Independent Novel Project - Assignments (2nd/7th) by Amanda Tillman

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Stanley

jmitchell8889 — 2020-01-27 20:42:23 UTC

(Williams, 20)

This quote features the introduction of Stanley, Blanche's brother-in-law and arguably the antagonist of the play. Stanley is your stereotypical male of the 1940's; he gambles, works with his hands, has a very violent tough-guy attitude, and is openly misogynistic. Throughout the novel, he clashes with Blanche, the protagonist who represents the stereotypical southern female. He has a traditionally masculine appearance since he is "strongly, compactly built", and his attitude is very man-of-the-house considering he simply "throws the screen door of the kitchen open". Stanley is an intimidating, patriarchal figure due to his objectifying attitudes about women. He simply sees them as sex objects that are beneath him and expects that they submit to him. Stanley serves to exemplify one of the main themes of the novel, fantasy vs reality, by being a harsh reminder of the cruel, male-dominated state of the world for Blanche.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Scout

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-01-30 02:05:37 UTC

In my book, To Kill a Mockingbird, the story takes place in the 1930s, where women were given strict rules on how to act, dress, and overall conform to the "womanly" and "ladylike" standards of society. The main character, Scout, loves to express herself by playing outdoors and getting messy with her brother Jem and their best friend Dill. Her dad Atticus embraces Scout's behavior and doesn't try to force her to fit these standards; however, he Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Jack think differently. They believe that Scout needs to behave ladylike, which means to look pretty, know how to cook, and be proper and peppy. This is the role of a woman and to behave any other way than these gender stereotypes is frowned upon greatly, and we see great evidence of this in my provided quote (Lee 108).

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Aphrodite

cvasquez0453 — 2020-01-30 18:11:04 UTC

My book, Mythology by Edith Hamilton, features all of the major and minor greek gods and goddesses. One of these goddesses is Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Often, Aphrodite is described as this gentle goddess, who is the perfect woman. She's sweet,beautiful and lovely. In the Iliad, she is described as soft and weak. Aphrodite is a stereotypical woman, weak willed with only her husband to guide her. However Edith Hamilton twists these characteristics and instead, portrays her her as strong and deadly, with the ability to destroy men using seduction. In her book, Hamilton writes "...the laughter loving goddess, who laughed sweetly or mockingly at those her wiles had conquered; the irresistible goddess who stole away even the wits of the wise..." (Hamilton, Page 32). Aphrodite has these two contradicting sides. One of a meek, mild woman, and the other of a malicious conqueror.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Okonkwo

mdowning8625 — 2020-01-30 21:42:48 UTC

Quote attached: “Okonkwo ... idleness” (Achebe 13.)

Okonkwo, the protagonist, is a strong, respected and wealthy man among both his own and neighboring tribes. His success stems form his rigid work ethic and fear of being like his father, a gentle and charismatic man who failed to provide for his family and garner respect form his peers. As he holds his father completely responsible for his unhappy childhood, he transfers the blame to all his father’s traits as well, good and bad. Thus, in an effort to be respected like his father wasn’t, he shuns gentleness and treats his own family very harshly. Simply put, Okonkwo is a hardworking, successful yet violent man in an attempt to separate himself from his own father’s failure and reputation, as explained in the quote below.

Literary Theory: Gender and Laura

vstuart1977 — 2020-01-30 23:58:56 UTC

Quote attached: “ I mean... ever think of!” (Williams 35)
In The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams the story revolves around a family comprised of a mother, Amanda, and her two adult kids Tom and Laura. Gender stereotypes are very obvious in the story, guiding all of the conflict in the story as it takes place in the 1930’s. Amanda retells her story of having met 17 male suitors when she was in her “prime”, and very obviously wishes her daughter could do the same, though Lauras physical disability and crippling anxiety prevent her from doing so. Laura seems to be incapable of being a social creature, dropping out of business school a few days after being enrolled by her mother. As the primary breadwinner for the household, Tom constantly day dreams of escape, wanting to leave his mother and sister and pursue a writing career, but he also feels responsible for their survival and works at a job he hates to support him. With hints of an absent father keeping him locked in his “cage” his dilemma is clear. Their roles are set up from the get go: a mother who wants a suitor for her daughter, a daughter who knows her moms projecting her failed dreams, and a son who’s trapped in a stifling household. It’s very obvious that the women in the story are reliant on the men in their lives, Amanda basing Lauras future on the lack of a man in her life besides her brother, who seems to be carrying all three of them. A quote from Amanda shows how self aware they are of their situation, both Amanda and Tom trying for their own selfish wants, for Amanda its a relationship for Laura, and for Tom its freedom from his dreary life.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Jack

mgarza1726 — 2020-01-31 05:08:49 UTC

Quote: “They knew very well...because of the unbearable blood.”

In the book, Lord of the Flies, a group of young school boys are stranded on a remote island after their plane crashes. Jack, a somewhat sensitive kid with a knack for leading, is chosen as the impromptu leader of the children. At first the boys are excited to be away from adults and have true freedom, but reality is quickly beginning to set in. Jack goes out to explore the island with a few others and as they wander through the jungle, they begin to realize how hungry they are. They miraculously stumble across a wild pig trapped in brush. Jack pulls out a knife to kill the pig but he hesitates before striking allowing the pig to free itself and escape. This is one of the first moments we see the psychological struggle the boys are starting to go through. In order to have any chance at surviving, they have to disregard any emotions and morals that they have been accustomed to abiding by, and we know that inevitably they’ll have to make the choice of either becoming “savages” or starving to death. Jack and the rest of the children are making a harsh transition from the comfortable life they knew, to the brutal reality that surviving in the wilderness entails. They themselves have yet to comprehend the bleakness of their situation which will certainly become very apparent later.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Hazel

msantos0805 — 2020-01-31 05:34:43 UTC

Quote: "I kept glancing over at his leg or the place that used to be his leg had been trying to imagine what the fake leg looked like. I didn't want to care about it , but I did a little. He probably cared about my oxygen. Illness repulses." (Hazel, pg. 36)
In the book , The Fault in our Stars, the plot revolves around two ill teenagers who fall deeply in love despite their odds of ultimately living long happy lives together. As they two grow closer they begin to psychologically find comfort in knowing they both have limitations and create equal bonds within a support group formulated to help people with disabilities through a close nit society of similarity. Hazel Grace and Augusts Waters indulge in the fact that they are given a new opportunity each day despite never knowing when life will come to an abrupt end. Augustus begins to build a a deep meaningful relationship with Hazel causing her to become less introvert and a little more human , not solely because of the support group itself but due to the inescapable fear of truly falling in love. As the plot thickens we begin to grasp John Green's scope of how relationships are found through common attraction.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Griffin

mmartinez9827 — 2020-01-31 19:58:46 UTC

Quote: "Power does not have to show off. Power is confident, self-assuring, self-starting, and self-stopping, self-warming and self-justifying. When you have it, you know it" (Griffin 45)
Griffin is the main character of the book Invisible Man and through out the book is seen as a very self absorbed and kinda selfish person. He is only interested in his own works and his studies on how to undo his invisibility. As he runs into problems though through the story he finds himself in tough situations and has no problem using his invisibility to his advantage to get out of the situation by any means necessary. The quote above only supports that by showing his view on power and how he feels with his status of power. He knows how strong he is do to his invisibility and he is very self reliant do to this. He even went as far as to shoot at multiple people when trying to escape and also fighting people using his invisibility powers showing just what a care free do what I must for myself and myself only attitude he has through the whole book. As long as he has himself and his powers then that’s all he really needs and cares about.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Bone

amoore3130 — 2020-01-31 22:37:50 UTC

🤬 out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison stars a young girl named Ruth Anne, nicknamed Bone, who is born into a poor family without a father. Bone commentates on her family throughout the book, once stating that her uncles "looked young... while the aunts... seemed old, worn-down, and slow, born to mother, nurse, and clean up after the men" (Allison, 74). For her age, Bone is hyper aware of the baggage that comes with being born as female. One night, while her mother is giving birth to her brother in the hospital, she is sexually assaulted by her step father in while waiting in the car. Telling someone or speaking up does not even cross her mind. After the unspeakable action, she simply hugs her little sister close to her. Soon after the scene, we find out Bone's baby brother is born stillborn and in the following days, even after Bone's trauma, her aunt lectures her that "When a woman loses a baby, she needs to know that her other babies are well and happy. You be happy for her, Bone. You let your mama know you are happy so she can heal her heart" (Allison, 141). Throughout the book, women and girls are forced to take on a caregiver while the men fight, party, and play with the hearts of the same women taking care of them. 🤬 out of Carolina accentuates the importance of a woman's role. Although most of the female characters in the book do not work at a formal job, their role is just as important. In this novel, women are in charge of picking up the broken pieces in the lives of their loved ones.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Christopher

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-01-31 22:44:56 UTC

Quote: "I decided that I was going to find out who killed Wellington even though Father had told me to stay out of other people's business. This is because I do not always do what I am told." (Christopher, 28,29) In the novel, The Curious Incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon, the main character Christopher John Francis Boone finds a dead dog named Wellington in front of his neighbor, Mrs. Shears's, house. The dog had a garden fork stuck straight through the dog and Christopher believes it was a murder, so he gain the motivation to go on and search for the murderer. This is based on a psychological theory because the murder of the dog really affected the actions of Christopher and the dishonesty he starts to grow towards his dad. Christopher is a very honest kid who says himself doesn't lie, however the death of the dog made him lie to his dad multiple times when his dad tells him to give up on the search even though he keeps going. This is a drastic impact to Christopher and he goes on to question and investigate the people in the neighborhood.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Griffin

2020-01-31 23:37:37 UTC

In the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison uses a psychological theory throughout the text. The story is based off of the idea that because he is a colored male he is seen as invisible. In this soul-searching story, Griffin challenges man versus society eventually overcoming their differences though acceptance. On page 25, Griffin says, "I remember that I'm invisible and walk softly so as to not to awake the sleeping ones[the white folk]. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in this world as dangerous as sleepwalkers." This clearly shows that he is facing the effects of being discriminated against and forgotten.

Literary theory: Phycological theory in Lord of the Flies(especially Simon

agignac2361 — 2020-01-31 23:41:45 UTC

According to Aristotle, humans have three primal instincts: Food, violence, and *ahem* romantic intercourse.
The "slaves" of the human population live only for these instincts, while the "masters" of society participate in more sophisticated things, such as art and poetry. Jack is a good example of a "slave", for he follows only those instincts. He lives for his averice for violence and for his gluttony to be sated. Piggy desperately wants to go back home, where he can live "the good life" with arts, education, and a political society. He appreciates literature in his books and rejects the thought of violence.
Alternatively, Simon poses as neither the slave or the master. In fact, according to Aristotle, one who separates themselves from society is no longer human but a beast. What we're left with is three phycological factions: the slaves, the masters, and the beast. When Simon starts to speak to the lord of the flies, he is trying to make himself more 🤬 in nature, because he does not want to be human. He is a beat, and he has embraced it happily after he sees the horrors humans are capable of. However, when he speaks to the lord of the flies he starts to fear a 🤬 nature as well, delving him into a man-beast limbo.
Quote:Pg 143, this whole conversation:

Literary Theory: Psychological and Ian Malcolm

clindley0767 — 2020-02-01 00:10:35 UTC

Quote: "'Broadly speaking, the ability of the park to control the spread of life-forms. Because the history of evolution is that life escapes all barriers. Life breaks free. Life expands to new territories. Painfully, perhaps even dangerously. But life finds a way.' Malcolm shook his head. 'I don't mean to be philosophical, but there it is.'" (Crichton 159) The infamous bestseller Jurassic Park by Micheal Crichton revolves around the shortcomings and their resulting tragedies upon the fictional island of Isla Nublar just off of the coast of Costa Rica. One of the characters we will be focusing on is a man by the name of Ian Malcolm, who is a mathematician described to suffer from "a deplorable excess of personality." His character, while the others are more intrigued by the mystical wonders of the park, is against the idea of the creation of these living creatures, dubbing the science behind it "🤬 of the natural world" (Crichton 254).
It can be properly deducted that in Malcolm's infamous "Life finds a way" quote, we can find Micheal Crichton's own thoughts and feelings on the character of nature in the real world. The author uses these constant descriptions of Life in Malcolm's own words showing a level of respect for life and its beautiful, yet dangerously unpredictable tendencies and nature. This can be backed up because of the premise behind the whole novel, a novel about a group of lowly humans attempting to play god with the past, only for it to backfire on them and end up causing more harm than good. It is here in the novel that Crichton blatantly states his stance and the underlying theme behind the whole ordeal and how serious this situation is.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-02-01 00:13:26 UTC

In my book Ethan Frome, the title character is a middle aged man who has had to take care of his ill parents as well as his own frail body. His home is a place where he feels comfortable in talking, but he has past experiences that make him shut down away from home and topics his is comfortable and familiar with.

Quote: "As we turned into the Corbury road the snow began to fall again, cutting off our last glance of the house; and Frome's silence fell with it, letting down between us the old veil of reticence. This time the wind did not cease with the return of the snow. Instead, it sprang up like a gale which now and then, from the tattered sky, flung pale sweeps of sunlight over the landscape chaotically tossed. But the bay was as good as Frome's word, and we pushed on to the Junction through the wild white scene" (Wharton, 8).

