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Reaction to Oblivion Seekers by Isabelle Eberhardt
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Oblivion Seekers is a collection of short travel essays that describe the freedom, simplicity and orientalistic clichšs achieved in Isabelle Eberhardt=s journey in northern Africa. Eberhardt writes of both the heroes and castaways she encounters in her thorough and thoughtful observations. ...
Eberhardt values the merriment and plagues of the vagrant lifestyle. ... Eberhardt shows little compassion for those who choose to settle and build ties in one place. ... Eberhardt sees vagrants as dreamers. In The Rival, however, Eberhardt does describe the loneliness felt without a beloved on the road.
The prevailing idea of escaping from life=s chains and living a life of autonomy from societal norms likely derived from Eberhardt=s childhood. ... Though likely to have thought of her ideas and writings as progressive, Eberhardt fell victim to many orientalistic stereotypes and misconceptions. ... In ABlue Jacket@, Eberhardt tells of men searching for women with red dots at night and fighting over said women with other men. ... Later in the same story, Eberhardt talks about Mohammed=s (Kaddour=s brother=s) wife as covering her face but having Aeyes that spoke of submission and tenderness@.
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Title: Reaction to Oblivion Seekers by Isabelle Eberhardt
Words: 835
Rating: None
Pages: 3.3
submitted by: madred2000
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