Living With Strangers
In the essay “Living With Strangers” by Siri Hustvedt, we hear about her experiences with living in two very different cities and how they and their citizens have changed her perspective on meeting strangers. In the beginning of the text, she talks about her childhood, growing up in the countryside of Minnesota, and how the people of her town acted towards each other. Later on in her life, she moves to New York City and discovers how different the urban life is from what she was used to. Not only are there so many more people in NYC, which, by itself, can be very overwhelming, but also the attitude and arrogance of the New Yorkers surprises her. In this paper, I am going to analyze and comment on Hustvedt’s essay, where part of the focus will be on the genre and the attitude to urban living. [Læs mere…]


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