Thursday, March 27, 2014

Commentary on "Diaries of 68+1"

The fiction of "Diaries of 68+1" initiates hastily from the Occupy Wall Street movement (OWS) and the rebel-oriented and general dimensions of the fiction characters are introduced by OWS tag. But then, the OWS will be introduced more and more by the protesting characters of the story.
In fact Alvin and Ariana, the characters of the story, each are representing different perspectives that joined the movement. Alvin who thinks the OWS is inherited from the so-called "SDS" student movement of the 60s, in one hand, and from the other hand, Ariana by expressing this monologue "Outside here all of us are a part of 1%" accepts the fact that every member of the society follows the same judicial system, the electoral system, the financial system and etc. . 
This perspective reminds the reader of the Prague movement; the movement which was started in Czechoslovakia in 60s demanding reformation of the communist system of the country.
From the other side, the story tries to have a deeper and closer look to the significant role of culture through a romantic relationship. The different perspective of the story characters about the love and sex is issues, leads to the characters to be condemned while they have no bad intentions.
From Alvin's opinion, sex is like other entertainments and obeys the structure of its mechanic. But Ariana thinks sex and love are both two pieces which are in separable from each other. The story shows that Alvin's over liberal though is destroyer and describes Ariana's further choice as an incognizant childish selection.

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