Literary Theory: Archetypal and Hercule Poirot

bmanzo4880 — 2020-02-01 00:18:14 UTC

Quote: Attached. (First line of quote not seen in picture) ""Pardon, Monsieur" to ""This is serious!"" page 49-51
Context:Hercule Poirot a detective and the protagonist of Agatha Christie's mystery novel (for many other novels by her as well) Murder on the Orient Express. To give context to the events of the story so far, Poirot has boarded the Orient Express to London after receiving a telegram that development in a prior case has occurred and he must see to it, taking him away from his intended destination of Stamboul (Istanbul). The train to London is unexpectedly packed given the harsh conditions of winter, all of the first and second class sleeper cars are filled. From those two cars is where the story will take place, introducing the other characters, developing their traits, values, background, mannerisms and other habits to be examined later by Poirot and the readers.
The train has stopped in the night due to heavy snow, coming to find one of the characters dead by morning (M. Ratchett). M. Bouc -the director of the train- enlists the help his friend Poirot to figure out who the Murderer is and detain them before anyone else is killed in the sitting train, supplying him with Dr. Constantine, another passenger on the train, to help him solve the murder.
Analysis and Explanation: A mystery, fundamentally, is relatively simple in it's components. Mysteries are made of: a plot: which dictates the general setting and narrative of the story. The problem/mystery: the event that prompts the need to be solved and could be considered as part of the plot, the investigation: the process of investigation the main character/detective goes through to solve the mystery. The detective: main character/protagonist of the story who goes about solving the mystery. And (finally) the, suspect(s): the characters the detective must question, examin, consider and follow to find the culprit of the crime amongst them (the characters other than the detective). Looking at that model we can, with consideration to changes in writing style and conditions of the common world over time, conclude that a mystery can be viewed under the lens of archetypal criticism, more specifically, the hero's journey/quest. Poirot, being a detective, occupies the role of the hero. Often the hero of a story is summoned, whether by someone else or their own desire/compultion, to find and retrieve something of value/power or save one or more people from a perilous situation, forcing them to leave their current state and venture off to do so. Poirot fulfills that criteria fully, being asked to solve the murder of M. Ratchett in order to save the lives of the other passengers aboard the Orient Express, once again pulling him away from his current concern, the prior investigation in London being the reason he was on the train, to solve this new and urgent issue. The other aspect of the hero's journey is the journey part of it. The hero must venture off to some far away place or land in order to get to the place where his mission takes place, often encountering unexpected problems or characters along the way, typically serving the purpose of teaching the hero lessons that will be useful when they finally arrive at place of their quest. Additionally, these unexpected events/characters create tension, often by taking up time in a quest that is time sensitive, or by threatening the life of the hero, making for a more compelling and engrossing reading experience. Poirot, being stuck in a stationary train far from a train station, how could he journey to complete his quest of solving the murder? Well that is remedied by changing the perspective of what is a journey. In a mystery, the journey is the investigation, and at this time in the book, our hero Poirot is about to start his journey. As for the unexpected events and characters, it is almost the exact same in a mystery as it is in the hero's journey, in fact, that is what a mystery is built on. The details and clues that the detective looks for on their journey to solve the mystery are always found along the way, in the unexpected events, things (objects or intentional clues) and characters they encounter, giving them all the pieces to the puzzle that they need to complete the puzzle that is the mystery, completing their quest. For Poirot, he has yet to encounter any unexpected events or developments, as it would be called in a mystery, due to the fact that he has only just started his journey. However, Poirot has already met the unexpected characters that will give him the clues he needs to solve the murder, they just have yet to be used in his journey yet; that does not mean that they haven't already given Poirot useful information, it means that it is too soon to tell. Furthermore, the tension that these characters create has been occurring since the beginning of the novel, each character contributing through their individual personalities that clash with most of each other's, making the murderer truly any of them, heightening the reading experience and strengthening the plot. A hero's journey typically ends with a lesson or meaning beyond the intent of the quest. It being so early in the novel, there is no way of knowing for sure if there is a meaning or lesson beyond solving the murder, so I will leave you with something to consider. Mysteries are not known for being predictable.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-02-01 01:43:32 UTC

Quote: "Anyway, I hope I get smart soon because I want to lern everything there is in the werld like the collidge boys know. All about art and politiks and god". (Keyes 20) "When I become intelligent the way Prof. Nemur says, with much more than twice my I.Q. of 70, then maybe people will like me and be my friends." (Keyes 49).

(The spelling errors are intentional from the author).
Both of these quotes correlate to the psychological literary theory. Charles Gordon, the main character, is a man with an incredibly low I.Q. of 70.He desires to become intelligent and therefore undergoes an operation that is supposed to make him significantly smarter.
Both quotes display how Charlie dreams to become smarter like everyone else and hopefully makes friends. This text is showing a look into Charlie's thinking process and how he lacks friendships as he is seen as "🤬" and that he wants to change.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Mr.Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-02-01 02:01:46 UTC

In Patricia Highsmith's, "The Talented Mr. Ripley", Mr. Ripley demonstrates the effects that scarring childhood memories can have on a person and how they grow up. Many psychological studies done on murderers or anyone with violent tendencies, have linked the behavior to a dire childhood or even one traumatic event. Spending his childhood orphaned to an aunt that does nothing but verbally abuse him, we can see his violent nature start to manifest at a young age. Quote: "He remembered the vows he had made, even at the age of eight...the violent scenes he imagined...finally tearing the big brooch off her dress and stabbing her a million times in the throat with it" (Highsmith, 40).

Literary Theory: Marxist and Winston

marmstrong7916 — 2020-02-01 02:17:22 UTC

In George Orwell's "1984", Winston, our main protagonist, is set in a dystopian scene in which all old history has been abolished and a new governing body, Oceania, controls every action by its people and regulates their very thoughts as well. Winston ponders the differences between Oceania and Eurasia in history, noting that there "had been an alliance with Eurasia" only about four years ago (Orwell 30). Given the dystopian setting in which reflecting on true history is a crime against the thought police, it make sense that the previous alliance with Eurasia represents the people's alliance with independence and freedom. Over time, the oppressive upper class, Big Brother's inner circle, has been controlling the entire lifestyle of the people of Oceania for their own selfish merit with totalitarian policies. The common-people of Oceania represent the lower class, and the strict orders they follow directly result in their own literal and moral poverty; obeying the laws. The literal ways in which 1984 portrays the mistreatment of the general public is symbolic of the upper class of society controlling all aspects of life in the real world.

Literary Theory: Feminist/Gender and Beatrice

abernal8980 — 2020-02-01 02:32:46 UTC

Quote: "I don't get it, I'm dauntless, I'm going to be dauntless, I chose to be dauntless"(Divergent

In the book, "Divergent" by Veronica Roth, There are 5 factions in which everyone is born into one, but once they are old enough they get one chance to pick which faction they want to be in for the rest of their lives. Beatrice is born into the Abnegation faction which represents selflessness, and peace. Beatrice doesn't really fit into Abnegation, she finds it hard to have the traits of those who are Abnegation. She finally has the chance to change factions at the choosing ceremony and she picks Dauntless. The Dauntless Faction represents bravery and danger, which Beatrice doesn't really reflect based on her physical features and how we perceive women, but she thinks that dauntless is the right fit for her.

Literary Theory : Physiological/ Catcher and the Rye.

yantwi8542 — 2020-02-01 02:41:35 UTC

"Quote: I don't even know what I was running for--I guess I just felt like it"
In Catcher and the Rye, by J.D Salinger, this quote is psychological because this quote shows that Holden clearly has a lot of unresolved issues in his life. That would even explain why he continues to get kicked out of the schools he's attending and why he refuses to let people in. As he avoids his problems and allowing people in, he can allow himself to never feel future pain or loss.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Celie

2020-02-01 02:43:47 UTC

My book, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, is centered around Carrie, the protagonist, who is a poor, uneducated African American woman who is treated, not as a respected independent woman, but rather used primarily for sexual desires by other males. She grew up struggling with being raped by her step-father and giving birth to two children by the age of 14. Celie grew up dealing with a loss of individualism and a lack of respect for her own body from the men in her life, especially from her husband, Mr._. In my quote, Mr._ and his oldest son view women as servants and/or slaves who believe thy women are supposed to do all of the heavy labor while men sit back and enjoy their life. Although women try to band together in difficult times, many men in this novel use their empowerment to manipulate the women from supporting one another.

Literary Theory: Marxist and Winston

ldeleon9186 — 2020-02-01 02:45:47 UTC

Quote: "For it is only by reconciling contradictions that power can be retained indefinitely. In no other way could the ancient cycle be broken. If human equality is to be for ever averted—if the High, as we have called them, are to keep their places permanently—then the prevailing mental condition must be controlled insanity." (Orwell 180)
In George Orwell's "1984", the Marxist theory is supported by the three social classes: the elite Inner Party, the industrious Outer Party, and the vast number of proles. As Winston reads Goldstein's book, he learns that humanity is consistently struggling between competing social groups: the High, the Middle, and the Low. Once one group gains power, the other two fall behind, creating an imbalance between the three classes. Throughout the narrative, Winston hopes that the proles will become aware of their suppressed state and initiate a revolution. However, it becomes clear that the proles cannot rebel until they become conscious, and cannot become conscious until after they have rebelled.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Celie

nstevens3827 — 2020-02-01 02:54:05 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological and Gene

jleal9007 — 2020-02-01 03:42:14 UTC

Quote: "It was surprising how well we got along in these weeks. Sometimes I found it hard to remember his treachery, sometimes I discovered myself thoughtlessly slipping back into affection for him again."

This quote shows how sometimes Gene felt like him and Finn got along and at other times he felt like he was in a rivalry with him. Towards the end of the chapter we find out that Finn is really not jealous of the academic skills of Gene, Gene was just assuming that he shared the same jealousy that he had for Finn and his athletic skills. This is Psychological criticism because this quote examines the mental state of Gene, and how he feels about Finn. It talks of his ego and how he was not trying to become the smartest in his class for himself, but because it was something he could do better than Finn.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminist and Anna

thende1309 — 2020-02-01 03:42:32 UTC

Quote: “...she felt emotion at the thought of Vronsky, and was going away sooner than she had meant simply to avoid meeting him.“ (Tolstoy, 114)

In the book Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, Anna Arkadyevna Karenina is a married socialite, a countess. She falls in love and starts an affair with Count Vronsky, and becomes overwhelmed in her emotions. This leads her to avoid the situation entirely instead of facing it head on. The quote is the point where Anna decides to shy away from Vronsky when she realizes her true feelings, and is pictured as being a weak woman figure.

Literary Theory: Archetypal Theory and Goldstein

awheeler8626 — 2020-02-01 03:53:16 UTC

Quote: “As usual, the face of Emmanuel Goldstein, the Enemy of the People, had flashed onto the screen. There were hisses here and there among the audience. The little sandy-haired woman gave a squeak of mingled fear and disgust. Goldstein was a renegade and backslider who once, long ago (how long ago, nobody quite remembered), had been one of the leading figures of the Party, almost on a level with the Big Brother himself, and then had engaged in counterrevolutionary activities, had been condemned to death, and had mysteriously escaped and disappeared. The program of the Two Minutes Hate varied from day to day, but there was none in which Goldstein was not the principal figure. He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity. All subsequent crimes against the Party, all treacheries, acts of sabotage, heresies, deviations, sprang directly out of his teaching. Somewhere or other he was still alive and hatching his conspiracies: perhaps somewhere beyond the sea, under the protection of his former paymasters; perhaps even – so it was occasionally rumored - in some hiding place in Oceana itself“ (Orwell 12).

Archetypal Analysis: The classic archetype utilized the beginning of the novel resembles a representation of good and evil, and even questions the ways in which we interpret such abstract ideas. In this section, readers learn that the Party, social elites who dictate the happenings of society, use propaganda, such as the Two Minutes Hate, to slander individuals like Goldstein. Naturally, a distinct dichotomy is formulated around these two entities which stand in this community as symbols of good and evil. However, what especially stood out to me in regards to the text was a seemingly blatant allusion harkening back to one of the original paragons for what we know the good vs. evil narrative to be today: that of satan’s annex from God. There are striking commonalities amongst the two where Goldstein (representing evil/satan) was originally a “leading figure of the Party” (representing good/heaven), Goldstein was the “primal traitor” and “earliest defiler” of the “Party’s purity”, “subsequent crimes” stem from “[Goldstein’s] teaching”, “he was still alive and hatching his conspiracies”, and he is public enemy number one with people hissing at the sight of him. The parallelism between symbols of this classical archetype run rampant throughout, yet the author adds a layer of uncertainty as to how readers should interpret this clash of powers. The description of this piece of history for the community of Oceania is carefully scripted by the Party and brainwashed into the citizen’s thinking, essentially poisoning the well for any sympathy on behalf of Goldstein. In conjunction with this, the protagonist describes the Party in a subconsciously negative light as Winston has some of Goldstein’s tendencies regarding noncompliance which readers can understand as the novels government is extremely intrusive to personal privacy. In this manner, George Orwell is capitalizing on brining a real world phenomenon into his novel where he confounds the ideas of what it is to be good and evil, allowing us to cross analyze religion and morality through a different medium of context and perhaps discover a fresh perspective upon an otherwise saturated archetype.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Dagny Taggart

dtieso5945 — 2020-02-01 03:53:21 UTC

Quote: "'Other people are human. They're sensitive. They can't devote their whole life to metals and engines. You're lucky-you've never had any feelings. You've never felt anything at all'
As she looked at him, her dark gray eyes went slowly from astonishment to stillness, then to a strange expression that resembled a look of weariness, except that it seemed to reflect much more than the endurance of this one moment.
'No, Jim,' she said quietly, 'I guess I've never felt anything at all.'" (Rand, 30)

In the book Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand, Dagny Taggart is described by everyone around her as robotic and cold, never expressing any feeling. She runs the railroad company the way she wants because she knows what's best for it and doesn't care for who gets hurt in the process. However, deep inside, Dagny has feelings and is affected by how people view her. This quote shows a psychological theory because it is showing how damaging these insults thrown at Dagny truly affects her, without really revealing it to the other characters in the novel. Dagny just wants to do what is best for her family's company, and with everyone around her telling her she has no feelings makes her shove her feelings deeper inside her shell. It shows how emotionally damaged Dagny is to the point that she won't even admit that they're wrong, and begins to accept it herself.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminism and Edna Pontellier

lbomer8578 — 2020-02-01 03:59:05 UTC

Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening is about the experiences of a wife reflecting on women's gender roles in 1800s Louisiana. She is described as being different than the typical or "proper" woman of her time. For example, she loves her children, but doesn't hover over them or cater to their every whim, like other maternal women in the start of the novel. This sets the stage for her future actions that will be the cause of so much concern for her place in society, worded as "for which Fate had not fitted her". This implication that she doesn't fit the bill of a traditional housewife unveils her destiny to challenge women's responsibilities in a story of feminist criticism.

