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The Wall

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by Marlen Haushofer

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Did Stephen Kings "The Dome" story use "The Wall" as his inspiration?
Kidoh Maybe, or maybe not. I think The Wall is a totally different story than The Dome. The Wall is tackling different issues of human life, is much more em…m´Ç°ù±ðMaybe, or maybe not. I think The Wall is a totally different story than The Dome. The Wall is tackling different issues of human life, is much more emotional than heavy on a dramatical story, it's more existential than The Dome...
The Dome is like an Action Hollywood movie, while The Wall is like an Arthouse Film...
I enjoyed The Wall much more, because it touches deeper knots. But I think its really not for everyone. It's a very sensitive book. (less)
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Can anyone suggest a similar book? Love reading about people surviving on their own (without other people). Thanks.
Rachel Into the Forest by Jean Hegland

/book/show/8...…m´Ç°ù±ðInto the Forest by Jean Hegland

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Why did the woman not try to find a way around the wall (she only encountered it in two directions); or try to dig under it (the stream ran under the wall so it couldn’t have gone too deep); or try to climb over it (it still rained on her, so it couldn’t have been closed in). And why did she simply assume that everyone else in the world had died? She could only see to the next village or two.
Aurora I think the woman doesn’t try to get out because of the deep responsibility she feels towards the animals. The animals are what keep her going, and go…m´Ç°ù±ðI think the woman doesn’t try to get out because of the deep responsibility she feels towards the animals. The animals are what keep her going, and going beyond the wall would mean leaving them behind, something she would never do. Besides that, all her time and energy goes into taking care of herself and the animals, making sure they have enough food, etc. which leaves very little time to explore the wall.

As for her assumption that everyone else is dead, throughout the entirety of the book she never sees any signs of life outside the wall. At some point, she mentions not seeing any airplanes, which for her confirms her assumption everyone outside is dead. We don’t know if this is true, but for her, it definitely is. Even if there were people alive somewhere outside the wall, the woman doesn’t know that, and it doesn’t change her situation, so they might as well be dead.(less)
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Does the pet live through the book?
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