MOO | Social Concerns
MOO focuses on a broader community than Smiley's previous novels, which dealt primarily with individuals or families trying to make sense of the personal, social, and historical forces at work in their lives. By placing MOO in a midwestern university setting. Smiley can introduce a diverse cast of characters from many walks of life whose primary relationship is institutional. Thus, many of the characters whom she introduces never interact directly, even though each's actions and inactions affect the others. The reason underlying this approach is that Smiley's concern is the...
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