Literary Theory: Archetype and Meg Murry

clandry8909 — 2020-02-01 04:00:57 UTC

Quote: “She looked... wind” (L’Engle 10)
Meg Murry is the archetype for a struggling adolescent girl. She has braces, wears glasses, and can’t control her hair at all. She is insecure and uncomfortable with her appearance, just as most teenage girls tend to be. Meg doesn’t quite fit in or belong anywhere and she desperately wishes she did. She struggles in school and doesn’t know what her place is in the world. Teenagers are categorized as having angst and being unsure of their purpose, and Meg fits that mold exactly. Of course, just as with any coming of age story, she will find herself and how she fits in with the world around her.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and the Youngest Boys

spryor3017 — 2020-02-01 04:01:33 UTC

In “Lord of the Flies” by William Golding, a group of male choir students become stranded on a remote island after their plane crashes, leaving no surviving adult. The survival of the group becomes entirely dependent on the oldest boys, primarily Jack in his violent and savage-like ruling, or with Ralph who follows closely to civilized logic. Uninvolved with any larger ideas that require more advanced intellect such as planning escape or hunting, the youngest age group of choir boys entertain themselves with obsessive, wandering ideas of what could be lurking underneath any unturned stones. Though no clear evidence has suggested any presence of an ominous boy-eating thing, the youngest boys become increasingly concerned of what *could* be out there beyond the reef, or behind the palm trees. This fear advances into tormenting their waking thoughts, and numerous sleepless and trembling nights. Any theory about carnivorous ocean life or island beast is discussed at length amongst the children. This logic drives the older boys to great frustration, in which Jack remarks, " ‘Fear can't hurt you any more than a dream. There aren't any beasts to be afraid of on this island... Serve you right if something did get you, you useless lot of cry-babies!’” (Chapter 5, pg, 75). However, the naive worrying that comes from the youngest boys is representative of a primal, very basic human fear. In new and unstable surroundings, the elements of the vast jungle and loud lapping sea position the boys into a mindset of prey, with a lack of security. The simple minds of the young boys are only fired by the basics of human nature, of fear and scurrying and opening their mouths for the next prized bite of food. Golding uses the youngest boys to represent basic human fear, and the undeveloped mindset that reasons with it.

Literary theory: Psychological and Griffin

amarin5450 — 2020-02-01 04:13:39 UTC

In the novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison uses a psychological theory throughout the story. The story is based off of the idea that because he is a colored male he is seen as invisible. In this soul-searching story, Griffin challenges man versus society eventually by overcoming their differences through acceptance. On page 25, Griffin says ,” I remember that I’m invisible as walk softly so as not to awake the sleeping ones[the white folk]. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in this world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.” This clearly shows that he is facing the effects of being discriminated against and forgotten.

Literary Theory: Marxist and Jay Gatsby

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-02-01 04:14:16 UTC

Quote: "I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited. People were not invited-they went there. They got into automobiles which bore them out to Long Island and somehow they ended up at Gatsby's door." (Fitzgerald, 45)

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes about a summer in the roaring 20s, or more specifically the summer of 1922. During this timeframe, wealth and power was very important because it was how the world portrayed you as a person and how they'd end up treating you at the end of the day. Jay Gatsby, being know for his extravagant parties, was honored and respected by people because of his social class and what he had to offer, that the average person wasn't able to provide. This already shows how people didn't go out of a tightness and strong bond they had with Gatsby, they came because they were attracted to his money and wealth that he was able to flaunt to the world.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Humbert

ldavis3994 — 2020-02-01 04:14:48 UTC

Quote: "...without the least warning, a blue sea-wave swelled under my heart and, from a mat in a pool of sun, half-naked, kneeling, turning about on her knees, there was my Riviera love peering at me over dark glasses. It was the same child--the same frail, honey-hued shoulders, the same silky supple bare back, the same chestnut head of hair. A polka-dotted black kerchief tied around her chest hid from my aging ape eyes, but not from the gaze of young memory, the juvenile breasts I had fondled one immortal day. " Humbert's physiological instability is clearly apparent here, introducing his pedophiliac/childlike state of mind. At first glance of young 12 year old Lolita, 36 year old Humbert seems to have fallen in love at first sight. In the book it reveals the tramatic childhood of Humbert, disclosing the death of his first adolescent love, scarring his young brain with heartbreak and mourning. This seems to have created an obsession with children in similar age as his deceased love, contributing to his interests in pedophilia.

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-02-01 04:19:52 UTC

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory and Alice

In the quote in Ch. 2 pg. 47 of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice is portrayed as a young woman of a high class in the Victorian era. So far, every chance she has gotten she has tried to prove her intellectual skills to the creatures of Wonderland which places her right into the stereotypes of Marx’s societal theory. The animals and beings in wonderland seem to be less educated, speaking for fun rather than to learn, as Alice would do. They are representing the lower social class stereotypes, and Alice has quite a hard time adapting to this as she ventured deeper and deeper into the world of Wonderland. Alice realizes soon that Wonderland is not any average place, and that the people are rude, speak of nonsense, and everything seems to be out of the ordinary which is very unlike her life being a high class Victorian schoolgirl. This creates a change in perspective and creates conflicts for the protagonist of the story, Alice.

Literary Theory: Archetypal

vpenn9398 — 2020-02-01 04:23:50 UTC

Quote: "We must have been walking for days, I do not really remember, when suddenly two men put us at gunpoint and motioned, with their guns, for us to come closer. We walked in between two rows of men carrying machine guns, Ak-47s, G3s, and RPGs. Their faces were dark, as if they had bathed them in charcoal, and they stared intensely at us with their extremely red eyes. When we got to the back of the line, there were four men lying on the ground, their uniforms soaked with blood. One of them lay on his stomach, and his eyes were wide open and still; his insides were spilling onto the ground. I turned away, and my eyes caught the smashed head of another man. Something inside his brain was still pulsating and he was breathing." In the novel, A Long Way Gone, by Ishmael Beah, Beah writes about a war this is ever closing on him. Each time he faces it, he finds a way to survive and flee. The antagonist to Beah is the war, it is not one solider, army, village, or government. The government and the rebels are just two opposing sides, with Beah caught in the middle. He experiences first hand the conscription of child soldiers, addiction of 🤬 and 🤬 to dull the senses, and mass killing of civilians. Every village Beah makes it to has suffered at the means of the war, regardless of affiliation of government or rebels.

Literary Theory : Gender theory and Serena Joy

kparks6725 — 2020-02-01 04:39:21 UTC

Quote attached:" It's not the husbands...been unable."
In the novel The Handmaid's Tale, society has progressed backwards.In the time before women were able to choose their life but now they are deemed worthy only in the traditional role of homemaking. Serena Joy is ashamed due to the fact she cannot conceive child. Making her believe that he has failed at gods duties he gave to women. Since women are not allowed to voice opinions in this society she cannot have any say when her handmaid arrives to stay with her and the commander. Serena Joy plays the role of the traditional women something she advocated in the time before so she is the greatest example of conforming to the gender stereotype.

Literary Theory: Marxism and Pip

cdunkle2773 — 2020-02-01 04:40:15 UTC

Quote attached: "Miss Havisham...labouring-boy!"

Pip, a primary character in the novel, Great Expectations, is a young adolescent boy who is facing poverty and social isolation. He finds himself secluded from the people around him and is struggling to find his way through the cracks of society into the open world - to a place where he is accepted and treated just like everyone else. Along the way, he meets a wealthy lady by the name of 'Miss Havisham,' a character who just wants to play a game of cards with someone, as she is struggling with loneliness herself. She and Pip form a unique relationship that is beneficial to both of them. At the first sight of Pip, Miss. Havisham is astounded, taken aback by the age and appearance of the young and homeless child. In this instance the Marxist theory applies wonderfully because of the evident blending of socioeconomic classes. Wealth meets poverty and a balance ensues that is quite uncommon, in fact. This connects to an underlying theme that although people come from different backgrounds, each and every one of us as human beings fundamentally attracted to one another in a sense that class and wealth do not matter in regards to common ethics.

Literary Theory: Archetypal and Oedipus

2020-02-01 05:24:06 UTC

In my book(s), The Oedipus Cycle, we are introduced to Oedipus. He is the king of a land that he found after he exiled himself from his previous home. He heard from the god Apollo that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, so he abandoned his home to make sure it was impossible to do so. As he is traveling, he kills a stranger and marries a (much older) Queen. Later it is revealed that this is actually his biological parents. This is archetypal because we are all aware of the Oedipus complex, where men are typically drawn to women who have features and characteristics like their mother.
(“O Oedipus, discrowned head,

Thy cradle was thy marriage bed;

One harborage sufficed for son and sire.

How could the soil thy father eared so long

Endure to bear in silence such a wrong?”)

Literary theory: Psychological criticism

iharris0939 — 2020-02-01 05:27:47 UTC

In my book, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the sheep unconsciously follow the boy wherever he goes because he provides food and water for them. The sheep trust the boy for no reason other then he provides them with the necessities in life. Although the boy also uses the sheep and trusts them not to run off but follow him for no reason except that they do. He uses them for profit to continue to live and travel. Later in the book he will use them to travel to the pyramids. The boy and his sheep trust each other because they have to, to survive, they each understand the needs of the other but also of themselves.

Literary Theory : Marxist Theory and Huck

2020-02-01 05:35:44 UTC

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we can clearly see how Marxist theory is applied Huck the protagonist of the story because even though he is a white male in the era of slavery he’s still part of the lower class He never truly identified with those of the Higher Class ( slave owners) since he is the son of the town's vagrant drunkard, "Pap" Finn Huck lives the life of a destitute vagabond. The author names him "the juvenile pariah of the village" and describes Huck as "idle, and lawless, and vulgar, and bad", qualities for which he was actually admired by the children in the village, although their mothers hated him . The best example of how the social class he belonged in affected his character and the plot of the story is when he actually helpS Jim escape slavery, even though he believes he will go to Hell for it ( Past Christian views on slavery).

Marxist theory and big brother

mwilliams1297 — 2020-02-01 05:42:05 UTC

In my novel, 1984 by george Orwell, Winston Smith must face the average life at war in a dystopian society stopping the allowance of thoughts. While he is in the mid level middle class he faces some of the most hardships and rationing of goods. With this being said the upper class belongs to a party called “Big Brother”. Big Brother has the power to watch everyone and listen in on every conversation through cameras and tv’s to catch any signs of thoughts keeping the big brother party superior to everyone else. I’m chapter two the narrator states “ He took a $.25 piece out of his pocket. There, too in tiny clear lettering, the same slogans were inscribed and on the other face of the coin the head of big brother. Even from the coin the eyes pursued you. On coins, on stamps, on the covers of books, on banners and posters, and on the wrapping of a cigarette pack it-everywhere. “ To further push the Marxist theory the Big Brother party pushes propaganda to society to further prove their superiority.

Archetypal Theory - Catcher and the Rye

yantwi8542 — 2020-02-07 05:34:23 UTC

"Up home we wear a hat like that to shoot deer in, for Chrissake," he said. "That’s a deer shooting hat."

"Like hell it is." I took it off and looked at it. I sort of closed one eye, like I was taking aim at it. "This is a people shooting hat," I said. "I shoot people in this hat."
What makes this Archetypal is what makes Holden's connection with the hat. The concept behind it is that he wants to stand out. To be different. It symbolizes his (and everyone in the real worlds) universal need/wants to be different and to stand out from everyone, whether we admit it to ourselves or not

Psychological Theory

mgarza1726 — 2020-02-07 05:47:09 UTC

As a sequel to the last post I did, I’ll continue the psychological perspective with which I’m reading Lord of the Flies. “He tried to convey the compulsion to track down and kill that was swallowing him up.” This is closely followed by “The madness came into his eyes again. ‘I thought I might kill.” These quotes are Jack, who before struggled to kill the wild pig which was trapped. To put this in context, Ralph and Jack are becoming increasingly frustrated that the other boys on the island are not helping them with the projects (e.g building a shelter) that they need to complete. A different kind of hunger is digging into Jack. He begins to crave meat. Ralph tells him that they haven’t found anything yet. Then the madness shown in the quote creeps in. This juxtaposes the Jack we originally knew, the one who couldn’t bring himself to hurt an animal. From our psychological viewpoint, this is the onset of savagery that Jack had resisted initially. As his natural needs become more and more ignored, he becomes more desperate and in a sense taps into primal instincts. In the work as a whole, we see a wider gap forming between Ralph, the pseudo leader, Piggy, the brains of the group, and Ralph, a charismatic kid who originally vied for power. Ralph seems to be the first descending into madness while both Ralph and Piggy have been able to stay rational.

