Gotowa bibliografia na temat „Glass family Salinger”

The following work shows, for the first time, the synthesis and characterization of a new family of polyelectrolytes, along with their preliminary assessments in terms of desalin water treatment. These materials fall into the category of aromatic co-polyamides, which are obtained by the direct condensation of monomers 4,4′-oxydianiline (ODA), isophthaloyl chloride, and 3,5-diamino-N-(pyridin-4-ylmethyl)benzamide (PyMDA). Thereby, the charged nature exhibited by these materials was achieved through the quaternization of PyMDA moieties using linear iodoalkanes of different lengths (CnI with n = 1, 2, 4, and 6). After completing the quaternization process, polyelectrolytes were subjected to a one-step anion substitution process, where iodide counterions were replaced by bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonamide entities. For all the obtained materials, solubility tests were carried out, showing that those alkylated with methyl and ethyl chains exhibit high solubility in rutinary aprotic polar solvents, while those containing n-butyl and n-hexyl units resulted in the formation of insoluble gels. Due to the above, the latest were discarded from this study early on. The structural characterization of the initial neutral co-polyamide was carried out by means of infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (1H, 13C-NMR), and size-exclusion chromatography (SEC), while the structure of methylated and ethylated polyelectrolytes was successfully confirmed through FT-IR, 1H, 13C, and 19F-NMR. Additionally, the thermal behavior of these materials was analyzed in terms of thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), showing thermal degradation temperatures above 300 °C and glass transition temperatures (Tg) above 200 °C, resulting in polymers with outstanding thermal properties for water treatment applications. On the other hand, through the solvent-casting method, both neutral and charged polymers were found to be easily prepared into films, exhibiting a remarkably flexibility. The mechanical properties of the films were analyzed using the traction test, from which tensile strength values ranging between 83.5 and 87.9 Mpa, along with Young’s modulus values between 2.4 and 2.5 Gpa were obtained. Moreover, through contact angle measurements and absorption analysis by immersion, polyelectrolytes showed important changes in terms of affinity against polar and polar substances (water, n-heptane, and benzene), exhibiting a higher rejection regarding the neutral polymer. Finally, as a preliminary test against the seepage of saline waters, thin polymer films (from 11.4 to 17.1 µm) were deposited on top of commercial filter discs and tested as filters of saline solutions ([NaCl] = 1000 and 2000 ppm). These tests revealed a decrease of the salt concentration in the obtained filtrates, with retention values ranging between 6.2 and 20.3%, depending on the concentration of the former solution and the polymer used.

In 1863, the term “odontoma” was introduced by Paul Broca which he described as a tumor formed by overgrowth of transitory or complete dental tissue. The World Health Organization classified them under mixed benign odontogenic tumors because of their origin from epithelial and mesenchymal cells, exhibiting different structures of dental tissue (enamel, dentin, cementum and pulp).1 There are two distinct types: compound and complex. Compound odontoma is composed of all odontogenic tissue in an orderly fashion resulting in many teeth-like structures but with no morphological resemblance to normal teeth, whereas a complex odontoma appears as an irregular mass with no similarity even to rudimentary teeth.2,3,4 The pathogenesis of odontomas has not been completely established, although the most accepted etiology is related to trauma, infection, growth pressure, and genetic mutations in one or more genes that cause disturbances in the mechanism controlling tooth development.1,5 Patients with compound odontoma are often asymptomatic. It is usually detected on routine radiography upon examination of an unerrupted tooth.6 Odontomas can occur anywhere in the jaws and are usually found associated with or within the alveolar process.7 However, the presence of an odontoma in the maxillary sinus is very rare. We present a female patient with a compound odontoma in the maxillary sinus, initially managed as nasal vestibulitis with maxillary sinusitis. CASE REPORT A 63-year-old woman from Cavite City, Philippines consulted in our institution due to perception of foul odor. Six weeks prior to admission, she experienced right alar pain, facial fullness and swelling with associated undocumented fever. She consulted an ENT specialist and was diagnosed with nasal vestibulitis with maxillary sinusitis. She was given cefixime 200mg, one tablet twice a day and Metronidazole 500mg, one tablet every six hours for seven days. Five weeks prior to admission, despite resolution of the nasal and maxillary swelling and pain, she started to perceive a foul odor. There was no associated nasal congestion and nasal discharge, fever, no nasal itchiness nor frequent sneezing. Her physician requested an orthopantomogram hat revealed a suspicious mass and haziness in the right maxillary sinus and an impacted tooth in the left maxillary sinus. (Figure 1) She was advised surgery but opted for a second opinion. 