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- 1691: The Outsider: Meursault
- ... novel is composed. All of the sentences in the novel are short and in staccato rhythm. There are no connective conjunctions in any of Meursault's speeches, reflecting his simple, existentialist attitude to life. His philosophy is reflected in the way that he describes things; when he describes locations he gives precedence over people to material objects. This is illustrated in his description of the room in the mortuary where his ...
- 1692: The Canterbury Tales: Wife of Bath
- ... P828). She has won this battle of wits, but it seems as though Jankyn has none. One way or another, Alison has made her puppets dance, completely under her dominion. Her tale backs up her philosophy, as the main point is that Wommen desire to have sovereinetee/As wel over hir housbonde and hir love,/And for to been in maistrye him above(T1044). The Tale backs up the Prologue and ...
- 1693: Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons": Reasons for A Person's Actions
- ... God, and you are sent to Paradise for doing according to your conscience, and I am damned for not doing according to mine, will you come with me for fellowship?"(77). He adheres to his philosophy and conscience, knowing that he will inevitably be executed. One who is reading this may reply by thinking More's decision was asinine. The reader may believe that life is the greatest value to man ...
- 1694: Hard Times: Struggle of Fact vs Imagination and Struggle Between Two Classes
- ... classes were not just two different classes, but two different worlds. The book concludes with the upper class characters being forced into accepting that something other than facts exist. Thomas Gradgrind has given up his philosophy of facts by allowing his daughter back into his house. In conclusion, the entire Gridgrind system of facts proves to be a failure, and he learns that emotions and imagination are the controlling forces in ...
- 1695: Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls": War's Affect on Man and Importance of Time
- ... changed. I always hatted killing a man, and I still have trouble doing it."(p358). Anselmo gains more of a respect of humans after he has been forced to kill some" Hemingway contrasts Anselmo's philosophy of life with the more hardened, cruel men in the play. By doing this we see the change the war has brought upon the other characters. When Anselmo is watching the fascist camp he thinks ...
- 1696: Grapes of Wrath: The Hardships of The Common Man
- ... while his ability to get work while very few people do, also benefited the family. He is the main protagonasist for his family, with his independent nature, and the main follower of Jim Casy's philosophy on human nature, with Jim being much more of a talker, and an idealist to actually put what he preached into action. Jim Casy has fequently been compared with Jesus Christ, and his lifestyle of ...
- 1697: Everyone in A Man For All Seasons is Pursuing Their Own Ends. What Makes More Different?
- ... beings like ourselves. Perhaps this is why we are quick to sympathise with The Common Man and feel an affinity for him. However, under all the comedy, "Old Adam" is selfish, deceiving and has a philosophy of self interest. The selfish nature of The Common Man is best evidenced when in More's hour of need, his steward Matthew deserts him because he is not satisfied with taking a cut in ...
- 1698: Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell
- ... workers, or by the community as a whole 3-communism-a system in which most or all property is owned by the state and is supposed to be shared by all. Communism comes from a philosophy based on the writings of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles, who together wrote the Manifesto of the Communist Party 4-Miriam Gross, The World of George Orwell (New York, NY:Simon and Schuster, 1971) pg ...
- 1699: Catcher in the Rye: Holden and His "Phony" Family
- ... as much impact on him as certain members of his immediate family. The ways Holden acts around or reacts to the various members of his family give the reader a direct view of Holden's philosophy surrounding each member. How do Holden's different opinions of his family compare and do his views constitute enough merit to be deemed truth? Holden makes reference to the word "phony" forty-four separate times ...
- 1700: Dante's "The Hermaphroditic Joyce"
- ... Renaissance, it was proper for a woman to be silent and a man to be eloquent. However, the increased level of female literacy in the late nineteenth and early to present twentieth century, changed this philosophy, and it is now expected that women be just as, if not more eloquent than men. As Dante continues her conversation, she quotes the Bible in response to the ongoing attacks of the men at ...
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