1984 Feminist theory

ldeleon9186 — 2020-02-07 20:59:51 UTC

"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents to the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy." (Orwell 10)

In 1984, Orwell tarnished all of his female characters with minimal intellect and passive minds, illustrating that men should be more open-minded and women must put their input and ideas out into the world. This quote represents how the men in this novel see women as incompetent and easily manipulated. Orwell belittles women and presents men as the superior gender throughout the entire novel. In this quote, the author allows us to come to an understanding of the main character's opinion about women. Winston sees them as amateur and incapable of making their own decisions.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Mrs. Shears

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-02-07 21:04:26 UTC

Continuing the Psychological theory from the previous one, i will be going of the character Mrs. Shears instead of Christopher this time. Quote: "I looked up and saw Mrs. Shears running toward me from the patio. She was wearing the pajamas and a housecoat. Her toenails were painted bright pink and she had no shoes on. She was shouting, "What in 🤬's name have you done to my dog?"" (Mrs. Shears 4) From my previous padlet Christopher was accused for supposedly being the murderer of the dog just because he was holding the dog. Mrs. Shears is the owner of the dog that died and came to the conclusion that Christopher killed the dog as soon as she seen him holding the dog. This is related to the psychological theory, because she didn't even want to fully question Christopher, she just came to the conclusion that went she saw him on the ground with her dog Wellington, she quickly assumed that he killed the dog and just went off on him.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-02-07 22:44:41 UTC

“I dint know it then but I guess I know it now that she thought I was going to hurt the baby because i was too dumb to know what I was doing. Now that makes me feel bad because I would never of hurt the baby.” (Keyes 38).

(Incorrect grammar is intentional by the author).
My story is based off low IQ man who gets a surgery to make him smarter.

This quote is showing Charlie’s physiological changes after his operation. He begins to realize what he didn’t before as his I.Q. increases. The normal things that average people think about and become concerned about start to make sense to Charlie. This shows signs that the surgery he underwent was successful. The goal of him wanting to become smarter is closer than he thinks.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Humbert

ldavis3994 — 2020-02-08 00:29:55 UTC

Quote: "Friday. Saw her going somewhere with a dark girl called Rose. Why does the way she walks--a child, mind you, a mere child!--excite me so abominably? Analyze it. A faint suggestion of turned in toes. A kind of wiggly looseness below the knee prolonged to the end of each footfall. The ghost of a drag. Very infantile, infinitely meretricious. Humbert Humbert is also infinitely moved by the little one's slangy speech, by her harsh high voice."
Humbert's insanity is evident here within his own testimony, showing its complexity with himself knowing what he desires is wrong and yet after analyzing the citation he still goes after it. This shows Humbert is aware about the difference between right and wrong and chooses the wrong path. He goes to the extreme of stating his excitement for Lolita as an abomination and yet let's temptation take over.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and the Karenin’s

thende1309 — 2020-02-08 00:52:51 UTC

Quote: “ Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” (Tolstoy,3)

Alexei Karenin, the husband of Anna, is that stereotypical “strong-willed and powerful” male. He upholds his duties as a government official, bland at that. Anna is on a high pedestal, as one being the trophy wife to a man of importance. Their marriage, in the eyes of those around them, is supposed to be perfect. Yet, it isn’t. The scandal of Anna having an affair with Count Vronsky tears them apart. The ‘perfect couple’ that everyone adores is no longer, and Alexei doesn’t seem to be as phased as he probably should be...

Literary Device: Marxist Theory and Sophia

nstevens3827 — 2020-02-08 01:03:58 UTC

In my novel, The Color Purple, Sophia, who was previously Harpo’s wife, finds herself in some trouble with the Mayor and the Mayor’s wife. Sophia’s character is one who is strong and independent and stands up for herself and her children. After time, Sophia left Harpo because of his controlling demeanor towards her and takes her children with her. One day Sophia, her kids, and the Prizefighter go into town and run into the mayor and his wife. The mayor’s wife recognizes how clean Sophia’s children are and practically expects Sophia to be her maid. Sophia instantly replies with “hell no”, however, because of her response, the mayor approaches Sophia and hits her. This leads to the arrest of Sophia for insulting the mayors wife and knocking down the mayor. The Marxist theory is shown when the mayor expects Sophia to be her maid, and then being beaten after refusing to. The mayor uses an abusive power when clearly not treating Sophia as an equal system in place. On the other hand, Marxism is prominently expressed throughout the entire novel through the mistreatment of African American women by both white and black males. Not necessarily are the women only being discriminated because of their gender, but because the terrifying fact that the women are only used for the role of a sexual slave, and not as an equal in society.

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory and Offred

kparks6725 — 2020-02-08 01:24:20 UTC

Quote attached: "Next we go...pride or disappointment."

In the novel ,The Handmaid's Tale ,Offred is the Handmaid for a well off house compared to a lot of others in The Republic of Gilead. Because her head of the house is a Commander they are allotted more food tokens than the lower class citizens are. So because the man of the house is an elite military leader they are given more .In this quote it shows that even though meat is a scarce object the high ranking are entitled to it more so than others.

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory and Winston

marmstrong7916 — 2020-02-08 03:03:55 UTC

In "1984" by George Orwell, the protagonist, Winston, lives in a world in which all aspects of life are controlled by an upper echelon of people, under the rule of 'Big Brother'. The totalitarian policies they implement undermine the reader's perception of basic human rights, which adds to the effect of the cruelty that the lower class has to face. In this paragraph of the story, the Junior Anti-Sex League aims to "[begot] artificial insemination", which basically means that they are finding technological ways to physically and morally destroy any traces of humanely instinctual sex. Rather, in this regime, the only sex permissible is for marriage, with the intent to "beget children for ... service." This example in particular highlights Marxism through the distinction between rulers (upper class) and citizens (lower class), where the relationship is that of blind parasitism, and the citizens that accept jobs in the upper echelon only work to degrade their own way of life in turn.

Literary Theory: Oedipus and Psychological

hcranston8435 — 2020-02-08 03:29:52 UTC

In the trilogy, The Oedipus Cycle, Oedipus is told that it is his fate to kill his father and marry his mother. By trying to escape this fate, he actually enters into it. We meet the character Creon, the brother of the man who was once King of Thebes. While Thebes is struggling from attacks and famines, they seek the help of the god Apollo, who says you must solve the murder to be able to live. When confusion strikes the city, it becomes a classic ‘who dunnit?’ Both Creon and Oedipus start pointing at one another with no decent reason. This can relate to the psychological theory because both men go from good friends to paranoid fiends. They get into one another’s heads, and they turn on each other.

“Jocasta: But what provoked he quarrel? Make this clear.

Oedipus: He points me out as Laius’ murderer.

Jocasta: Of his own knowledge or upon report?

Oedipus: He is too cunning to commit himself, and makes a mouthpiece of a knavish seer.”

(Oedipus Rex, Sophocles, Page 34)

Literary Theory: Archetypal and Hercule Poirot: Continued

bmanzo4880 — 2020-02-08 03:30:30 UTC

Quote: (Just a chapter title this time) Part Three: Hercule Poirot Sits back and Thinks, Chapter one "Which of Them?"
Context: Part three is the final section of the novel, the part where Poirot names the murderer. Where I previously left off was at the end of part one, where we are introduced to our characters and main problem/mystery. Part two consisted of Poirot interviewing staff and passengers of the train, using is prior observations of these suspects and their stories claiming their innocence, all to construct a solid idea of the truth and who is responsible. If I have failed to mention before (I didn't want to spend a whole lot of time rereading my previous padlet. I don't blame you for not reading it either), examination of the body shows evidence of two different knives being used to kill M. Rattchet (who is not who he claimed to be. He had been involved in a crime of holding a child for ransom and eventually lead to the child's death.). Given that, Poirot, understandably, believes that there are two murderers before he has started his in depth investigation in part two. All of this information is relevant to my analysis.
Analysis and Explanation: Where I left off last in my analysis of Murder on the Orient Express is the unanswered question of if there is/what is the lesson/message that Agatha Christie inserts into the novel. I can say for sure, knowing how it ends (Don't worry, no spoilers), that there is indeed a lesson at the end of the book. How can I explain this using only the title of a chapter? The chapter title, as well as the part titles, provide enough information to foreshadow the lesson that Agatha Christie has for the ending.
As mentioned in my prior padlet, our hero Poirot will use the characters he meets and evidence he gathers from the events along his quest to aid him in his final mission of solving the murder. "Which of them?" is the ultimate question Poirot must answer to fulfil his quest, additionally it is the largest clue to the lesson Christie is trying to convey. "Part one: The Facts" and Part Two: The Evidence" provide information on characters that accurately define them and form the outline of their thought processes, however, what is never well defined is the evidence of any one or two specific people. Poirot, having trouble identifying any specific motives for any one of the suspects, and finding many holes in the alabys of all of them, especially when trying to make them all fit together. All that is known is that everyone knows of the crime M. Rattchet committed, and they are all disgusted by it. What is a possibility given the question, "Which of them?" is that it is not limited to only two murderers; it could be one or it could be more. I will not say who is the murderer or murderers, I'll leave it as a mystery, all I will say, is that I didn't expect it.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminism and Daisy Buchanan

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-02-08 03:49:08 UTC

Quote: "I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool." (Fitzgerald, 16-17)

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes about a summer in the roaring 20s, or more specifically the summer of 1922. During this time of life women were belittled and they were not treated with the respect they deserved to be treated with. Daisy, refers to her infant child as an object rather than an equal to man. She wants her child to be a woman so that it can be a fool, since she believes that's the best occupation that it can do to satisfy those around her. Even her own thought process is corrupted by society in that day and age because she isn't aspiring for her own child, she could care less if the child becomes something great to the world or not. Just from saying that, it shows her own insecurities and lack of appreciation for the female sex.

Literary Theory: Feminist/Gender and Beatrice

abernal8980 — 2020-02-08 04:26:43 UTC

Quote: “You think my first instinct is to protect you. Because you're small, or a girl, or a Stiff. But you're wrong. My first instinct is to push you until you break, just to see how hard I have to press."
Continuing feminist/Gender theory in the book divergent, by Veronica Roth, Beatrice picks the faction Dauntless at the choosing ceremony leaving her original faction abnegation(the stiffs). After the ceremony Beatrice and many other newcomers of Dauntless meet the leaders and some dauntless born members. Beatrice has her eyes on one of the leaders named Four, but Four’s job as one of the leaders is to train the newcomers to develop/evolve into Dauntless. The training is the same for both the men and women even to the extent to were the men fight the women in battles. Beatrice is surprised by how equal men and women are in Dauntless, and the expectation is for women to be as strong as men, Dauntless is not for the weak.

Literary Theory: Marxist and Lucious

amarin5450 — 2020-02-08 04:49:08 UTC

In the novel Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, marxist theory is best portrayed throughout chapter 10. Lucious Brockway best stated it as, “we are the machines inside the machine.” The entire chapter shows the differences in class and social status. Lucious is a hard worker but receives no credit for his contributions. In addition to this, when the narrator is introduced into this work environment he is told to “...just do what your told”. While already being discriminated against for being a person of color he now also has to conform to the harsh realities of economic differences.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Hazel

msantos0805 — 2020-02-08 05:03:32 UTC

Quote: "The nurse, having finished the bandage change stepped back. " It's only been a day , Isaac," she said , vaguely condescending. "You've gotta give yourself time to heal. And fourteen months isn't that long, not in the scheme of things. You're just getting started, buddy. You'll see" page 74-75

At this point in the my novel , " The Fault in our Stars" , Hazel goes and visits her almost-blind friend Isaac who is recovering from yet another eye surgery. Our author John Green uses an optimistic approach despite envisioning these characters with life altering disabilities , allowing them to continue to think they will have long healthy lives when really it may come to an abrupt end. The psychological factors that coincide with the mentality of each character allow them to build these deep meaningful connections in the lightest way possible despite being limited. " You're just getting started" reflects on the ironic standpoint of being overly optimistic.

Literary theory: archetypal theory

iharris0939 — 2020-02-08 05:30:42 UTC

In the novel The alchemist by Paulo Coelho there is evidence of the archetypal theory. The shepherd stops by a Gypsy’s place when traveling so she could interpret his dream about him finding a treasure. Later on he meets the king of Salem who somehow knew about the dream, and tricks the kid into trading some sheep to him for money to travel to the pyramids for the treasure . So the shepherd takes advice from the trickster, wise old man about a dream , and his innocence from misguided youth leads him to follow the Kings advice.

Literary Theory: Archetypal Theory

vpenn9398 — 2020-02-08 16:42:45 UTC

In the novel A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, a archetypal theory displayed is good v. evil, or even light and darkness. In the beginning of the story Beah is in his home village, where he is safe and is being a boy. He vaguely mentions Coca-Cola, a soft drink. This is the light, the good of Beahs story, before the darkness falls upon him. Once through this darkness for a time he is sent to the city to be "rehabilitated". This is when his light, his good appears again and the thing to signify it is a Coca-Cola bottle. "Her white teeth contrasted with her dark, shiny skin, and when she smiled, her face not only increased in beauty, it also glowed with charm. She was tall and had big brown eyes that were kind and inviting. She handed me a bottle of Coca-Cola. "Come and see me whenever you feel like it," she said, smiling, as she walked away. The Coca-Cola bottle was cold and it shocked me."

