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- 1951: A Critical Analysis Of Oz
- ... primitive man in some ways, man is evil and out for himself. He has trouble getting along with others because they interfere with his well being by being out for themselves as well. The senseless violence that occurs within Em City proves all of these points. At heart, man is evil.
- 1952: American Psycho
- ... a subtle boredom or frustration even early in the novel. While waiting on food at a table at Nells, Bateman is momentarily diverted from the conversation by one of his thoughts of sex or violence that seem to escalate in frequency throughout the novel. I think about Courtneys legs, spread and wrapped around my face, and when I look over at Luis in one brief flashing moment his head ...
- 1953: A Critical Essay On Sir Thomas
- ... the rather sour cream of the jest that it is not Utopia but sixteenth century Europe, with its well rooted institutions of private property, that is running to ruin with scarcity, idleness and crimes of violence. At this point to demonstrate the sincerity and seriousness of More's aversion to private property may seem supererogatory. Having tidied up this little point, which we will have to untidy later, writers in the ...
- 1954: A Good Man Is Hard To Find 2
- ... them, even when they are being massacred by the misfit. (141) Di Renzo later talks about the Misfit as a complicated and non-cartoon like character. "O'Connor's comic technique disparages the victims of violence and ironically makes their killer, the Misfit, the most attractive character in the story. He may be a cold-blooded, homicidal maniac, but he is at least complicated and dignified. Self-conscious and articulate, the ...
- 1955: An Analysis Of The Cask Of Ama
- ... set in place, we know Fortunato s doom has been sealed. I find that this story makes the hairs on my back of my neck rise every time I read it. There is no real violence in the modern sense of the word, yet it is more horrifying because of all the things you don t see with your outward eye but the with inward eye of the imagination.
- 1956: A Child Called It
- ... her frustration and madness out on Dave. Not that alcohol is an excuse, but it was the key to the ignition of that familys child abuse problem. Alcohol in this case brought out the violence and was his mothers way of release, her savior. All in all I felt the book was very compelling. I did not feel it had the same impact as Death From Child Abuse . . . And ...
- 1957: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men, we are crude and sorrowful and super-ficial -- I believe that we are lost." This quote exemplifies his thoughts that the war, and even human violence in general is a lost cause.
- 1958: Antogonistic Enlightenment
- ... the unbelievable "human brutality" he has witnessed, he describes the fighting of his 12 children (21). Hannetjie assumed Brille was accustomed to Hannetjie's oppressive behaviors, but ironically Brille was only now a victim of violence (21). He did not use politics to better his life, until he was imprisoned for only pretending to do so before (23). Brille likens his experience in prison to his experience with his family, he ...
- 1959: Antigone 5
- ... was to die, now here, in front of his eyes, beside her groom! Haemon countered him with a threat of his own that he will never set eyes on him again if he continues this violence. Crion was apalled with his son. For that, Antigone was to die a very agonizing death. she was to be taken down to some wild desolate path never trod by men, and wall her up ...
- 1960: A Dolls House, Theme Of Impris
- ... primitive man in some ways, man is evil and out for himself. He has trouble getting along with others because they interfere with his well being by being out for themselves as well. The senseless violence that occurs within Em City proves all of these points. At heart, man is evil.
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