Word: isolationized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Masterpiece is hardly a strong enough word to describe this French import. Other Gallie efforts have been praised highly in the last decade, but none of them can possibly match the broad scope and multiple perfections of "Les Enfants," a product of the German Occupation which contains, among other things...
It is here that the story's solution to the problem of the irresponsible individual is weakest. Joe's sin was in insulating himself from the consciousness of his acts to society until it was too late to do anything more than expiate his crimes. True, the expiation provides the...
Diaper-Age Schizoids. But there was something wrong with all of them: they were apathetic, withdrawn, happiest when left alone. They shrank from anything that disturbed their isolation: noises, moving objects, people, often even food. They had what Dr. Kanner calls "early infantile autism"; it is, he thinks, a diaper...
Loneliness Is Suspect. Author Gorer's central theme is that Americans are haunted by a dread of loneliness and isolation: "The absence of doors in all but the most private parts of most houses, the wedged-open doors of offices and studies, the shared bedrooms in colleges and boarding...
Americans, according to Gorer, are psychologically unable to endure the open dislike of the people around them. One example he gives is the difficulty experienced in carrying out a tough policy in conquered Germany. In such situations Americans tend to withdraw, physically if possible; if that is not possible, then...