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- 1991: Hemmingway-hills Like White El
- Writing styles changed drastically from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries. The nineteenth century had authorial intervention and authors wrote about things they had never experienced, where as the twentieth century had a lot of hidden symbols ... authors had been a part of. Many people thought these hard to understand writings would be a temporary phase of literature, but authors such as Ernest Hemingway wrote in such a branding way that this writing style has been a constant example of a powerful literary expression. Hemingway was one of the best users of symbols and images. In the story Hills Like White Elephants, he has hidden symbols behind almost ... more emotionally. Hemingway really made his mark in the twentieth century by setting a great example on how to write using the new modern characteristics. And it was because of writers like Hemingway this new writing style has stuck around. If he hadn t of ended his life in such a sudden way as suicide I m sure he would of wrote many more great stories showing how the use ...
- 1992: Hemingway And Camus
- ... The reader of the first text often sees death as a door; the second reader sees death as a wall and as the inescapable and shared destiny of all persons. Hemingway and Camus are both writing texts that present death as final. There are many striking similarities between the two, although one could say they are a generation and a world apart. Hemingway, the older of the two, presents several of the elements of their similarity in his novel A Farewell to Arms; Camus, writing The Outsider almost fifteen years later, picks up from where Hemingway left off. The two share a lean, direct style; there is a shared early (in the novels) "primitiveness" to Frederic Henry and Meursault; the ... the benign indifference of the world. The skepticism raised by the famous passage in Hemingway about the embarrassment felt by Frederic Henry when confronted with the emptiness of the conventional vocabulary is sharpened by Camus, writing after one more war, who condemns not only the inflated language of society, but also its institutions, with irrelevance at least and mendacity at worst. Frederic Henry finds "sacred, glorious, and sacrifice" to be ...
- 1993: Hamlet Observations Of Madness
- ... the king and gain favor in his eye. However, their decision on lack of advancement as the cause shows something about the characters themselves. The two men obviously care a great deal about their own personal success. This can be seen by their actions of spying on Hamlet in the above scene, and later, their betrayal of Hamlet. Hamlet himself latter tells Horatio of their wrong doings and his own feelings ... found the true cause for madness. Polonius believed that it was denied love, Gertrude; heart breaking anguish and Guildenstern and Rosencrantz: thwarted ambition. Whether Hamlet was mad or not is not in question in this writing, but what the characters though is. Did people believe that he was crazy? I believe I ll leave the answer to Polonius whom said, Your noble son is mad. Does this mean that people thought ...
- 1994: Gatsbys Dream
- ... embodied in Daisy. Gatsby loves what Daisy represents rather than Daisy. He admits to Nick after near the end of the story that Daisy might have loved Tom, but "in any case," "it was just personal."(160) To Gatsby, "personal" love is not important. His love for Daisy is not "personal," because Daisy is only the tangible form of his romantic dream; Gatsby's love is for the dream rather than Daisy. Therefore, in order to obtain his dream, he must have Daisy, and he ...
- 1995: Enders Game--enders Empathic A
- ... on that statement as an accurate prediction of the future. Sometimes lies were more dependable than truth." Ender, here, has not only essentially read the mind of the monitor lady, but has also demonstrated his personal knowledge of a universal habit of adults' lying to children about certain things, such as pain. A short while later in the novel, still before he departs for battle school, Ender demonstrates even more dramatically ... Ender] reached into the cavity and took out the cocoon. It was astonishingly light, to hold all the hope and future of a great race within it." Indeed, after telling the reader about Ender's writing a book telling things from the perspective of the buggers, which was read widely and exalted almost as holy scripture back on earth, Card leaves a bright message that Ender's empathic abilities would continue ...
