Analysis and Commentary of the book `Symptomatic` by Dazny Schna

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Symptomatic by Danzy Senna

The book Symptomatic was written by Danzy Senna and was published in 2004 . The author was born in Massachusetts in the year 1970 . Her mother Fanny Howe had been a good poet while her father named Carl Senna was known as an activist and a writer . The author graduated from Stanford University in 1992 . She was a biracial that reflects in her two novels Caucasia and Symptomatic (James , 2008 , Blogspot .com

Her method of writing captivated many readers as it depicts the life

and tragedies in the life of a biracial character . The story revolves around the complexity of living in a world having no definite identity . She also tackles issues that correspond to the plight of women in the workplace (James , 2008 , Blogspot .com

Symptomatic is a novel the tackles the life of a biracial woman who is simply not in control of her life . She does not appreciate herself because she lacks her individuality and personal identity . She is a newly grad , a newly transferred to an urban setting that definitely lacks a personal personality (Francis , Temples for tomorrow

The setting is a winter in a prestigious magazine company in New York City . The protagonist remained unnamed all throughout the story Although she was often referred to with sweet nicknames , her real name was never mentioned in the whole novel (Cheuse , 2004

The novel is a first person perspective , which means , that the story reflects the mind and reaction of the protagonist . The other relevant character is the antagonist in the name of Greta Hicks . Greta is also a biracial but a psychotic one . At first she forms good association and friendship with the protagonist , she even helped her find a place to live , theless , she becomes weird later on , even scary (Amazon .com

The title of the book , Symptomatic , somehow reflects what the theme of the book is all about . As the word it portrays the act of having a symptom or indicative characteristic of an illness or a disease . The book reflects upon the protagonist journey in an unknown abyss . The lack of goal and the instability of the protagonist somehow indicates what the whole book will reveal as it slowly unfolds the different dilemmas and conflicts of a mulatto or a biracial young adult (Amazon .com

Somehow there is also an overview with regards as to how the book would wrap up in the end from the symptoms ' displayed by the protagonist The lack of self identity of the protagonist can be traced upon the lack of parental support and parenting condition that she experienced . The lack of goals can be attributed to her lack of personality and the way by which she let other people manipulate her life and her decisions

Basically the purpose of the book is to serve as an eye-opener to those people who still don 't have a gripped of themselves . As I have explained above , the book reveals the side...