Abstract
In her article "DeLillo's Falling Man and the Trouble with Sympathy in Narratives of Terrorism" Jessica McDonald discusses the ways Don DeLillo's characterization of a 9/11 terrorist elicits reader sympathy in his 2007 novel Falling Man. McDonald argues that introducing sympathy into narratives of terrorism undermines attempts to understand the contextual issues out of which terrorism arises even if the rhetoric of sympathy may seem to foster a sense of "fellow-feeling" that makes acts of political protest and resistance more accessible to broader publics.
Recommended Citation
McDonald, Jessica.
"DeLillo's Falling Man and the Trouble with Sympathy in Narratives of Terrorism."
CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
18.3
(2016):
<https://doi.org/10.7771/1481-4374.2823>
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