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I have chosen the “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator”…

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—Ronaldo Neziraj

I have chosen the “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio”. The book is a great choice for me, i learned a lot from it especially after we carefully analyzed it. One of the main features of the book is having multiple narrators give their version of the story, which directly relates to the main theme of the story. After i read the book, i enjoyed analyzing it because it taught me an important life lesson. There were several version of the “truth” stories given from each narrator, none of them was close to the actual truth. Another interesting topic was that the book brought out racism, which unfortunately even on the actual time of the so called “Information Era”, we encounter racism on our daily lives. We analyzed that the main factors that lead to that is growing up in an environment that motivates that and lack of knowledge. And thanks to your great in depth analysis and allowing us to participate in class discussions, i can freely say this is one of my favorite books now.

Filed Under: Amara Lakhous, Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio: A Novel, Contemporary (2001–Present), Continental European, Spring 2020, Zarour Zarzar Tagged With: analysis, favorite, lack of knowledge, life lessons, multiple narrators, multiple truths, racism, truth

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