![]() ![]() ![]() Law is complicit in creating and perpetuating inequality. I will first go over some basic critical legal theory to set the groundwork for my analysis of the novel. Riots, poverty, an outbreak of hate crimes and tuberculosis, environmental nuclear contamination, and the President is off playing golf. She loses her comfortable life, moves into a new neighbourhood and is forced in the midst of swelling instability and violence to adapt to survive. The novel chronicles the life of Lola Hart, a 12 year old girl whose family falls into the lower echelons of a failing New York society. That being said, I have had extensive exposure to classic Science Fiction and very few books have thrown emotional punches like Random Acts of Senseless Violence, so I would highly recommend reading it for yourself, even if you liked my summary and interpretation. I will also be discussing the plot at length so there will be major spoilers ahead. I would like to provide trigger warnings in relation to sexual and gender discrimination and violence, extensive police brutality, and other hate crimes. ![]() Where possible, I have tried to simplify concepts and ideas to make them accessible. With reference to critical legal studies and Marxist/Anarchist legal theories, and via a law and literature framework, I hope to analyse Jack Womackâs seminal 1993 sci-fi novel Random Acts of Senseless Violence. ![]()
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