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POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER IN JESS WALTER THE ZERO

Eman Saud Thannoon

Volume: 10 Issue: 1 2020

Abstract:

The eventual attacks of 9/11 in America, on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, had changed the world and brought disastrous problems to a lot of civilians. Many people lost their lives; others were traumatized. The event reveals the hidden aspect of the States and its assistants. The paper examines the behavior of traumatized individuals in relation to society that trauma involves both. The socio cultural approach will achieve the goal. It studied the responses of the individuals to the event and the motives behind these reactions. Jess Walter, a member of a domestic group of writers has introduced a comedy-a special type of comedy as a criticism to the political system of America within the time of terrorism. Through the portrayal of the characters, Walter tries to present a vivid image to what happened during the time of the attack and aftermath . PTSD is a trail which is left by a traumatic event

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v10i01.026

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