Literary Theory: Psychological and Valjean

sduelm0093 — 2020-02-10 11:41:43 UTC

Quote attached: "He declared.. an assassin!" (Hugo, 74)

In Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, Jean Valjean, once a convict for simply stealing bread, creates a new life for himself by terminating his own name and devoting his life to serving God. Years later, now the mayor of a town, Valjean finds his past catching up to him when it is revealed that another man will soon be convicted for his crimes. Valjean's internal conflict of having to choose between freedom and integrity promotes great evidence of psychological theory. Valjean has grown comforted by the fruits of his success, yet how will it mean anything knowing that another man is paying for his transgressions? This conflict causes Valjean to ultimately confess his identity at the court hearing, as the virtuous man he is, magnifying the heightened morality and super ego of Valjean freshly established through his religion.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Stella

jmitchell8889 — 2020-02-11 16:50:28 UTC

(Williams 64)
In A Street Car Named Desire, Stella represents the typical female in the 1940s. She is subservient to her husband, even to a fault. Before this section, Stanley punches Stella after a heated poker game. Blanche, he sister, escorts her out of the apartment with the intention that she spend the night at her friend's, but instead, Stella quickly comes back to Stanley when he expresses remorse. As you can see in the attached section, Stella sees little wrong with her current situation. She has normalized this violent abuse, and even seems a bit amused by it in a weird way. Judging by how she tries to change the subject to breakfast when confronted about her apathy by Blanche, Stella may not be as fine as she seems. She probably feels a bit ashamed about the truth of her situation, but doesn't wish to accept the fact that she is letting herself be treated like an object. Society expects her to just deal with this abuse and be a loyal wife, an idea that Stella has bought into, but not Blanche.

Literary Theory: Archetypal and Aunt Alexandra

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-02-12 02:24:50 UTC

"When she settled... a Funny Streak" (Lee 172).

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout's aunt, Aunt Alexandra, is portrayed as the stern Southern Christian woman. Aunt Alexandra believes in traditional family values and is very severe when it came to how Atticus, Scout's father, was to raise Scot and Jem. She believes in following God and adhering to your morals, being respectful, and well mannered. Aunt Alexandra's harsh demeanor is complemented by her intense love for her family and her belief in the role of women in the household, as she pushes Scout to release her tomboyish ways and embrace her femininity, in that way discovering her place in the world as a woman. Even as hardship and judgement is afflicted upon the Finch name, she never lets her confidence waver and keeps her head held high at all times due to her intense loyalty to her family.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Abandonment

vstuart1977 — 2020-02-12 18:25:42 UTC

The plot of The Glass Menagerie is one centered on the feeling and experience of abandonment. An absent father figure lingers in the back of every scene, causing tension between the characters and acting as the motivation for two of the characters. Mother Amanda laments the fact that she married their father only for him to leave them with almost no income, which only comes from her son Tom. Tom on the other hand feels locked inside their cage of an apartment because he’s the only support keeping his family alive, despite his wish to escape and follow his true passions. In his escape he would be doing exactly what his father did, and while he doesn’t want to be like his father he knows thats what he needs to do to truly be happy. Laura and Amanda are the only characters in the narrative who only fit the role of the abandoned, while Tom, their father, and the Gentleman Suitor all abandon someone(s) in the story. Everyone in the story seems to be aware of this fact, Amanda knowing that Tom wishes to leave, but using Lauras lack of a suitor as a reason for him to stay, as shown in the following quote. “Oh, I can see the handwriting on the wall as plain as I see the nose in front of my face! It’s terrifying! More and more you remind me of your father! He was out all hours without explanation!- Then left! Goodbye! And me with the bag to hold. I saw that letter you got from the Merchant Marine. I know what you're dreaming of. I’m not standing here blindfolded. Very well, then. Then do it! But not till there’s somebody to take your place.“( Williams, 35)

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Athena

cvasquez0453 — 2020-02-12 23:22:48 UTC

Athena is a warrior goddess, which breaks a lot of traditional stereotypes that women have. Unlike her aunts, she isn't one to step aside and be confined to a man's rule. Although she answers to her father, Zeus, King of the gods, she is seen as a right hand more than anything else. Hamilton describes Athena as a "fierce and ruthless battle goddess...only warlike to defend the State from outside enemies..."(Hamilton, page 28). Athena isn't like her step-mother Hera or her aunt Hestia, who only believe in a happy family and a warm home. She is a confrontational goddess that steps out from the stereotypical meekness women seem to have. At the same time, she conforms to a traditional woman by keeping pure and not dealing with men, instead devoted to her trade and family rather than a husband.

Gender Theory and the Umuofia Tribe

mdowning8625 — 2020-02-13 00:13:36 UTC

Quote attached: “That was ... and Ikemefuna” (Achebe 54.)

In the Igbo tribe of Umuofia where the story takes place, society is clearly defined into traditional gender roles as outlined in the quote. Personality-wise, women are supposed to be fanciful and kind while men unyielding and violent. As far as roles in society, men are expected to be strong, fearless warriors capable of providing for a family while the women are expected to bear and raise children and cook food. The tradition of polygamous families serves as an indicator of a man’s wealth as the more wives/kids he has, the more money he most make in order to support them, which, consequently, also highlights the patriarchal nature of the society. Ironically, these tribal gender roles are fundamentally - this would bar specifics like polygamy - similar to that of the western world which later looks down on this society for being “uncivilized.”

Psychological Theory and Bone

amoore3130 — 2020-02-13 01:52:01 UTC

In 🤬 out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison, Bone is a character who is horribly abused by her step father. As if he has a person vendetta against her, he beats her harshly for minuscule rule infractions such as running in the house, all while never laying a finger on Bone's little sister. Bone's abuse is so horrendous that she breaks her toe while jamming it on a door frame while running from her step father and her tail bone was broken from the sheer force of the belt that corrects her, among countless other injuries. Bone is also sexually mistreated by her step father. In the novel, Bone tells stories to her cousins, stories that consisted of "boys and girls gruesomely raped and murdered, babies cooked in pots of boiling beans, vampires and soldiers and razor-sharp knives. Witches cut off the heads of children and grown-ups. Gangs of women rode in on motorcycles and set fire to people's houses. The ground opened and green-black lizard tongues shot up to pull people down" (Allison, 317). It is evident that, as a result of her trauma, Bone has psychological damage. This damage is felt as anger and frustration. Bone likely feels trapped in her situation and is therefore frustrated at her life and angry at her step dad. To vent these emotions, Bone makes up violent stories to tell to her cousins. This is a violent outlet that can be compared to punching a wall when you're angry. Bone, in the novel, also admits a sense of powerlessness. During her abuse, she sobs, and she imagines scenarios where she would be beat and instead of breaking down, she would remain stone faced. Bone claims "Only there that I had any pride" (Allison, 302), referring to her own imagination.

Psychological Theory and Mr.Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-02-13 01:55:25 UTC

In the Talented Mr.Ripley, our quirky lead Tom Ripley has a knack for manipulation as he blends in with anyone around him. Just as any famous killer he can charm those around him without them ever noticing a sign of danger, in fact no one could ever suspect him of even the smallest crime. We can once again see his successful manipulation as he strikes the unsuspecting Dickie in a brutal attack, "Tom hit him in the side of the neck, three times, chopping strokes with the edge of the oar, as if the oar were an ax and Dickie's neck a tree...Tom got a bayonet grip on the oar and plunged its handle into Dickie's side"(Highsmith, pg.99-100). After the gruesome scene, he has no remorse as the only sick feelings he gets are from being caught while having to face Dickie's loved ones as well as his new experiment to assume the identity of his dead friend.

Marxist theory and Lord of the Flies

agignac2361 — 2020-02-13 02:33:23 UTC

After being suddenly being dropped out of a society where they, as children, must follow orders and have their property taken away by the higher class, the bourgeoisie, their parents. Jack presents the opportunity of a revolution, a stop to the exploitations and madness of their rules and restrictions. Ralph, however presents the opportunity to go back to the familiarity of capitalism. However, as always in capitalism, his greed betrayed him and he tried to take the place of the bourgeois, instead of giving that position to another. At first, the appeal of order and familiar beat the risk of a free, communist society, but the flaws of capitalism exposed themselves and the temptation of equality and the lack of class struggle triumphed as will eventually lead to the perfect society. You can see the two conflicting opinions in these two quotes. First, Ralph tries to install order and therefore his superiority by saying "We need an assembly. Not for fun, and not for laughing"(Pg 79)
Jack however, rejects order by rejecting the adults with "Until the grownups fetch us we'll have fun."(Pg 35)

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Griffin

mmartinez9827 — 2020-02-13 03:02:54 UTC

"The invisible man himself, and the main character of the story, and the symbol of science without humanity. His journey from scientific obsession to insanity and greed is a commentary on the dangers of scientific progress without morality." (Wendy A. Garland) This quote shows further evidence towards Griffin the main character of the Invisible Man being a very self centered and not really humane way of thinking type of person. He will do whatever it takes on his journey of science to achieve more power even if it means some people have to die. He doesn't look at things from a normal humans perspective and is only interested in what will serve his studies the best and further advance his research. There were multiple times in the book where he did some rather questionable things such as murder to get himself out of a situation. Even if he was avoiding law enforcement he would still use lethal force if it meant he could escape and further advance his scientific power.

Literary Theory: Deconstructionism and Gene

jleal9007 — 2020-02-13 03:04:25 UTC

"He had never been jealous of me for a second. Now I knew that there never was and never could have been any rivalry between us. I was not of the same quality as he. I couldn’t stand this. . . . Holding firmly to the trunk, I took a step toward him, and then my knees bent and I jounced the limb. Finny, his balance gone, swung his head around to look at me for an instant with extreme interest, and then he tumbled sideways, broke through the little branches below and hit the bank with a sickening, unnatural thud. It was the first clumsy physical action I had ever seen him make. With unthinking sureness I moved out on the limb and jumped into the river, every trace of my fear of this forgotten."

Upon further analyzing the text we can see that when Gene shook the branch in order to hurt Finny, that Gene finally realizes that there is no competition between the two. He begins to realize that it is purely out of his own jealousy that causes him to commit this action. He goes through with it injuring Finny as he planned and because of his extreme amount of guilt he too jumped into the river which he previously was scared to do. This can be related to human nature as many humans act based on very limited thought. They act on emotion without using logic. This causes people to make actions that if they thought about correctly they wouldn't do, just as Gene did to Finny.

Literary Theory: Archetypal Theory and Dr. Ian Malcolm

clindley0767 — 2020-02-13 03:34:56 UTC

Quote: "Chaos theory throws it right out the window. It says that you can never predict certain phenomena at all. You can never predict the weather more than a few days away. All the money that has been spent on long-range forecasting--about half a billion dollars in the last few decades--is money wasted. It's a fool's errand. It's as pointless as trying to turn lead into gold. We look back at the alchemists and laugh at what they were trying to do, but future generations will laugh at us in the same way. We've tried the impossible--and spent a lot of money doing it. Because in fact there are great categories of phenomena that are inherently unpredictable" (Crichton 158). Throughout the novel, Ian Malcolm, an esteemed mathematician, specifically focused on the Chaos theory, expresses his concerns relating to the idea of essentially creating dinosaurs, and enclosing them upon the island of Isla Nublar. Here in the quote we see him referencing how at this point in time, people would laugh at alchemists because of the foolishness behind the idea of their practices such as turning lead into gold, but in the future, people of the later generations will be looking back at us in the same way, pointing out the hilarious flaws in our methods. But it is when Ian discusses the topic of weather forecasting that we see the archetypal story patterns begin to arise. As if a form of foreshadowing, Ian, in his quote discusses that no matter how close we get to perfection, we will never reach 100% accuracy in our weather predictions, as there will always be some minuscule percentage of error. We see this story pattern arise yet again in the later portion of the novel, where the supposedly controlled park begins to fall apart, unpredictably so to say the least. This type of story pattern can be related to the highly referenced to mathematical theory in the novel, also known as the Chaos Theory. Chaos Theory essentially states that no prediction of a natural event will ever be 100% accurate, there will always be a margin of error, no matter how small. Examples of this would be popular forms of theories such as the butterfly effect, where the outcome of changing one insignificant event can have an unpredictably significant change in its original outcome. Ian in the novel is constantly arguing that these creatures are unpredictable, and cannot be perfectly contained. From a scientific standpoint, we can bring in the example of Velociraptors, a popular species known to be in captivity upon the island (even though the book somewhat points to these creatures actually being Deinonychus antirrhopus we can brush this information off due to skepticism surrounding this connection) used to live in the area that is now known as modern-day Mongolia during the late Cretaceous period. During this time period, the climate and ecosystem was that of a hot, and dry climate, where as Isla Nublar (which is 120 miles off the coast of costa rica in the novel) is a more humid and tropical environment. Taking Chaos theory into consideration, the already unpredictable behavior of these previously-extinct organisms has now become exponentially more so, due to the conflicting environmental conditions compared to their ideal ecosystem. Well there could be multiple possible outcomes. For one they might simply die from incompatibility with their environment, or maybe they would eventually evolve through spontaneous adaptation, which has been seen in groups of African frogs where when placed into a single-sex environment, some males/females will spontaneously swap genders in order to further the groups probability of survival. We can also see Chaos theory being applied in scenarios of the novel revolving around humans, such as the unpredictability of Nedry being able to go through with the plan of stealing the secured embryos. However going back to the Archetypal theory portion of the novel, we can see the alchemists referenced to, however it is more referencing the entirety of the novel rather than simply the second half. The alchemists seem to represent John Hammond and InGen, due to their lack of moral preparation when it came to the construction of the park. John Hammond, as Ian points out, is a man who read about a study of research, took the next step, and profited off of his creation. He did little to no work to achieve what he did, but in fact he simply stood on the shoulders of others in order to reach his goal. It took no discipline or moral character development to accomplish what he had done for his park. And although Malcolm continues to warn Hammond of the dangers he is placing future tourists by continuing down the path he is on, John simply brushes it off as childish nervousness. On the next page, Malcolm states "Yes, and it is astonishing how few people care to hear it... I gave all this information to Hammond long before he broke ground on this place. You're going to engineer a bunch of prehistoric animals and set them on an island? Fine. A lovely dream. Charming. But it won't go as planned. It is inherently unpredictable, just as the weather is" (Crichton 159).

