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Nazi Literature Of Americas Summary

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The Nazi Literature in the Americas is described as a collection of right wing writers’ poems. Roberto Bolano wrote the book in the form of a collection of many short biographies of unreal Pan American authors. Most of the writers portrayed in the short stories included in the book are Nazi-fascists, ultra-right supporters, and zealots who came from South America and a few from North America. Nazi Literature of Americas discusses poetry scripts and some non-existing literature books that have never been published, but they do have a lesson to teach the general public. This paper presents an overview of many short stories that are analyzed in the book and how they influence individual actions in the society. It discusses a variety of ideologies such as neoliberalism, capitalism, authoritarian rule and faddism as presented in the collection of poems. Furthermore, this paper presents the reasons why Nazi Literature of Americas is regarded as anti-literature in the content of the new world. …show more content…

The book brings out an alternative world, discussing real issues in a satirical manner and fictionalizing issues that ought to have happened, but they haven’t and not sure if they would take place. However, the book also looked at the main objectives of lefties regarding globalization, passing on ideologies to the new generation since most of the literary writer’s lefties and had the interest to spread the message of some of the most known lefties like Hitler. Without any doubt, fictional writers in the Nazi Literature of Americas are all Nazi and true believers of Nazi ideologist. The ideas of lefties are portrayed in most of the collections of Roberto Bolanos, a clear indication that the book was meant to put the philosophy of Nazi in the global

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