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Gender Marriage And The Cold War - Essay

Gender Marriage And The Cold War



Medevoy
The futuristic visions presented by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Player Piano) and Robert Heinlein (The Puppet Masters) provide the reader with differing perspectives marriage and gender. Both narratives are presented by men; moreover, both Paul Proteus and Elihu, are married (or soon to be) Both of these books were written during a time of great turmoil in American history. The nation was just beginning to recover from the devastation of World War Two, and trying to go back to negative social patterns of the past. "Trying" is the operative word, because men, women, and minorities had been given a taste of autonomy, which they did not wish to let go of. The two authors make use of the ...

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comrades. Paul and Anita by contrast have a dysfunctional (and loveless) relationship because society will not allow them to escape from their expected roles in society.
The United States of the future (In Player Piano) has been transformed to the point where its appearance paralleled the popular idea of what it was like behind the iron curtain. Computers determine the course of a person's life, and there can be no deviation short of "dropping out" of society. The most valued asset in this futuristic nightmare is an incredibly high I.Q. The "men" with high scores are given more privileges, while those less fortunate are forced into menial tasks in exchange of government handouts. The men of the Reeks and Wrecks are virtually impotent, and women are looked upon in much the same way. The value they have is based upon there desirability level.

" Sex can still batter down all sorts of social structures
-- you're right," Lasher agreed.

"Big tits will get you in anywhere," said ...

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tremendous lift--the two of them winning with sinew
and guts a mountain of strong, red meat from an
inhospitable world.. And he would mold more bullets,
and she would make more candles and soap from bear fat,
until late at night, when Paul and Anita would tumble
down together on a bundle of straw in the corner, dog-
tired and sweaty, make love, and sleep hard until the
brittle-cold dawn…" (P.P 111)

Paul has described a "so called" partnership that was popularly seen as the ideal during the 1950's. True Anita isn't vacuuming in pearls, but her purpose in life centers around domestic responsibilities. She is seen as a submissive mate who worships the ground her husband walks ...

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