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Told through a central character, Alex, the disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism. A modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption set in a dismal dystopia whereby a juvenile deliquent undergoes state-sponsored psychological rehabilitation for his aberrant behavior.
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The novel set in Jamaica and Dominica (Massacre mostly), deals directly with colonialism, European dominance in the Caribbean, and the hypocrisies of English culture. Wide Sargasso Sea rewrote the English classic, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, successfully shifting the focus from Jane to Bertha. It has served as a touchstone text for critics interested in modernism, feminism, and postcolonial theory. [Thomson Fontaine, Volume No. 1 Issue No. 23, Dominica's...
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