The View from Mrs. Thompson’s

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"The View from Mrs. Thompson’s" is an essay by David Foster Wallace that reflects on the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks from the perspective of small-town Bloomington, Illinois.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf essay
nonfiction work
author David Foster Wallace
collectedIn Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts watching news coverage in Mrs. Thompson’s living room
featuresCharacter David Foster Wallace
Mrs. Thompson
focus local reactions to national tragedy
television coverage of September 11 attacks
form magazine essay
genre literary journalism
reportage
hasAuthorNationality American
language English
literaryMovement postmodern literature
literaryStyle detailed description
digressive prose
mainEventDescribed September 11 attacks
narrativePerspective first-person
nonfictionType personal essay
originalPublicationMedium Rolling Stone
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company
relatedEvent War on Terror
relatedWork Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
settingCountry United States
settingLocation Bloomington, Illinois
settingType small Midwestern town
subjectMatter American flags and displays of patriotism
community gathering in a private home
personal perception of national crisis
theme collective grief
media consumption
patriotism
public versus private response to tragedy
small-town life
timePeriodDescribed September 11, 2001
immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks
tone observational
reflective
workOf David Foster Wallace

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