"Fiction and nonfiction are only different techniques of story telling." Roy's talk is very broad on the system's of oppression in the world but I have a hard time seeing it in the book. Perhaps it shows in the character's lack of agency. I can definitely see her interests in power dynamics but since everything is on the subjective level the state level (as her theme here represents) is not visible. There is an anarchic tone to her rhetoric which she represents in her book.
"I believe that the accumulation of vast unfettered power by a State or a country, a corporation or an institution - or even an individual, a spouse, a friend, a sibling -regardless of ideology..." I agree what she says about the branding of anti-Americans but that is not representative of the whole or even the majority.
"The term "anti-American" is usually used by the American establishment to discredit and, not falsely - but shall we say inaccurately - define its critics. Once someone is branded anti-American, the chances are that he or she will be judged before they are heard, and the argument will be lost in the welter of bruised national pride...is not just racist, it's a failure of the imagination." Saying that calling someone racist for calling you anti-American is just tit for tat. Overall, I found her speech is very interesting but the pessimistic approach is what I find unattractive about her work. Not to say that she is wrong but she offers no solutions (it's easy to point out the problems).
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