2 weeks prior to admission, still with perception of foul odor, she consulted another ENT specialist and was given co-amoxiclav 625mg, one tablet every eight hours. A CT scan of the paranasal sinuses revealed mucoperiosteal thickening and calcific density within the opacified right maxillary sinus. (Figure 2 A, B) The patient was advised surgery. The patient had pulmonary tuberculosis in 1983 but was treated for six months. She does not recall having any un-erupted teeth and claimed that her previous dental extractions were unremarkable. She had a family history of bronchial asthma and colon cancer. She did not drink alcoholic beverages but she previously smoked for 1 pack-year. Anterior rhinoscopy revealed scant clear mucoid discharge in both nasal cavities, noncongested and nonhyperemic turbinates, and no intranasal mass. She was edentulous, with no facial mass or swelling. The rest of the examination was unremarkable. With an assessment of a right maxillary mass (odontogenic tumor versus foreign body) with right maxillary sinusitis, and an impacted tooth in the left maxilla she underwent a Caldwell-Luc procedure. Antrotomy was performed through the canine fossa via a gingivolabial incision overlying the anterior maxillary wall. Thick clear mucous was seen oozing out and eventually drained and suctioned out. (Figure 3) A 2 cm x 2 cm x 2.1 cm ovoid, whitish to tan colored hard mass partially covered by black fragments was carefully extracted. (Figure 4) Irrigation of the maxillary sinus was performed using normal saline solution and the natural maxillary ostium was widened. The incision was closed with interrupted mattress sutures using chromic 3.0 and the mass was submitted for histopathological analysis. Microscopic sections revealed misshapen teeth or denticles with a coordinated pattern of calcification such as enamel, dentin and cementum. (Figure 5 A - C) The final histopathologic report was a compound odontoma of the right maxillary sinus. The postoperative follow-up was satisfactory. Our patient developed no oro-antral fistula and showed no signs of maxillary sinusitis and the perception of foul odor resolved. DISCUSSION Odontoma is a generally asymptomatic, slowly progressing tumor that may pass unnoticed. It is usually detected by routine radiograph. This may be associated with un-erupted tooth, mainly the mandibular third molar, followed by the upper canine and upper central incisor. The prevalence of odontoma associated with impacted canine is 1.5 %.8 The maxillary sinus is a frequent site for pathologies of odontogenic origin because of its close anatomical relationship with teeth and periodontal tissues. This makes a frequent but not a common site for inflammatory diseases as well as neoplastic lesions.6 The patient initially presented with right alar pain and right facial swelling. She did not recall having an un-erupted tooth and claimed that her previous dental extractions were unremarkable. After treatment, the pain and swelling resolved but she started to perceive a malodorous smell. Commonly, clinicians arrive at the diagnosis of sinusitis when failure of its resolution despite antibiotic treatment prompts warning bells that warrant further radiographic investigation. The radiographic appearance of odontoma is almost always diagnostic3 as in the presented case. Panoramic and periapical images usually show well-defined borders of a similar density to calcified dental tissue, having a ground-glass appearance, and a radiopaque mass occupying the affected maxillary sinus.9 This was evident in the patient's panoramic radiograph. Additional radiographic evaluation with computed tomography was necessary to determine the extension and features of the lesion because periapical and panoramic images do not provide complete visualization of the maxillofacial complex. CT scans serve as a guide not only for evaluation of the lesion itself, but also for localization of associated pathology and proper treatment planning.10 In this case, the computed tomography scan of the paranasal sinuses revealed mucoperiosteal thickening and calcific density within the opacified right maxillary sinus, suggesting odontogenic origin with concomitant maxillary sinusitis. Due to its asymptomatic course, it can be surmised that the patient might have had the asymptomatic compound odontoma for a long time. The mass in her maxillary sinus was seen freely floating in her CT scan. It may be hypothesized that obstruction by the odontoma could have altered the ventilation and drainage of the maxillary sinus, causing the symptoms of the patient. Cabov, et al. reported that odontomas in the maxillary sinus may also cause pain, facial asymmetry and chronic congestion of the sinus.11 Management for this case was surgical removal of the mass with drainage of trapped mucus as well as medical treatment of the maxillary sinus infection. The Caldwell-Luc procedure was the favored approach to this case because it offered easy access to the mass that could not be extracted trans-nasally because of its size and solid nature. Restoring the drainage of the maxillary sinus was also essential and this was done by widening the natural maxillary sinus ostium. The histological characteristics of the mass extracted from the patient consisted of denticles with a coordinated pattern of calcification such as enamel, dentin and cementum, compatible with a compound odontoma. The rarity of odontomas makes them easy to miss should a radiographic examination not have been done. Despite their being usually asymptomatic, our patient had chronic perception of foul odor that was bothersome and frustrating. A clinician relying on medical history and physical examination alone could not have arrived at the correct diagnosis. In this case, it was shown that radiographic imaging was very crucial in catching a hidden and rare tumor.

