The View from Mrs. Thompson’s

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"The View from Mrs. Thompson’s" is an essay by David Foster Wallace that reflects on the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks from the perspective of small-town Bloomington, Illinois.

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instanceOf essay ⓘ
nonfiction work ⓘ
author David Foster Wallace ⓘ
collectedIn Consider the Lobster and Other Essays ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts watching news coverage in Mrs. Thompson’s living room ⓘ
featuresCharacter David Foster Wallace ⓘ
Mrs. Thompson ⓘ
focus local reactions to national tragedy ⓘ
television coverage of September 11 attacks ⓘ
form magazine essay ⓘ
genre literary journalism ⓘ
reportage ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
literaryStyle detailed description ⓘ
digressive prose ⓘ
mainEventDescribed September 11 attacks ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
nonfictionType personal essay ⓘ
originalPublicationMedium Rolling Stone ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Little, Brown and Company ⓘ
relatedEvent War on Terror ⓘ
relatedWork Consider the Lobster and Other Essays ⓘ
settingCountry United States ⓘ
settingLocation Bloomington, Illinois ⓘ
settingType small Midwestern town ⓘ
subjectMatter American flags and displays of patriotism ⓘ
community gathering in a private home ⓘ
personal perception of national crisis ⓘ
theme collective grief ⓘ
media consumption ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
public versus private response to tragedy ⓘ
small-town life ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed September 11, 2001 ⓘ
immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks ⓘ
tone observational ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
workOf David Foster Wallace ⓘ

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Consider the Lobster → hasPart → The View from Mrs. Thompson’s ⓘ
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays → hasEssay → The View from Mrs. Thompson’s ⓘ