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Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man

This article looks at 9/11 trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Don DeLillo's Falling Man. This asserts that 9/11 has brought about not only political, social, economic and cultural consequences but also caused victims on the personal level. This paper demonstrates how Keith, the protag...

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Main Authors: Hashim, Hazim Adnan, Babaee, Ruzbeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SciPress 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/1/Trauma%20and%20post-traumatic%20stress%20disorder%20in%20Don%20Delillo%27s%20Falling%20Man.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.467682022-05-25T04:12:22Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/ Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man Hashim, Hazim Adnan Babaee, Ruzbeh This article looks at 9/11 trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Don DeLillo's Falling Man. This asserts that 9/11 has brought about not only political, social, economic and cultural consequences but also caused victims on the personal level. This paper demonstrates how Keith, the protagonist of the novel, has been affected by 9/11. In other words, this article examines Keith's traumatic experience of witnessing his close friend's death, the falling man, and escaping his own impending death in the north tower and how these horrible scenes affect Keith's perception of self. Eventually, this study concludes that DeLillo's Falling Man presents the reality of what the survivors have experienced during and after the attacks, and the complication of trauma and PTSD that turns their world topsy-turvy. SciPress 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/1/Trauma%20and%20post-traumatic%20stress%20disorder%20in%20Don%20Delillo%27s%20Falling%20Man.pdf Hashim, Hazim Adnan and Babaee, Ruzbeh (2015) Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man. International Letters of Social and Humanistic Sciences, 54. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2300-2697 https://www.scipress.com/ILSHS.54.1 10.18052/www.scipress.com/ILSHS.54.1
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description This article looks at 9/11 trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Don DeLillo's Falling Man. This asserts that 9/11 has brought about not only political, social, economic and cultural consequences but also caused victims on the personal level. This paper demonstrates how Keith, the protagonist of the novel, has been affected by 9/11. In other words, this article examines Keith's traumatic experience of witnessing his close friend's death, the falling man, and escaping his own impending death in the north tower and how these horrible scenes affect Keith's perception of self. Eventually, this study concludes that DeLillo's Falling Man presents the reality of what the survivors have experienced during and after the attacks, and the complication of trauma and PTSD that turns their world topsy-turvy.
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author Hashim, Hazim Adnan
Babaee, Ruzbeh
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Babaee, Ruzbeh
Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
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Babaee, Ruzbeh
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title Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
title_short Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
title_full Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
title_fullStr Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
title_full_unstemmed Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in Don Delillo's Falling Man
title_sort trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder in don delillo's falling man
publisher SciPress
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/1/Trauma%20and%20post-traumatic%20stress%20disorder%20in%20Don%20Delillo%27s%20Falling%20Man.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46768/
https://www.scipress.com/ILSHS.54.1
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