Dear Editor, I was exposed to a COVID-19 positive cardiologist last March 1. I had ENT clinics until March 11, treating mostly patients with complaints of cough and fever (sinusitis and bronchitis). I felt that my facial mask, hooded magnifier lens, and gloves gave me enough protection. I was wrong. They were not sufficient. I had a temperature of 38°C on March 13 and went home immediately to self-isolate. By March 15, I was coughing unremittingly and persistently as if a feather was stuck in my throat. I had no phlegm. I had no running nose, nor respiratory difficulty. But my rib muscles ached continuously - an intense, miserable pain not relieved by any position. I felt a severe point tenderness over both lower back ribs that even soft pillows could not diminish. I lacked sleep. I felt weaker as days went by. My taste was flat as I swallowed soups and arroz caldo but I still had my sense of smell. On March 16, I took Clarithromycin 500 mg and N-Acetylcysteine 600 mg, both twice daily to treat what I diagnosed as acute pharyngitis. Two more days of severe coughing, fever and sore throat made me worry about COVID-19. How come I was not getting better? In fact, I was getting BITTER over this uncertainty of COVID-19 and the treatment I had prescribed myself. I had been religiously taking probiotics to imbue me with immunity for infections like these.1 I believed that lactobacillus acidophilus, the friendly gut bacteria, stimulates the Gut Associated Lymphoid Tissue (GALT) to produce antibodies against virus and bacteria shedding into small intestines and against bacteria abnormally multiplying in the large intestine.2 I was assured by the research of Russian Dr. Elie Metchnikoff on the potent lactobacillus in yogurt (which comprised almost 50% of the Bulgarian diet and made them strong and healthy). Dr. Metchnikoff (who had won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine) honored Bulgaria by naming his friendly bacteria lactobacillus bulgaricus.3,4 Dr. Metchnikoff was later honored as the “father of natural immunity.”5 Then came the Spanish flu of 1918-1919 that killed more than 2.5 million Europeans, mostly Italians and British.6 Yet the number of those killed in Bulgaria was as close to that in Switzerland, which was the lowest. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic marched into 2020 killing 4,633 patients out of 82,918 COVID+ in Wuhan, China; 31,855 out of 219,183 COVID+ in Great Britain; 30,560 out of 219,070 COVID+ in Italy; and 80,787 out of 1,367,638 COVID+ in the USA. Ninety-one died of COVID out of 1,965 positive for COVID-19 in Bulgaria.7 I was confident that the lactobacillus acidophilus 20 billion Colony Forming Units (CFU) were stimulating production of the IgG and IgM (from GALT which produces 70% of the body’s immune globulins) needed to neutralize viruses or bacteria.8 The acidophilus produces Vitamin B specially Vit B129 which I believe made for my stronger body. I had prepared myself as I prepared my patients for the flu by consuming Vit C and Zinc. Zinc stimulates the thymus to increase immune responses to viruses.10,11 I was fortified with 2 Colostrum pills daily, preformed sources of IgG and IgA.12 I followed my regimen for acute rhinitis (though there was no nasal obstruction) which meant doing nasal SALINE washing or sprays thrice a day. I knew that the flu virus (or even the SARS-COV2) hides EARLY in the nose and sinuses and is able to produce toxins which inflame the whole body. Worse for SARS-COV2 because these drop into the tonsils and into the lungs. The nasal sprays were meant to reduce the virus numbers (viral load) in the nose and sinuses so there were less shedding. Saline washes decongest the nose to improve breathing. The 60 seconds antiseptic mouthwash followed a regimen of brushing the teeth then the palate and the tonsils and to the base of the tongue. This was to extinguish any virus lurking to go down into the lungs or GIT. This regimen was routine at 3x a day. The fever dropped slowly. Coughing diminished though the muscles constantly ached after 3 days of Clarithromycin. I was determined to have the COVID tests and a high resolution CT scan of the chest. On March 20 at the hospital ER, I explained I was a patient requesting a CBC, a COVID test, and a chest CT scan and that I will wait for my turn since the ER was full (took me 3 hours). After the interview with the ER physician, I was led to a seat one meter apart from others. Elderly patients with cough all quizzically looked at me in my white doctor’s gown wondering if I was sick. I changed to the gown, mask, and gloves I was provided with when the nurse escorted me to cubicle one. First came the CBC. Next were Rt-PCR swabs of the nose and nasopharynx and of the