Don DeLillo's "Running Dog"

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This paper explains that while not itself a pornographic novel, "Running Dog" objectifies women, thereby exemplifying the essence of pornography-- escape into fantasy through the subjugation of women. The author describes how DeLillo both masterfully juxtaposes and intermingles Nazi propaganda with the lures of pornography by subtly exposing the propagandic aspects of woman as object in pornography.
The author believes that, ultimately, DeLillo reduces pornography and its connoisseurs to the comic.

From the Paper:

"From Moll Robbins and Grace Delaney to Tran Le Mudger and Nadine Rademacher, female characters lack power against the men with whom they come into contact. Simply, they are objects, not people. Grace presents the relationship between men and women best: "I was married to the same man for eleven years. I did his bidding. Not fully realizing. His silent bidding. Somehow, mysteriously, unspokenly. It's built into the air between us. It's carried on radio waves from galaxy to galaxy". Sadly, hers is not a speech of liberation empowering her coworkers, as Moll fails to comprehend the depth of Grace's words, and the secretary Bess Harris only drinks in silence."

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