When something is idealised, it is seen as being ‘perfect’ and above reality. It is put on a pedestal above everything else, and is used as a means to achieve happiness. Both novels – The Great Gatsby, written by F.Scott Fitzgerald and Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Brontë explore the idealisation of love itself, a … Read more
The themes of power and fantasy are interlinking and well-explored in both Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus and Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. It seems a common trope, though, that fantasies are used for sources of optimism that never come to fruition. Fantasy itself, as defined by Rosemary Jackson, has two functions for characters in literature: “it … Read more
Childhood is a construct experienced differently in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The characters in both novels are in a state of continuous flux, adapting and altering themselves to their changing environments as the novel evolves. Readers are expected to come to either texts with the knowledge of the … Read more
Promptly following the Romanticism era, and still with influences of the this era, came the rise of the age for Gothic literature. Gothic literature is defined by horror, mystery, with unexplainable dark forces. Found in gothic literature, dark tones are dramatized and expounded upon to further the forebode and malevolence. In the case of Emily … Read more
John Steinbeck is an American author who often dealt with social and economic issues. He has written many famous novels including The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. During the time of the Great Depression, Steinbeck elaborated on the general theme of human nature in his well known novel Of Mice and Men. Discussing … Read more
The 1950s were a time of angst, isolation, and confusion in juvenile Americans. Stand by Me, Catcher in the Rye, and Rebel Without a Cause all demonstrate juvenile loss of innocence, division between parents and children, and the spiritual aspect of the American dream during the 1950s. The 1986 classic Stand by Me follows four … Read more
The Catcher in the Rye is the ultimate depiction of teenage angst. Holden Caulfield is dealing with the transition from adolescence to adulthood and his mental state is fragile and not coping thus teenagers in the 21st century can and still relate to Holden Caulfield’s depressive mood and constant feeling of loneliness. The Catcher in … Read more
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D Salinger, while full of profanity and violence, should be kept on the shelves and on teenage reading lists because of its message on growing up, and the ability to experience society’s flaws from an adolescent view. The book caused quite a debate on the first amendment and where the … Read more
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental disorder in which one has trouble recovering after witnessing a terrifying event. People suffering from this particular disorder tend to play traumatizing flashbacks repeatedly in their minds as if the event reoccurs in front of them. In The Catcher In the Rye, Holden Caulfield bears the pain of … Read more
Post-war America was a time of conformity in America and such rigid conventionality caused many young people to feel lost, isolated and unfulfilled. This uneasy and troubled youth is artfully represented in J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar. In The Bell Jar, Esther struggles the traditional female role … Read more
My ultimate intention for this portfolio of evidence is to set forth and explain the rationale and research behind my performance recital with the theme of Communist Ideological Thinking. In choosing this theme, I aim to explore three main subjects; Soviet censorship in 20th Century Speech and Drama, the formation of the ‘communist ideal’ and … Read more
This paper contains an unreliable narrator in writing, what types of unreliable narrators are, what is first-person narration by discussing Gunter Grass’s Die Blechtrommel and its narrative techniques, and most importantly, the use of unreliable narration by Grass to tell the story of post-war Germany. Realist novels tend to offer a rational speaking voice telling … Read more
A sense of belonging is crucial for a person in the sense that it enables them to have freedom to fulfill their higher meaning in life. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , Huck undergoes a journey of seeking a place for him in the world and encounters events and people that allow … Read more
In the 35 year time period between 1885 and 1920 many significant events took place. Including many events that improved and made our society grow to what it is today. Everything from modern film photography to electric cars to the end of World War Ⅰ, this time period was very prosperous for American History. Authors … Read more
Jonathan Bennett’s 1974 essay “The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn” from Philosophy 49, employs examples from Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn” and draws inspiration from the Nazi regime, specifically Heinrich Himmler, to explain his theory of sympathy as a tool to correct one’s own “bad morality” provided one is open to correction and listens to said sympathies. … Read more
