Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's Monster Culture

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the author of “Monster Culture” who connects society and the monsters that humans make. Cohen explains how the Monster always falls under one or more of the categories, decided by the Monster’s characteristics. These characteristics include the monster who is a cultural body, the monster who always escapes, the monster who always brings crises, the monster who is an outsider, the monsters whose story prevents us from breaking rules, the monsters who represent fear and desire, and the monsters who bring out flaws in society. More specifically thesis five is for the monsters who make sure humans don’t venture out too far. Thesis five monsters make sure humans are afraid to break rules and defy authority. This paper serves as an analysis of a narrative from Wendy Pearlman’s “We Crossed a Bridge and it Trembled: Voices from Syria” using Cohen’s fifth thesis. This literary work is a narrative by a Syrian doctor named Kareem who Pearlman interviewed in Jordon where the Syrian government has attacked medical facilities, health care providers, and patients during a brutal war. …show more content…
Kareem. This narrative has proved how the victims in many situations are often portrayed as criminals, when in reality there is a much bigger problem going on. Using the seven theses or specifically thesis five is supposed to teach us to not be rule breakers but using it to analyze Dr. Kareem’s narrative shows how we shouldn’t initially conform to rules that are not morally right. Coinciding, this also connects to the topic of immigration, and it helps the reader understand why so many people flee their countries. These refugees and mostly innocent civilians see America as an escape from their dangerous situations, so they come to America to escape a corrupt government whether it is because they have no access to freedom, or doctors, or education, or even just