Michel de Certeau had explored the city in relation to two different parties, the city as a whole (skyscrapers) and pedestrians (individuals). In the beginning of the ‘Walking in the city’, the author mentions the World Trade Center in New York to portray how such skyscrapers are constructing a city, in response how they are . Although, he adds on how the role of pedestrian navigating the city and how they express and repress the city. Only walking a certain area may restrict the view, however, it may have the ‘synecdoche’ effect when small piece reflects the larger view of daily life within the city. On the other hand, it may have the opposing ‘asyndeton’ effect cuts out expanding view to focus on a very limited space making it less dense.
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A good reflection on Certeau’s piece, also great attempt at considering Certeau’s linguistic parallels of “synecdoche” and “asyndeton”.