throat. Finally after the staff sterilized the CT scan room, my scan was completed in a few minutes. The chest scan showed ground glass appearance consistent with Bilateral Basal Pneumonia. I was told that the PCR results would be ready within 7 days. I was advised urgently by my classmate, a pulmonary specialist from another hospital, for admission for oxygen inhalation and treatment. She went out of her way to look for a pulmonologist but none was available due to quarantine. She looked for an Infectious Disease Specialist who was now in isolation. I requested her that since I was not in respiratory distress and because of my weakened state, I was worried about getting a hospital acquired infection and that I be committed to strict home isolation with treatment prescribed by her. She reluctantly acceded with the admonition that I proceed immediately back to hospital if respiratory difficulties occur. I started the Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) at 2x a day for 5 days and Azithromycin once daily for 7 days plus a mucolytic N- Acetylcysteine 600 mg 2x a day. There was another dimension beyond my physical stress. I was in MENTAL stress, the pervasive fear of not surviving this that engulfed me. Knowing my close colleagues died from COVID-19 pneumonia after a short battle in ICU with intubation, I realized THIS certainty of death and THAT uncertainty of recovery. I asked for a lifeline from my UP Med ‘76 classmates. (The lifeline in the family was unconditionally given though from a distance). My pulmonologist classmate closely monitored my condition daily. Some offered their listening ears to my echoing worries. Most prayed to God with their unconditional love for me to recover. Another classmate had extraordinary pranic sessions for my healing, my relaxation and my energy. I reflected on my dad’s advice that in a righteous fight (like against this pneumonia), “you use all means and all ways to win.” I started deep breathing into the nose and slowly out through the mouth knowing full well that the nitric oxide I absorbed through the roof of the nose dilated my coronaries for better heart function and my pulmonary arteries for better oxygen exchange. The deep breathing provided nitric oxide to the bronchus and bronchioles to dilate them for more airflow. Moreover, I was taking in lots of calamansi juices (or lemon or oranges) for its citrulline which has been researched to prolong the effects of nitric oxide.13 These breathing sessions were the MOST IMPORTANT activities if I were to survive and were continuous morning, noon and evening. Fortunately, I was isolated in 3rd floor Music Room with access to the roof deck garden and fresh air from Laguna de Bay (about 1.5 km from the house in Taguig) and of course, LPs of the Beatles, Aiza and Sharon, and Mozart. I did chest thumping or percussion as far as I could reach my back to loosen the phlegm in my lungs. This self ‘physical therapy’ was 3x a day. I started to spit scanty whitish, thick phlegm. I made sure that Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) was taken mornings and evenings and the Azithromycin was taken at lunch so there were no drug interactions. The 2 Colostrum tabs were swallowed on waking up. The probiotics were taken after breakfast and after dinner. The Zinc was taken after lunch. Soft stools were present but that was my GIT reacting to the medications. Adding to the controversy was the new regimen US President Donald Trump was trumpeting on Fox News and CNN. A hospitalist physician treating COVID-19 pneumonias in San Francisco was giving us the new protocols for Chloroquine and Azithromycin, with promising results. He was the classmate of my daughter in UP Med. I went to pharmacies in Taguig and Greenhills for Chloroquine. It was not available. My pulmonologist classmate was firm; “No!” when I suggested the shift. “You will need confinement and an ECG because these combination drugs prolong QTc on electrocardiogram.” This meant Chloroquine and Azithromycin combination may initially precipitate bradycardia (lower heart rate) then ventricular tachycardia (heightened heart rate), and finally, cardiac arrest for senior patients (68 years old) like me with a history of hypertension. This discussion stopped all controversies in treatment. Moreover, I was getting better. My temperature decreased to 37.8 °C. The muscle pain diminished. The severe point tenderness over the lower ribs persisted. I was deep-breathing which I could not hold for more than 10 seconds. That was not normal! I listened to my lungs for the CRACKLING sounds of pneumonia with my stethoscope. The maze of gurgling and churning sounds from the stomach and intestines seemed to mask the sounds I was listening for. Or was I in