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Topic: Gender and Sexuality

Study Guide for "We Need New Names" by NoViolet Bulawayo

1.      The Similarities Between the Pornography Videos and the Film Containing Disturbing Images

·         Video pornographies and films featuring disturbing images share similarities in their approach to presenting explicit material designed to provoke emotional responses in viewers. Both types of media often cross boundaries of decency and morality to appeal to an audience's base instincts.

·         These videos serve as an escape for their characters, providing an escape into another reality - be it sexual fantasy or violence and suffering that exist beyond their immediate experiences. Pornography videos give characters access to sexual fantasies, while movies open them to harsh realities outside their experience.

·         Notably, Bulawayo highlights the detrimental effects of these videos on the psyche of the viewers, particularly how they can distort the viewer's perceptions of reality and morality.

·         Quotation: "We take turns watching horrors unfolding in other people's places... It's the same on the other channel where the thing is not war but crazy love." (pg. 220)

2. The Pregnant Girl in the American and African Sections of the Novel

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