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Skribentens beskrivelse af The decline of the westIn our days, we can easily forget what’s really important in life. The material things have a bigger importance than ever before. The title of this short story is ‘The Decline of the West”, written by Hanif Kureishi, and published in 2010 in Collected Stories. The title refers to the Collapse of Wall Street in 2008, the Collapse had a big influents for many of people all over the world, especially for the Western society in Norh America and Europe. In this short story, we are introduced to a family who is characterized by this modern western capitalistic society. The story takes place in the upper class society in London. It is concerning the credit crash and is about a fired banker and his spoiled family. The fired banker is Mike, who also is our protagonist of the story and the main character, which the 3rd person narrator is limited to. Mike work less than twelve hours a day, therefor the au pair has a better relationship with Mike’s family than himself. |
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