1. Escape and Imprisonment in The Woman in the Dunes
In particular he learns of a postcard salesman who escaped the imprisonment of the stressful economic society in the city and staked all he had on his postcard business. ... The initial imprisonment he suffered was the economic burdens of his business. ... By this he means that humans in society are condemned to repeat daily the same functions: waking up in the morning to work, working all day, and returning home to sleep again. ... Society is the governing power that controls us all; we will never be free of it. ... It is ironically by our attempt to free ourselves that we imprison oursel...
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