecca,” the author George Saunders states that Saunders had many questions and misunderstandings of Dubai the city Arabian Peninsula. When he arrives in Dubai he realizes it’s a safe place. It’s a place where tourists can visit. However, the city’s most important buildings have been built over the past ten years, but it will continue to advance in the next five years. There were different kinds of architecture with different communities. Saunders would not believe the improvements

George Saunders and Contemporary U.S. life Coming from an “unconventional” background, George Saunders is readily able to relate to the circumstances the everyday working laborer goes through (Wylie). However, Saunders has an advantage to spread out his ideas and concerns about life in the U.S. via his short stories and novellas. Because of neoliberalism and capitalism and its correlation to the huge wealth gap in the U.S. Saunders focuses his protagonists’ view from a proletariat standpoint

In Sticks by George Saunders, the object was a pole that his father did strange things with it. In the beginning of the narrative, it seems his father was doing not vary strange and mysterious deeds by the pole. It used to represent certain characters/idols in specific times. For example, his father used to make the pole “Uncle Sam, on Veteran’s Day a soldier, on Halloween a ghost.” However, from the second paragraph and on, the narrative starts to get darker as his children have grown up, they get

, the short story writer George Saunders uses realism which he commonly uses through out his short stories. His dark humor and satire give a sense in the world we live in. With the usage of first and third person, Saunders often practices a running narration going on in the characters’ minds to show both the action and reaction of the character to what is happening. He portrays America as cartoonlike. In the collection, a few short stories that best exhibit how he uses these literary devices are

In Sea Oak, George Saunders applies satire to examine social classes. Specifically, he utilizes the narrator’s aunt, Aunt Bernie, to explain a valuable lesson: one should appreciate what they have by making the most out of it. It is essential for us to acknowledge what we have, on the grounds that one day it might be gone. Inside Sea Oak, Aunt Bernie experiences two lives: a before life and an after-life. During her before life, Aunt Bernie lives in a poor and dangerous neighborhood with her nephew

POSTMODERNISM Set in a futuristic society, a central influence on ones status and wealth in “The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders, comes from ownership of semplica-girls; women from poor countries who agree to become human ornaments, strung by a microline installed in their temple, in order to provide money for their families. Through characterizing Eva as sensitive, and abnormal, Saunders shows that the average person doesn 't see how owning semplica-girls is morally wrong. The majority of people who

“The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders in a short story that follows the life of a middle-age father and his family of four as they struggle with monetary problems and their socio-economic status in their community. The story begins with the the father having just turned 40 years old decides to write a diary of his everyday life for future generations. Throughout the story we learn that he has a very complicated relationship with money, all of his credit cards are nearly maxed out, he is

American history has been filled with ups and downs. Happiness and Sadness. Mistakes and success. One of the biggest mistakes in American history is slavery. Much like the United States and slavery, in “The Semplica-Girl Diaries” by George Saunders, women from developing countries are sold to the upper class to be hung by their heads in their front yards as ornaments. “The Semplica-Girls Diaries” is a futuristic echo of early American history through the allusion to slavery and the views that

understand the issues in front of us. It is not easy to become detached ourselves from how we usually are nor how we are born, but it is imperative that we try to ensure a brighter future. Why should we be more kind, or in fact less self-centered? George Saunders and David Foster Wallace mention the importance of being kind to one another and the steps necessary in graduation speeches. Both writers state that acting in kindness, ultimately leads to new freedoms and creates an enlightened human being.