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What motivates F. Alexander's friends in their responses to Alex?
The three men feel strongly that Alex could be good for their cause, which is a form of resistance to the State that they do not clarify and Alex does not seem to understand. They are thinking of him as a powerful symbol, someone who can help the public understand the atrocities the State has committed against him. Therefore they are excited to house him and support him — but not to listen to him, nor to help his emotional life.
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How do women function in Alex's narrative?
Women never have any power for Alex. Either they're functionaries, as with the nurse who injected him, or they're objects, as with...
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