AN ANALYSIS ON CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN DAVID MAMET’S NOVELS
Abstract
Unlike most conservative thinkers and writers today, such as Ben Shapiro or Jonah Goldberg, Kirk’s work focuses on the interconnectedness of ideas to culture. Kirk ensures to connect conservative politics to artistic endeavours, spirituality, and science, to mention a few, in his writing for American Buffalo. He does not write primarily about one subject. The mentor/student relationship between Donny and Bobby is the most significant relationship in the play, as is already said. The researcher investigates a traditional view of their relationship. In general, mentors are expected to pass along their expertise and knowledge to their mentee. Kirk emphasized that the question of what to conserve, protect, or reform was the main driving force behind the conservative ideology. The most significant conflict Donny faces throughout the play is how and when to get Bobby to think about this. The relationship between Donny and Bobby in American Buffalo serves as the central focus of this essay's examination of the conservative ideology's fundamental principles.
Keyword : conservative, relation, struggle, conserve, future
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