Literary Theory: Marxism and Pip

cdunkle2773 — 2020-02-13 04:02:26 UTC

Quote attached and highlighted: "As we got...wanted a roll."

For analysis of pip's character, see above padlet.

In this case, the character, Pip, discusses the economic situation that he and his family is enduring. He describes how as his family grew more and more impoverished the more their freedoms and enjoyments seemed to disappear. The quality and quantity of food they obtain seemingly evaporates from their fingers. In this case, as referenced in the quote, Pip describes a situation in which he humbly realizes that wealth and power does not necessarily come with majestic or fantastical implications, but can also encompass being content with the situation you are given and having the knowledge and maturity to concurrently accept that there are others around you with more. Although Pip is describing wealth in this context, the Marxist theory still applies as the underlying theme in this case is still class separation, as referenced in the section of the quote regarding "jewelry" and "[B]lue [C]ollar" work.

Literary Theory: Gender and Dagny Taggart

dtieso5945 — 2020-02-13 04:18:44 UTC

Quote: "I think that your sister is awful. I think it's disgusting- a woman acting like a grease-monkey and posing around like a big executive. It's so unfeminine. Who does she think she is, anyway?'
Taggart stepped out of the threshold. He leaned against the door-jamb, studying Betty Pope. There was a faint smile on his face, sarcastic and confident. They had, he thought, a bond in common...'Are you really going to kick her out' 'No. That's not necessary or advisable. I shall merely put her in her place. It's the chance I've been waiting for.' (Rand, 73)

In the book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, everyone is somewhat disgusted and confused as to why Dagny Taggart, a 30 year old woman, is running around acting totally in charge of a railroad, and calling all of the decisions and orders, when she is just a woman, and they view it as very unfeminine. In this quote, it shows how another woman, Betty Pope, even comments about how unfeminine Dagny is, and how disturbing it is. The idea that woman don't belong in charge of a big 'manly' company is very important and constantly brought up in this book. In the quote, her own brother reveals how he is planning to 'put her in her place' meaning to demote her emotionally so that she begins to act more like a woman is expected to in this society. No one accepts Dagny for who she is as a strong, confident woman capable of running such things on her own, and only wish to somehow make her succumb to the societal norms of a woman's 'true place' which is following the orders of a man.

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory and Winston

awheeler8626 — 2020-02-13 04:23:26 UTC

Quote: The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia. He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own consciousness, which in any case must soon be annihilated. And if all others excepted the lie which the Party imposed – if all records told the same tale – then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory” (Orwell 33).

Marxist Analysis: In this quote, Winston is essentially acting as a muckraker of his society revealing a few of the fatal flaws that is holds. Through the novel the number of people who do not notice that they are a part of a social system and do not question or challenge that fact consists of a vast majority. Winston seems to be one of the few sentient thinkers of society seeing the ways that the party is able to seamlessly shape people’s perceptions of everything in their daily life. Through his experiences he is able to expose inequalities in power caused by social and economic class between the general population in those in control such as the Party. In this example, the Marxist criticism is blatantly spelled out for readers as these injustices are dictated directly from a character involved in their setting. In the context of the novel, Winston clearly believes that the Party holds a disproportionate amount of power in society as they control what information exists and is circulated amongst the people.

Literary Theory: Psychological Criticism and Alice

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-02-13 05:08:58 UTC

In the following verses (ch12,pg.139) of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through The Looking-Glass, the content of the poem doesn’t make any sense. The tone throughout the entire poem is nonsensical, and this is because of the large range of pronouns being used in the poem.
This poem serves importance because it’s nonsensical tone allows Alice to realize that in Wonderland, nothing actually makes sense. It makes sense why up to this point, she has had so much trouble trying to understand the world using logic. This sudden discovery encourages Alice to awaken from the dream and leave behind the illogical, meaningless mystery that was Wonderland. The Psychological Criticism theory is applied to how Alice is “awoken” and prompted to leave the dream as she hears the nonsense in the verses read by the White Rabbit. Once Alice comes to a conclusion on why nothing has made sense in this place, she is ready to head back to somewhere more logical, and maybe where the people have more manners. She made progress throughout the novel, where before she would try and feel the need for answers to the strange world, where now after this realization, she knows what she needs to do to return home, away from the strange curiosity of Wonderland.

Lit Theory - Psychological.

yantwi8542 — 2020-02-14 02:19:33 UTC

Quote "You ought to go to a boys' school sometime. Try it sometime. It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a 🤬 Cadillac someday, and you have to keep making believe you give a 🤬 if the football team loses, and all you do is talk about girls and liquor and sex all day, and everybody sticks together in these dirty little 🤬 cliques.."
Psychological Analysis "
Holden’s defense mechanism to cope with his fear of adulthood is to judge all peers and adults on their phoniness. However, by criticizing everyone he meets, Holden fails to form stable relationships and pushes himself into isolation. Holden relies on his isolation to protect himself from the corrupt adult world surrounding him. He adopts a cavalier attitude towards his phony peers and flees to New York City..." - Laura King

The main character Holden refuses to form any close bonds with people and adults especially because he is truly afraid of adulthood and losing his youth. Because of this, he refuses to look in the future and remains fixated on the past and his brother Allie who (**Spoiler alert:) died when he was thirteen. Holden also suffers from PTSD after being severely traumatized by his brothers death and this this into why he continues to isolate himself as well from his peers and continues to judge them.
QUOTE FROM SOURCE (About the author):
"Where did all this start? In a 1940 letter to a friend, a 21-year-old Salinger described his novel-in-progress as "autobiographical"; and decades later, too, in an interview with a high school reporter--the only interview he's ever given--Salinger said, "My boyhood was very much the same as that of the boy in the book." Of course, there were differences: unlike Holden, Salinger was, among other things, a half-Jewish, half-Catholic brother-less World War II vet who attended a military academy. He did, though, like Holden, flunk out of prep school. And he was also, like Holden, manager of his high school fencing team, in which capacity he apparently really did once lose the team gear en route to a meet. More importantly, Salinger seems to have shared Holden's disaffection. Numerous youthful acquaintances remember him as sardonic, rant-prone, a loner. His daughter, Margaret Salinger, likewise traces the alienation in the book to him, though it does not reflect for her either her father's innate temperament or difficult adolescence so much as his experiences of anti-Semitism and, as an adult, war. Where Salinger fought in some of the bloodiest and most senseless campaigns of World War II and apparently suffered a nervous breakdown toward its end, shortly after which--while still in Europe--he is known to have been working on Catcher--it is hardly surprising that Holden's reactions should evoke not only adolescent turmoil but also the awful seesaw of a vet's return to civilian life. Holden may be a rebel without a cause..."
CONNECTION :
Throughout the story, the most reoccurring thing is Holden's fear of corruption, isolation, rebellion and the biggest one which is self-realization. Through out the story, we are learning a lot about Holden while he also learns about himself which makes it even more interesting. At the end of the day, he's a teenager who's truly afraid of growing up because you lose a sense of innocence in the world. It's also important to remember that since the story takes place in the 50's (counter culture era) so this also plays a big role in the whole rebellious stage. That even ties into why many places have banned the book. It depicts rebellion and isolationism as something that seems to be "cool" because it's being done by the protagonist in the story, who could possibly suffer from depression due to traumatic event (Like the author who had to go through WW2)

MLA SOURCE:
Jen, Gish. “Why Do People Love 'Catcher in the Rye'?” The New Republic, 28 Jan. 2010, newrepublic.com/article/72860/why-do-people-love-catcher-the-rye.

Informational Text- Christopher

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-02-14 21:34:51 UTC

Quote from my story:"I decided that I was going to find out who killed Wellington even though Father had told me to stay out of other people's business. This is because I do not always do what I am told." (Christopher, 28,29
Quote from online source: "A hero is all about ethics, and the greater good for humankind. Every hero has their quest, and so does Christopher"
Source: https://importanceofenglish171663272.wordpress.com/2018/07/25/identifying-archetypes-the-curious-incident-of-the-dog-in-the-night-time-by-mark-haddon/

Connection: The quote from the online source does connect to the quote from my novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in The Night-Time,by showing us, the readers, how Christopher is a guy all about ethics and want's everyone to be happy even if it means to find the cause of what made the happiness go away. In the story he has multiple quests that he is destined to achieve, however he does it for the good of nature and the people around him.

Informational Text for The Handmaid's Tale :

kparks6725 — 2020-02-14 21:57:40 UTC

The informational text i used is relating the book to today's age. In the passage the Margaret Atwood explains what she intended the book to mean when she wrote it and what she thinks pertains to this day and time.
Quote from book: " It's Janine ,telling about how she was gang raped at fourteen and had an abortion. She told the same story last week .She seemed almost proud of it ,while she was telling .It may not even be true .At testifying , its safer to make things up than to say you have nothing to reveal. But since its Janine ,its probably more or less true."
Quote from source:
" Although it was “only a television show” and these were actresses who would be giggling at coffee break, and I myself was “just pretending,” I found this scene horribly upsetting. It was way too much like way too much history. Yes, women will gang up on other women. Yes, they will accuse others to keep themselves off the hook: We see that very publicly in the age of social media, which enables group swarming. "
These relate because it clearly shows how situations can be seen and deemed as acceptable depending on the environment your'e in.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/books/review/margaret-atwood-handmaids-tale-age-of-trump.html

Informational Text: Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-02-14 22:55:28 UTC

In the informational article "Daniel Keyes: Overview", by Stephen Goldman, it shows the techniques that the author of Flowers for Algernon uses. The article explains that this book "raises many questions about the nature of intelligence, the benefits that may or may not arise from "improving" the human mind, and humanity's respect (or lack of respect) for genius." The main character Charlie endures the process of increasing his intelligence in a respectable way with " a sense of dignity." (A quote from the book): the book shows that "Charlie has a good nature and hes interested and eager to please" throughout the process of becoming smarter. Daniel Keyes constructs a character that is easy to feel sympathetic for and shows the idea of knowledge as a whole.

Goldman, Stephen H. "Daniel Keyes: Overview." St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, edited by Jay P. Pederson, 4th ed., St. James Press, 1996. Gale Literature Resource Center, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420004570/GLS?u=j015910&sid=GLS&xid=f5546e51. Accessed 14 Feb. 2020.