denial? I decided to go back to ER on the 3rd day for a chest X ray. The objective was to see if my pneumonia was progressing. The chest X ray still showed basal pneumonia. I had mixed feelings-- good that pneumonia did not progress to middle lung fields and --- bad that pneumonia was festering. I completed the 5-day regimen of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and was continuing the 8th day of Azithromycin and N-Acetylcysteine when my COVID test finally arrived through email-- I was COVID positive #1906 . By this time, I was recovering physically and mentally. I had no fever (37.2 °C average), no cough, no sore throat. Breathing was full. I had my appetite back. My outlook was as OPTIMISTIC as the blooming flowers I nurtured during this trial. This timing was fortunate because even with confirmed COVID-19 positive, I knew I had beaten COVID-19 pneumonia at home. Isolation was completed 2 weeks from my recovery which necessitated another COVID test and rapid test April 10, 2020. This test was still positive. A third PCR done on April 20 was negative for SARSCoV-2. The new DOH protocol was to isolate up to May 5 which I have followed. I am practicing social distancing and wearing a mask.

Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2009.
Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Sept. 28, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-65). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center and also available in print.

O presente trabalho analisa o tema das famílias desajustadas no sistema ficcional norte-americano. Os corpora estudados são os contos sobre a família Glass, de J. D. Salinger, e o roteiro do filme The Royal Tenenbaums, escrito por Wes Anderson e Owen Wilson. O enfoque comparatista aqui desenvolvido é duplo: de um lado, o diálogo temático entre a obra dos diferentes autores, de outro lado, a investigação sobre os modos em que os contos de Salinger e o filme dialogam com as demais artes. Desta forma, a leitura crítica aqui efetuada rastreia as estratégias intertextuais e inter-artísticas presentes nos corpora. A análise temática é desenvolvida a partir da definição de um conceito de desajuste. A inadaptação pode ser vista como uma inadequação ou reação do indivíduo ao grupo ou comunidade a que pertence, aos pensamentos, valores e modos de agir desta. Tanto os Glass quanto os Tenenbaums são irmãos que, quando crianças, foram destacadamente brilhantes em atividades comumente desempenhadas por adultos. Ao amadurecer tornaram-se pessoas problemáticas com dificuldades de relacionamento pessoal. Para chegar à síntese da leitura comparativa visualizamos três elementos comuns em ambos os corpora: o conflito do indivíduo com o mundo; a dificuldade da comunicação pessoal (além de discorrermos sobre as estratégias da comunicação ficcional) e a dificuldade em lidar com a instabilidade. Ao final, examino como tais problemas são superados pelos personagens. Além disso, também tentamos descrever como tais obras inserem-se na tradição ficcional norte-americana de produção obras cujo tema principal são as problemáticas relações familiares.
The present work analyses the theme of maladjusted families in the American fictional system. The corpora consists of the short stories about the Glass family, by J. D. Salinger, and the screenplay for The Royal Tenenbaums, written by Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. The comparative approach here developed is twofold: on the one hand, a thematic dialogue between the different authors' works, on the other hand, a research about the ways in which Salinger's stories and the film dialogue with another arts. Thus, the critical reading searches the intertextual and interartistic strategies present in the corpora. The thematic analysis is developed from a definition of a concept of maladjustment. Maladjustment can be seen as an individual's inadequacy or reaction to the group or community to which he/she belongs, to the thoughts, to the values and ways of behaviour. Both Glass and Tenenbaums are siblings which, when children, were outstandingly brilliant in activities mainly fullfilled by adults. Coming of age they become problematical with difficulties in personal relationship. To summarize the comparative reading we highlight three elements in common to both corpora: the individual's conflict with the world; the difficult of the personal communication (besides the strategies of fictional communication) and the difficulty in deal with instability. Finally, I examine how such problems are overcome by the characters. Besides this, I also try to describe how such works are inserted in the American fictional tradition of producing works whose main theme is the problematic family relationship.

