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The term "unaware" in literature often conveys a state of oblivion that deepens both character and narrative complexity. It is used to depict characters who are physically or emotionally detached from their surroundings, as seen when individuals remain ignorant of critical happenings or inner truths—ranging from the unintentional neglect of personal shortcomings [1, 2] to a blissful or tragic unawareness of impending danger [3, 4]. Sometimes, unaware serves as a means to illustrate contrasts between external reality and internal perception, where characters might be oblivious to others’ feelings or the greater socio-political circumstances enveloping them [5, 6, 7]. The word also plays a role in philosophical and psychological explorations of the self, suggesting that key elements of identity or mental processes occur without conscious acknowledgment [8, 9].
  1. All his life, up to then, he had been unaware of being either graceful or awkward.
    — from Martin Eden by Jack London
  2. He had a great deal of conceit, but was utterly unaware of it himself.
    — from The possessed : by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  3. The men there seemed to be in conventional moods, altogether unaware of the impending annihilation.
    — from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane
  4. From the moment's glimpse, it was derived that they had been unaware of the proximity of their dark-suited foes or had mistaken the direction.
    — from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane
  5. “So he did,” answered Carrie, who was wholly unaware of what conversation her lovers might have held.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
  6. He was like the Emperor of China, who sat glorying in himself, unaware that his fairest provinces were being wrested from him.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser
  7. " She was angry with herself afterwards, thinking that he, unaware of her grave reasons for liking this seclusion, might have mistaken her meaning.
    — from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy
  8. The class of phenomena which the associationist school takes to frame its theory of the Ego are feelings unaware of each other.
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
  9. Of its unintelligibility, however, half the writers on psychology seem unaware.
    — from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

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