- 1996: Critical Analysis Of Young Goo
- ... allows him to accept the false statements of the Devil. Therefore Brown fails to distinguish the difference between a single person and actions of people as a whole. Levin says that Hawthorne s way of writing Young Goodman Brown gives a clear interpretation of the meaning. Neglecting the fact that the Puritans whipped Quakers and burned Indian villages, the reader can then notice what Brown actually sees in the forest. The ... not there at all. Hawthorne s message is far more depressing and horrifying. The story is obviously an individual tragedy, and those who treat it as such are right, of course; but, far beyond the personal plane, it has universal implications. (Leavis 236) Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbolism throughout the story of Young Goodman Brown. Thomas Walsh says that Hawthorne uses a threefold symbolic pattern. The first symbol used in the story ...
- 1997: Candide 2
- ... the harsh realities of the world. Swift's "A Modest Proposal" In his lengthy literary career, Jonathan Swift wrote many stories that used a broad range of voices that were used to make some compelling personal statements. For example, Swifts, A Modest Proposal, is often heralded as his best use of both sarcasm and irony. Yet taking into account the persona of Swift, as well as the period in which it ... lived. In fact it was intended to help the lower-class to gain more recognition from the upper class. If a reader does take his proposal seriously, then the use irony and sarcasm in Swifts writing is exemplified. But, if a reader takes note of the irony they will notice the true point of the story; the assistance that the lower-class needs. Either way, the irony is present and Swift ...
- 1998: Black Boy By Richard Wright
- ... with Aunt Cleo's. After a while Richard's mother and brother came to live with them. Then Richard moved into a two room apartment with Aunt Cleo. He read lots of books and practiced writing. He got a job as a dishwasher in the North Side Café. Richard took a postal workers exam. He failed b/c he didn't meet the weight requirement. He started to eat a lot ... job ended he was assigned by the relief station to a medical research institute. He helped take care of the laboratory animals. Chapter 18 Richard was invited to join the John Reed Club. To contribute writing. Richard wrote poems and they were published. After two months of belonging to the club he was appointed as executive secretary of the Left Front group. Chapter 19 Richard joined the Black communist party. He ... not like intellectuals. They discriminated against intellectuals. Ross was later charged on three violations of the communist party. Richard was ordered by the communist party to stay away from Ross. The clubs that he was writing for were dissolved by the communist party. He also heard that his ideas were corrupting the communist party. He was going to resign from the communist party. When he told his comrades about this ...
- 1999: Animal Farm
- ... device by which Napoleon communicates with the people. Squealer gives an account of government tidings that put Napoleon in a good light, regardless of the accuracy. An example of Napoleon s use of propaganda for personal gain is in the explanation of the expulsion of Snowball. Snowball is Orwell s representation of Leon Trotsky, Stalin s political nemesis in Russia. Snowball and Napoleon disagree over nearly all political issues as did ... higher tier of importance by exposing Snowball as a traitor. Orwell clearly finds fault with using a mass publication to deceive the public. He points out Stalin s unscrupulous use of propaganda for his own personal gain, thus criticizing the inadequacy of communism as an ideal society. Animal Farm effectively displays the immorality of propaganda and the injustice of communism. By the shady use of false publications, Stalin was able coerce an entire nation into believing what he wanted. He exploited his position as dictator and used the Pravda for personal gain. Napoleon was able to enjoy the benefits of communism and the luxuries of leadership, which is contradictory to the idea of a true socialist society. In addition to his criticism of Stalin and ...
- 2000: A Clockwork Orange (book Analy
- ... on nightly rampages with his band of droogs after consuming spiked moloko, tearing down what society has morally built and ripping holes into the reasoning of random citizens. Here, Burgess utilizes a unique method of writing by making the readers realize their affection for this teenage criminal, even in the midst of his violent perversions. As stated in many other summaries and analogies of the book, the ethics derived from the book revolve around the topic of choice. Is a person truly moral if their benevolence comes from forced conditioning as opposed to their personal choice for compassion? Does programmed decency towards people ultimately possess superiority over a natural psychosis? It can be argued that programmed decency protects the happiness of the main population, but natural psychosis comes from the ...
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