This thesis explores the use of language in J.D. Salinger’s “For Esmé—With Love and Squalor,” “A Perfect Day for Bananafish,” and Raise High the Roofbeam, Carpenters. It establishes a narrative pattern in which sensitive individuals such as Seymour Glass and Sergeant X are isolated by the insensitivity of the superficial modern world, attempt to communicate their concerns to others through an exchange of language in material forms, and ultimately find relief in silence. By analyzing various examples of linguistic artifacts and the impact they have on both sender and receiver, this thesis identifies criteria for successful communication as well as reasons for the failure of language which may be useful for the study of these and other works by Salinger. This thesis also considers the intersection of binaries such as silence and noise, and the ways Salinger presents them both thematically and formally.

Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Inglês: Estudos Linguísticos e Literários, Florianópolis, 2017.
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Abstract : The main objective of this dissertation is to analyze J.D. Salinger s Glass family stories through a countercultural perspective. The stories analyzed are: A perfect day for bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Down at the dinghy, Franny, Zooey, Raise high the roof beam, Carpenters, Seymour: an introduction, and Hapworth 16, 1924. These are stories published in different books and they do not present a linear plot, but on the contrary, they are fragmented parts of the Glass family s biography. In order to discuss such stories through a countercultural perspective, this study also focuses on the conceptualization of counterculture. Studies by scholars such as Manuel Luis Martinez, Theodore Roszak, Alan Watts, Ken Goffman and Dan Joy are used in order to understand counterculture as a non-binary concept. Moreover, to situate the reader historically, this dissertation also presents a historical context of the US of long 1960s. In addition, countercultural issues such as alienation, innocence, and religious experience are presented as the backbone of the analyses of the Glass family stories, in order to read them through a countercultural perspective. However, other aspects of the historical context of the long 1960s (such as race, class, ethnicity, immigration, sex and sexuality, wars, etc.) are also taken into consideration in the analytical chapters. Lastly, these stories raise some considerations about the post-WWII context of the US by showing the displacement of human beings and their search for a less oppressing world.
O principal objetivo dessa tese é analisar as histórias da família Glass, de J.D. Salinger, através de uma perspectiva contracultural. As histórias aqui analisadas são: A perfect day for bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Down at the dinghy, Franny, Zooey, Raise high the roof beam, Carpenters, Seymour: an introduction, e Hapworth 16, 1924. Tais histórias foram publicadas em diferentes livros e não apresentam um enredo linear. Pelo contrário, estas são partes fragmentadas da biografia da família Glass. Para que a leitura dessas histórias fosse feita a partir de uma perspectiva contracultural, essa pesquisa também teve o objetivo de conceituar o termo contracultura. Para isso, estudos de autores como Manuel Luis Martinez, Theodore Roszak, Alan Watts, Ken Goffman e Dan Joy são usados para definir o conceito de contracultura não-binária. Além disso, para situar o leitor historicamente, essa tese apresenta um capítulo sobre o contexto histórico dos duradouros anos 1960 nos Estados Unidos. Para as análises das histórias, os conceitos de alienação, inocência e experiência religiosa são trabalhados a partir do conceito de contracultura. Porém, outros aspectos provindos do contexto histórico dos duradouros anos 1960 (como questões referentes à(s): raça, etnias, imigração, sexo e sexualidade, guerras, etc.) também são levados em consideração nos capítulos de análises. Por fim, as histórias da família Glass levantam algumas considerações sobre o contexto do pós-Segunda Guerra Mundial nos Estados Unidos ao mostrar o deslocamento dos seres humanos perante tal contexto e suas buscas por um mundo menos opressor.

Round Three features a detailed study of three works by three major American authors who not only make game shows central plot devices but also create familial relationships among the game show producers and contestants, transforming all conflicts over the game show into family conflicts. These “quiz-show families” blend the most intimate relationship, the family, with the least intimate kind of human interaction, the game show, in order to interrogate how people connect with each other (or not) in an image culture. J. D. Salinger’s Glass Family saga, David Foster Wallace’s story “Little Expressionless Animals,” and Paul Thomas Anderson’s film Magnolia exploit the insincere nature of the game show to make sincere assertions about everyone’s similarities as wounded humans. Where one might expect these prophets of sincerity to find nothing but cynical grins and cheesy puns, they instead use game shows to affirm their commitment to radical authenticity by finding moments of compassion and transcendence in the emptiest of places, offering a glimpse of a new way of living in the Land of the Game Show.