Informational Text: Murder on the Orient Express

bmanzo4880 — 2020-02-15 00:02:38 UTC

Overview: This post will be organized into three sections: The explanation of Archetypal Criticism, The historical context and information relating to Agatha Christie (and Hercule Poirot), and The historical context of the story of Murder on the Orient Express. These three sections will give better understanding of the work itself and how Agatha Christie utilizes archetypal elements (the Hero's Journey applied in the format of a mystery) in the work (the novel) to express her message/lesson. Following these three sections will be the citations for all the resources referenced and utilized in this post. Sounds pretty boring when you put it like that, right? Don't worry, it definitely will be. It will also be fairly long, so buckle up, it's gonna be hard to keep from falling asleep while reading this. You have been warned. I can promise that it (this post) will be well explained, well reasoned, and organized. With all that said, we shall begin.
Informative Context and Explanation of Archetypal Criticism and its Usage: In literature, Archetypal Criticism is the interpretation of a literary work in the scope of archetypes, a universal symbol. These archetypes can be characters, themes, setting, or symbols featured in a story. The purpose of an archetype is to represent universal experiences that reads can identify. For our purposes, the specific archetype we will discuss is the Hero's Journey. As mentioned in my first padlet post, the Hero's Journey is one of the most common archetypes used in all forms of literature and art, and is, in its essential elements, one of the most simple. (If you have read my first padlet post you can skip the following explanation and move onto the second section.) The Hero's Journey consists of these few elements: the Hero, an Event that inspires the Quest, the Quest is the mission the Hero is sent on usually requiring the hero to save someone or retrieve some artifact of significance, the Journey the Hero must go on to pursue and complete their Quest, the unexpected events and characters the Hero encounters along their Journey that provide information that will be used in the final event of their Quest, and the final event/Main Purpose of the Quest. A mystery, when broken down, is a Hero's Journey but all the features of the Hero's Journey have been renamed. The Hero is the detective or sleuth, the Quest is the mystery at hand, the Journey is the investigation the detective must perform, the unexpected events and character encounters are the same but they result in the detective learning clues as opposed to the hero learning lessons, and the Main Purpose is to solve the mystery. Using those rules, we can confirm that the story has all the necessary elements of a Hero's Journey. Poirot being the Hero, the murder of M. Rattchet being the inspiring event, finding the murderer being the mission/mystery, the passenger interactions and discoveries of physical evidence being the unexpected events that provide clues, and the naming of the murderer being the final event. Given the full context provided in my prior padlets, and the deconstruction of archetypal criticism, we can confirm the validity of its connection to the text and Agatha Christie's intended meanings, we can move on to the informative context relating to Agatha Christie.
Informative Context of Agatha Christie: Born September 15, 1890. Agatha Christie is an English author who is well known for writing mystery novels, being dubbed the "Queen of Mystery". Of her many (Many!) novels published, the most referenced and popular of her novels feature her most famous character, Hercule Poirot. Poirot is a world-renowned Belgian detective, short in stature, boasting a magnificent intelect, sizable in comparison to his majestic mustache. As said on the Agatha Christie website, "the moustache precede Poirot into a room". It's no wonder he is such a popular character. All jokes aside, the character of Poirot is inseparable from Christie. Christie, having traveled in her youth, and being encouraged to write by her mother from a young age, undoubtedly has the writing experience and cultural/life experience to create realistic characters as well as entirely plausible situations that have the extensive amount of detail and nuance that a compelling mystery requires. Of course, her traveling and writing continued throughout her life, aiding in the quality and realistic nature of her work. Her life and writing experience are more than enough to provide the understanding of trains and crime to craft the situation of Murder on the Orient Express into a compelling and completely unpredictable mystery for her beloved character Poirot to solve.
Informative Context of the Events of Murder on the Orient Express: However absurd the situation of the novel may seem, their is good reason to think that Agatha Christie drew inspiration for at least a portion of the plot from real life. In the novel, Poirot must solve the murder of M. Rattchet. M. Rattchet is not the man's real name. Upon investigation of Rattchet's body and room, we learn that Rattchet is actually a Mobster who flead America after killing a small child he kidnapped to acquire a large randsome. Though this subject is discussed very briefly in the book, it has great significance. This detail appears extremely similar to the real life kidnapping and killing of the Lindbergh Baby. In 1932, two years before the release of Murder on the Orient Express, the son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped and "held" for a substantial ransom of $50,000, which was paid in full, but the child was never returned alive but found a few miles away from the Lindbergh estate. The event was extremely inflammatory, causing public outrage at the suggestion of it, and outright disgust and passionate anger towards the criminal. The reasoning for Christie to include this detail the character of M. Rattchet was to provide a clear motive for his murder that any/everyone could or would have, so long as they knew who Rattchet really was. What made this novel so special is that none of the other information is so relevant to solving the murder as this, which was so overlooked, even to the expertise and intellect of Poirot. Given that every suspect holds this hatred for that monster, and have seemingly no other motivations, it holds the answer to the solution.
Citations:
“Agatha Christie.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 8 Jan. 2020, www.biography.com/writer/agatha-christie.

“Archetype - Examples and Definition of Archetype.” Literary Devices, 9 Jan. 2018, literarydevices.net/archetype/.

Escobar, Natalie. “What Was the Inspiration for ‘The Murder on the Orient Express’?” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 22 Nov. 2017, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-was-inspiration-murder-orient-express-180967305/.

“Hercule Poirot.” Characters - Agatha Christie, www.agathachristie.com/characters/hercule-poirot.

Informational Text: The Great Gatsby and Jay Gatsby

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-02-15 00:09:43 UTC

Quote from my story: "‘Your wife doesn't love you,’ said Gatsby. ‘She's never loved you. She loves me.’" (Fitzgerald, 139)

Quote from my online source: “As Nick learns more about Gatsby, every detail about him seems questionable, except his love for the charming Daisy Buchanan.”

“The Great Gatsby.” NEA, 6 June 2018, www.arts.gov/national-initiatives/nea-big-read/the-great-gatsby

Connection: The quote from my online source connects to the quote from my novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald because it shows the reader how Jay Gatsby is a man falling in love with a married woman, Daisy Buchanan. In the outside source chosen, it shows how other characters can clearly see that Jay is serious about Daisy, even if his other qualities seem untrustworthy. Then in my novel, the quote I picked conveys the fact that Jay isn’t afraid to show his love even if it is disapproved by the other characters he surrounds himself with. Within the two sources, it is very clear that Jay would do anything for this woman even if it will get him in great amounts of trouble in the end, because of his strong enduring love for her.

Informational Text: Anna Karenina

thende1309 — 2020-02-15 01:49:33 UTC

Quote from the book: “Vengeance is mine, I will repay.” (Tolstoy, 2)

Quote from online source: “Interestingly, we as readers do not know whom “I” refers to in the statement, or to whom it was meant. However, it is clear that someone will pay for whatever the “act” has been committed.”

How the Psychological Literary Theory is used in connection to the book: Throughout the book, the readers are thrown an adulteristic bone; the affair between Anna and Vronsky. As there are many who are affected by this infidelity, it is hard to know who is seeking vengeance. Is it Anna’s husband? Her brother? Vronsky’s judgmental mother? Or maybe, it’s the women who’s secretly in love with Anna’s husband. There’s twists and turns throughout the story that leave the readers thinking.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. “Anna Karenina.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 5 June 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/Anna-Karenina-novel.

Informational Text: 1984 and Marxist Theory

marmstrong7916 — 2020-02-15 02:31:50 UTC

Quote from story: "... permission [for marriage] was always refused if the couple concerned gave the impression of being physically attracted to one another. The only recognized purpose of marriage was to beget children for the service of the Party."

Quote from online source: “Douglas Kellner pondered the political qualities of 1984 and argued that Orwell’s writing “project[s] an image of totalitarian societies which conceptualizes his experiences of fascism and Stalinism and his fears that the trends toward this type of totalitarianism would harden, intensify, and spread throughout the world.” Kellner is clearly taking a Marxist perspective, as this statement describes how the literature is a direct political and economic reflection of the experiences of the author and, thus, the world in which the author lived when he wrote, or at the very least the world that the author feared was on the horizon"

Lynelle, Kelsi. “Orwell's ‘1984’ from Theoretical Views (An Essay).” Medium, Medium, 4 Aug. 2017, medium.com/@kelsilynelle/orwells-1984-from-theoretical-views-an-essay-638b5b1f8850

Connection: Reflecting on my first post, I originally argued that Marxist theory may be applied to this section of 1984. This is because there is a clear class division, where the upper echelon of citizens (or Party members) control all aspects of living for the lower class (or regular citizens). In this excerpt from an open-essay post by Kelsi Lynelle, Lynelle describes a similar notion towards Marxism. I included this source because our ideas agree on the idea that there is a distinct separation of classes evident through the entire story.

Informational Text: The Color Purple

nstevens3827 — 2020-02-15 02:32:20 UTC

Quote from story: He beat me today cause he say I winked at a boy in church. I may have got somethin in my eye but I didn't wink. I don't even look at mens. That's the truth."

Quote from online source: "Celie is faced with many challenges through the book because she doesn't have her own "voice," to tell anyone how she feels,"

MLA Citation:
Lyles, Jocelyn. “Novel Analysis: The Color Purple (Alice Walker).” Bulb, 2017, www.bulbapp.com/u/novel-analysis-the-color-purple-alice-walker~2.

Connection: The quote from my online source connects to the quote from my novel, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, because it shows the reader how Celie, along with many other African American women, are not able to express their own voice. This explains the majority of the rest of the story as the women are treated poorly for essentially not doing anything. In the quote from my novel it demonstrates that Celie was beaten by her "husband" for having something in her eye, but the perspective of her husband was the thought that she had winked at another man. The outside source shows how Celie is known to be held captive of expressing her own feelings, especially in times of danger. These quotes relate to the psychological theory due to the manipulation the women undergo as they are believed to never express their own feelings. This relates to the inhumane activity of sexual harassment Celie goes through because of her inability to have her own "voice".

Informational text: 1984 and Marxist

ldeleon9186 — 2020-02-15 02:37:14 UTC

Quote from story: " For if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great mass of human beings who are normally stupefied by poverty would become literate and would learn to think for themselves; and when once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away” . (Orwell, 154).
Quote from online source: "Maintaining people on the verge of poverty is only an stratagem to assure their ignorance, the possibility of manipulate them and, consequently, the dominion of the Party."

“A Marxist Reading of George Orwell's 1984 .” Documento Sin Título, mural.uv.es/visacris/1984.

http://mural.uv.es/visacris/1984
Connection: This online source connects to my quote because it elaborates on Winston's idea that if the poor came out of their suppressed state, they would think for themselves and become aware of the Party's continuous manipulation. It emphasizes the Marxist idea that it is necessary to work in order to live, and that it is a prominent feature of mankind. These two quotes revolve around the fact that the Party is only interested in complete power and control. They will not let anything or anyone stand in the way of this power, which evidently leads to manipulation. By continuously controlling the lower section of the socioeconomic range, the Party then gains more control over the section above, and so on. These two quotes emphasize how the control of the Party is guaranteed by the poverty and the ignorance of people.

Informational Text: The Oedipus Cycles

hcranston8435 — 2020-02-15 02:53:01 UTC

Quote from story:
“Come here, come to these hands of mine that are siblings to yours, hands that brought to this sad state the once bright eyes of your begetting father, who children, neither seeing nor knowing was proved your father from the same place he himself sprang.”

Quote from online source:
“Now blind, Oedipus begs to be exiled as soon as possible, and asks Creon to look after his two daughters, Antigone and Ismene, lamenting that they should have been born into such a cursed family.”

MLA Citation:
“OEDIPUS THE KING - SOPHOCLES - OEDIPUS REX ANALYSIS, SUMMARY, STORY.”
Www.ancient-literature.com/greece_sophocles_oedipus_king.html.

Connection:
The online source connects to my quote, as it explains how Oedipus himself desires exile. This explains and sets up the rest of the story, leading to the eventual exile and passing of Oedipus. This then allows the trilogy to be completed with “Antigone,” which is a story about Oedipus’s daughter. These quotes relate to the Marxist archetype, because we see that if you do not live in comfort within a kingdom, you will perish. We can see that with the sad and unfortunate death of Oedipus.

Informational Text: Lord of the Flies

spryor3017 — 2020-02-15 03:12:16 UTC

Novel Quote:

"Then, amid the roar of bees in the afternoon sunlight, Simon found the fruit they could not reach, pulled off the choicest from up in the foliage, passed them back down to the endless, outstretched hands."

(Golding, chapter 3 pg. 56)

Article Quote:

“He was the only main character who engaged in moral behavior independent of adult supervision and consequences. He was independent, free-spirited and nurturing to the other boys. Simon remained positive through the unknown times, and provided solace to the others when in need,”

“Lord of the Flies: Literary Analysis.” Ultius, 17 Aug. 2014, www.ultius.com/ultius-blog/entry/lord-of-the-flies-literary-analysis.html

Connection/ Questions:

In the novel quote, Simon is seen as committing a charitable act for the group of youngest boys, who cannot properly look after themselves without some sort of assistance. In this example and throughout the text, Simon takes on this paternal role for them with reasonable good nature and, what is increasingly becoming scarce on the island, morale. The article quote observes this, stating that Simon is symbolic of those who will act morally without incentive or some sort of oppressive counterpart forcing them to do so. On a remote island, there is no reward for Simon to act this way. Yet, he tenderly herds and cares for the innocent in a messianic way. Why is it that those who act sensibly, those who act in light of societal standards, are seen as god-like figures? All of the boys should be acting this way. They should be constructing themselves with the sense and dignity their parents and school teachers have instilled into them. However, in this dire situation when their inner selves are put out onto display, these practices of taught-humanity eludes them. I think the stark difference Golding creates between Simon’s behavior and the savagery of the rest of group is communicating something raw and truthful to readers: humans do not typically act in the orchestrated, thoughtful way that they necessarily should. In the meat and the marrow of carnal beings, self interest will prevail.

Information Text: Divergent

abernal8980 — 2020-02-15 04:12:34 UTC

Quote from story: “We believe in ordinary acts of bravery, in the courage that drives one person to stand up for another.” (Roth 207)

Quote from online source: “...I believe it's laudable that Tris overcomes her challenges without being given any special treatment. She may be smaller than many of her peers in dauntless, but she proves her strength all the same; instead of being a damsel in distress, Tris, when put into potentially deadly situations, overcomes them entirely of her own volition."

Funk, Allie. “Why Divergent's Tris Is Such A Feminist Icon.” Bustle, Bustle, 15 Mar. 2016, www.bustle.com/articles/148014-how-the-divergent-series-became-the-most-feminist-franchise-around.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/148014-how-the-divergent-series-became-the-most-feminist-franchise-around

Connection: The quote from my online source connects to the quote from my novel, Divergent by Veronica Roth because Beatrice faces adversity by having to adapt into the faction Dauntless that's all about physically, toughness, and bravery. Based on Beatrice's physical appearance and her past, being that she was in the faction Abnegation, tells the reader that she needs to gain toughness and bravery by her self to overcome the adversity she faces throughout her transformation. She proves her strengths and bravery by taking control of many situations and standing up to anyone that tries to get in her way.

Informational Text: Invisible Man

amarin5450 — 2020-02-15 05:07:36 UTC

Novel Quote: “I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.”

Article Quote: This chapter is perhaps the most clearly influenced by Marxist thought in that it examines relations of production in an industrial capitalist enterprise, and uses these relations as the basis for a broader social critique.

“Considering Ellison's Critique of Marxism in Invisible Man.” The Other Spiral, 10 Sept. 2014, theotherspiral.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/considering-ellisons-critique-of-marxism-in-invisible-man/.

Connection: The novel portrays him being overwhelmed with lack of acknowledgement. In relation to this being compared to Marxism theory, he is seen as the lower class individual. In a professional setting you would expect issues such as race and nationality to be pushed aside unfortunately this is not the case. That is why I chose this quote from chapter ten because it shows why he wanted to become invisible, to escape doing the things everyone takes for granted.

