Blog 14: The war / Marguerite Duras

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 Jordan Miles 

Blog 14: The war / Marguerite Duras


In Marguerite Duras's memoir, The War, she writes about Diaries that she kept from the information that she gathered from people who returned from the brutal concentration camps of Nazi Germany. A lot of them had to do with her husband Robert who was sent away due to political activity. One quote that she says at the end stood out to me. she wrote, “My identity has gone. I'm just she who is afraid when she wakes. She who Wills in his stead for him I exist that will that desire and even when Robert L is at death's door it's expressly strong because he is still alive… but now there is hope and pain are implanted in Hope sometimes I'm amused I don't die, a cold blade plunged deep into the living flesh, night and day and you survive.” (244). This quote she writes at the end of the memoir demonstrates all of the pain that she has endured throughout her lifetime. she lives in a constant state of fear for her life whether from being starving or the fact that she has not been able to sleep at all. She can put her story and talk about her husband into words and share the pain they've been through throughout the war with everyone. Her story is incredibly influential As she is seen as an important literary figure in France. She lived and survived a very hard time while living in Paris during the Nazi war and can be remembered for her story.

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  1. Delaney AshworthFebruary 20, 2023 at 6:49 AM

    You can eliminate words such as has- just delete it! It is not necessary in the sentence. I think beginning your writing with the quote could help you to analyze it throughout the entire blog to make it make more sense!

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  2. Delaney AshworthFebruary 20, 2023 at 7:13 AM

    This blog is great as I love how deep and strong this quote is. It is powerful and could be used in the beginning of this blog and have the entire blog build around it! You show me how distraught she was going through this traumatic situation with her husband. I like how you describe the constant state of fear she lives in and how unbearable this must have been.

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