Word: subtext
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This is no Horatio Alger story of a boy picking himself up from nothing. It is far closer to something Upton Sinclair would have written. A major subtext of the book is Freddie's maturity as a person coinciding with his political awakening. This begins during an exciting sequence when he finds himself caught up in a protest against the Henry Ford plant. Like a scene from an Eisenstein movie, the protesters face Ford's gun thugs by singing the International, leading to a horrific massacre. Later Freddie and Sam join a group of outcasts working together...
...could keep going on the subtext for hours, but I’m not teaching this show in a course setting...
...look a bit closer, and the intelligent (or simply obsessive and dedicated) viewer finds a treasure-trove of literary subtext on a deeper level...
...TIME, Feb. 13, 2006.) Doing a totalitarian government's bidding in blocking the truth in order to make a few extra bucks is practically the definition of evil. Google acknowledges that it's in a tough situation but says it ultimately has to obey local laws. "There's a subtext to 'Don't be evil,' and that is 'Don't be illegal,'" says Vint Cerf, an Internet founding father who now serves as "chief Internet evangelist" at Google. "Overall, having Google there is better than not having Google there." But at what cost? Can Brin and Page live with...
...effort-in 2006 was less vivid than the House's ugly theatrics surrounding the Murtha proposal, but perhaps more meaningful. Senate Democrats failed to win a commitment to the gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops. But the wording of the resolution wasn't nearly so important as the subtext. Politicians of both parties felt the need to express some sort of dismay about Iraq. And no one offered an amendment calling for a more robust U.S. military effort to win the war. That now seems beyond the realm of political possibility...