The danger of the attacks of 9/11 in America, mainly on the WorldTrade Center at Ground Zero, had brought America into a position thatnever seen before. People who lived there faced a historical calamity marked a turning point in history and a beginning of a new era. Thepaper examines the behavior of traumatized individuals in relation tosociety that trauma involves both. The socio cultural approach willachieve the goal. It studied the responses of the individuals to the event and the motives behind these reactions. Don DeLillo, a member of apost 9/11 group of writers, an American novelist of Italian origin, through his portrayal of the characters, tries to present a vivid image towhat happened during the time of the attack and aftermath . Keith Neudecker, the protagonist, is presented in a way that enables the reader understand the misery manner he lived. The paper deals with trauma theory in regard to Cathy Caruth's and Kia Erikson's point of view's is a trail which is left by a traumatic event.It is one concept of the theory
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