Informational Text: Lord of the Flies (Psychological)

mgarza1726 — 2020-02-15 05:11:00 UTC

Quote from Story:

“Jack stood up as he said this , the bloodied knife in his hand. The two boys faced each other. There was the brilliant world of hunting, tactics, fierce exhilaration, skills; and there was the world of longing and baffled commonsense. Jack transferred his knife to his left hand and smudged blood over his forehead as he pushed down the plastered hair.”

Quote from Source

“When groups of people are clinging to life, the greatest threat may be not the harsh environment, starvation or dehydration, but the other survivors standing next to them on the deserted beach or the remote, snow-covered mountain.”

MLA Citation

Learmonth, Eleanor. “Lord of the Flies Is Still a Blueprint for Savagery.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 17 Mar. 2014, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/lord-of-the-flies-is-still-a-blueprint-for-savagery-9191297.html.

Connection

The online source describes the accuracy of Lord of the Flies in real-life scenarios in which it references the Robbers Cave experiment. In the experiment, two groups of boys with plenty of supplies were pitted against each other. It took only six days from the first insult to an all out war between the groups effectively demonstrating how innate savagery truly is.

It connects to psychological theory because it delves into the human mind when it is faced with survival scenarios. We may like to believe we would never become evil or lose who we are, the studies based on Lord of the Flies and the historical accounts of similar situations tend to disagree.

Informational text: The alchemist

iharris0939 — 2020-02-15 05:28:09 UTC

The book quote: “Tomorrow, at this same time, bring me a tenth of your flock. And I will tell you how to find the hidden treasure “

The source quote: “ Wise old men symbolize the ‘savior’, ‘redeemer’, and the ‘guru’. ... the second wise man Santiago encountered on his journey was the king of Salem. This man motivates Santiago to follow his personal legend”

Citation:
“502 Bad Gateway.” Best Essay Examples, Book Summaries & Study Guides ✅ Daily UPDATES!, freebooksummary.com/archetypal-symbols-in-the-alchemist-74708.
https://freebooksummary.com/archetypal-symbols-in-the-alchemist-74708

Connection: The book and the source work together to point out how archetypal theory affects the flow of the story. Throughout the book Santiago, the shepherd, meets a couple wise men, but the king seems to be the most important because he pushes him to follow his lives calling. Obviously nothing is done for free although there was an exchange, sheep for money. Yet, the Kings wise words and background info pushes Santiago to eventually follow his calling in life and he takes the king up on his offer.

Informational text: The 1985

mwilliams1297 — 2020-02-15 05:31:06 UTC

Quote from the book
“This last was for the disposal of waste paper. Similar slits existed in thousands or tens of thousands throughout the building, not only in every room but at short intervals in every corridor. For some reason they were nicknamed memory holes. When one knew that any document was due for destruction, or even when one saw a scrap of waste paper lying about, it was an automatic action to lift the flap of the nearest memory hole and drop it in, whereupon it would be whirled away on a current of warm air to the enormous furnaces which were hidden somewhere in the recesses of the building.”

Outside source
“The Party tricks the citizens of Oceania into thinking that their propaganda benefits the working class, classism is used as a means of allowing the Party and its associates more power and control than the average citizen, and people under the Party’s rule are commoditized physically and psychologically...”

Citation
“Marxism: 1984 by George Orwell Essay.” Cram, www.cram.com/essay/Marxism-1984-By-George-Orwell/FKJEWXH3XJ.

Connection
In the book it is very obvious there is a strong dominating central government that is restricting its citizens. The government is actually tricking its people in a way almost unimaginable. It treats the working class better than it treats any other class with more rewards and less punishment for paying attention and having active participation in total war.

Informational Text: A Streetcar Named Desire (Gender Theory)

jmitchell8889 — 2020-02-15 18:40:08 UTC

lThe Quote:
STELLA: "Stanley doesn't give me a regular allowance, he likes to pay bills himself, but-this morning he gave me ton dollars to smooth things over. You take five of it Blanche, and I'll keep the rest." (Williams, 68)
Outside Source:
"In the 1950's, women felt tremendous societal pressure to focus their aspirations on a wedding ring...Although women had other aspirations in life, the dominant theme promoted in the culture and media at the time was that a husband was far more important for a young woman than a college degree. "
Citation:
“Mrs. America: Women's Roles in the 1950s.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-mrs-america-womens-roles-1950s/.
Connection:
Stella Kowalski fits into the mold of a typical woman in the 1950's. She got married at a very young age, and now that marriage to Stanley is the dominant driving force in her life. This coupled with Stella's pregnancy identify her as a stereotype of the traditional housewife. She has no job, and as a result, is financially dependent on Stanley for everything. After he abuses her, he materialistically gives her some money in an attempt to make up for his horrible, brutish behavior. If Stella had her economic independence, perhaps she would be less keen to tolerate her current subservient situation. Stella seems to only be friends with the wives of Stanley's friends as well, meaning that he seems to have a hold on her socially too. Her entire life revolves around her marriage; all she is and can be is a housewife.

Informational Text: Things Fall Apart (Archetypal Theory)

mdowning8625 — 2020-02-15 20:12:55 UTC

Quote from Text: “He knew that Umuofia would not go to war. He knew because they had let the other messenger escape. They had broken into tumult instead of action” (Achebe 205.)

Quote from Outside Source: “A tragic hero, as defined by Aristotle is a character who is noble in nature, has a tragic flaw and discovers his fate by his own actions.”
Citation: "Okonkwo As A Tragic Hero." UKEssays.com. 11 2018. All Answers Ltd. 02 2020 .

Connection:
Early on in the book, Okonkwo is established as a successful and respected leader of his tribe, as he at a young age proved himself in a wrestling match, diligently raises yams, and is a fierce warrior. In this way, he meets the first condition of the tragic hero, being of a noble standing/character. However, throughout the book, his fear of weakness and failure is exposed. This is especially shown as a tragic flaw when it leads him to kill the boy he had been raising for the past three years. He would rather murder an innocent child he cares for than be thought weak, thus he meets the second condition of a tragic hero as well. Lastly, according to the outside evidence, his own actions must bring about his demise. This is shown in the quote, when in an act of violence he kills a white messenger and none of his fellow Igbo rise to help. In this moment, he realizes that his actions have no support and thus he has no hope of reclaiming the past, a realization which leads him to his literal demise as he kills himself.

Informational Text: The Glass Menagerie

vstuart1977 — 2020-02-16 14:59:42 UTC

Quote from Text: “His composing this play forced him toward compelling reminiscences of his own family life, particularly the misunderstandings between him and his mother and the sadness of Rose’s existence” (Introduction by Robert Bray, xi)

Quote from Outside Source: “This play is often discussed as autobiographical because such characters as Tom and Laura reflect the features and qualities characteristic for Tennessee Williams and his sister Rose.”
Citation:
Mccray, Randall. “Analysis of the Characters in Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie - 844 Words: Essay Example.” Free Essays, ivypanda.com/essays/analysis-of-the-characters-in-tennessee-williamss-the-glass-menagerie/.

Connection: Williams creates a very realistic, relatable family dynamic, so it makes sense that it could be based on his own family life. It’s very easy to see Tom as his version of himself in the narrative, because Tom serves as the narrator in the story, but also because they share the same role in their respective families as the lone son. Laura seems to be intended to be a less extreme version of Williams’ real life sister Rose, who underwent a prefrontal lobotomy that Williams made no attempt to prevent. His apparent guilt lives on through this play with Laura acting as a victim to every other characters actions, not really taking any actions of her own. Williams’ tumultuous relationship with his mother is shown through Toms interactions with Amanda, a constant tension present in all of their scenes. One major difference is the father, who in real like was present, but possibly no less problematic.

Informational Text: To Kill a Mockingbird

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-02-16 17:29:10 UTC

Quote from Text:
"'Then why did Cecil say you defended n*ggers? He made it sound like you were running a still'... 'For a number of reasons,' said Atticus, 'The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold my head up in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again'" (Lee 100).

Quote from Outside Source: "The story told in the novel parallels two court cases that took place in Alabama but was not based directly on them: The Scottsboro Trials of 1931, in which nine black youths were tried for allegedly raping two white women on a train in north Alabama; and a November 1933 incident in Monroeville in which Naomi Lowery, a poor white woman, alleged that Walter Lett, a black ex-convict, sexually assaulted her."

Citation:
Flynt, Wayne. “To Kill A Mockingbird.” Encyclopedia of Alabama, 26 Mar. 2007, www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-1140.

Connection:
During this time period, the 1930s, racism was very heavy, especially in southern states such as Alabama, where this book takes place. This book is similar to the two cases mentioned by Wayne Flynt as during this time, blacks were being oppressed and discriminated against. Atticus, the father of Scout Finch, is a white man defending a black man, which was greatly frowned upon in this white dominated small country town. His children, Scout and Jem, are harassed and bullied in school, as the white supremacist ideologies instilled in their classmates by their parents put the Finch family as a target, a nonracist family trying to do what is right. Atticus claims that he has to do what is right or else he would've failed his family and himself; he would've put his pride before his love for people and he knows that no matter what, doing the right thing will always be more important than how people look at you and perceive you.

Informational Text: Jurassic Park

clindley0767 — 2020-02-16 18:20:51 UTC

Quote from Text: "Grant was amazed. He thought, It really can't see us when we don't move. And after a minute it literally forgets that we're here. This was just like the tyrannosaur--another classic example of amphibian visual cortex. Studies of frogs had shown that amphibians only saw moving things, like insects. If something didn't move, they literally didn't see it" (Crichton 261-262).

Quote from Outside Source:
"A frog's visual system is specifically adapted to seeing little things that are moving across its field of vision - and not things that are sitting still. Given how erratically flies move, it's not surprising that the frog's eating reflexes are very highly tuned to one particular kind of motion."

Citation:
Orem, William. “You Can't Eat What You Can't See.” A Moment of Science - Indiana Public Media, Indiana Public Media, 20 Jan. 2009, indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/eat.php.

Connection:
All throughout the novel, we are faced with scenario after scenario (usually dealing with the tyrannosaurus) revolving around the idea that these prehistoric creatures can only see moving creatures. Although this was a popular belief at the time of writing, there was still speculation about the truth behind this idea. In the novel, Crichton directly references the amphibian visual cortex's to directly explain for why the dinosaurs show this visual trait. In the article on Indiana Public Media, William Orem explains that amphibians, specifically frogs have adapted to be more noticeable of moving objects, because of the fact that their prey, flies and other flying insects, are fast moving creatures always darting around. He even points out that a frog will starve even if surrounded by dead flies, simply because they are not moving and it will not recognize them as prey. As much of a strech as it might be, this idea behind the dinosaurs, whether considered to be birds or reptiles (birds is more likely and can be scientifically proven at this point in time, but it was still up for grabs at the time of writing), having these traits of amphibians can be considered an Archetypal reference to the outcomes of science and hybridization of species. Now as odd as this might be to bring up, none of the dinosaurs on Isla Nublar are pure-blooded dinosaurs. As Henry Wu explains earlier on in the novel, the DNA extracted from the Amber-preserved mosquitoes are full of gene-gaps, and that these holes are filled in with the respective DNA strands of FROGS. Hybridization is a tricky subject, and is usually deemed morally wrong due to the potentially harmful effects it might present the creature. It can believed that Crichton realized the potential setbacks of this hybridization of dinosaur and frog, and snuck in this reference to the scientific study in order to show the dangers behind Hammond's field of research.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminism and Edna Pontellier Part 2

lbomer8578 — 2020-02-16 19:24:54 UTC

Edna becomes more obvious in her challenge of traditional upper class french women roles when she refuses to attend her sisters wedding, preferring to look into her own interests and desires. She fights against her fathers demands that her husband should take more authority over her, and behave like a proper wife should. When her husband finally leaves to New York, this chapter describes how pleased she was to have him gone and be alone and free. She walked her home as if she had never been there before, ate food that seemed extra delicious, and slept soundly. The author Kate Chopin included this scene taking into account the time period: where women are fickle, worrisome, and ultra-dependent on their husbands.

Informational Text:

lbomer8578 — 2020-02-16 19:56:43 UTC

Quote from Text: "'I will take some brandy,' said Edna, shivering as she removed her gloves and overshoes. She drank the liquor from the glass as a man would have done. Then flinging herself upon the uncomfortable sofa she said, 'Mademoiselle, I am going to move away from my house on Esplanade Street.' Edna drew her down upon the sofa, and taking a pin from her own hair, secured the shabby artificial flowers in their accustomed place. 'Aren't you astonished?'
'Passably. Where are you going? to New York? to Iberville? to your father in Mississippi? where?'
'Just two steps away,' laughed Edna, 'in a little four-room house around the corner. It looks so cozy, so inviting and restful, whenever I pass by; and it's for rent. I'm tired of looking after that big house. It never seemed like mine, anyway- like home. It's too much trouble. I have to keep too many servants. I am tired bothering with them.'" (Chopin, 106-107)

Quote from Outside Source: "Kate Chopin lived in, and generally wrote about, life in the South. In The Awakening, she wrote specifically about Creole society in northern Louisiana. Creoles saw themselves as different from Anglo-Americans and maintained cultural traditions passed down from their French and Spanish ancestors. They enjoyed gambling, entertainment, and social gatherings and spent a great deal of time in these activities. The Creoles seldom accepted outsiders to their social circles and felt that newcomers should live by their rules. Men dominated the households and expected their women to provide them with well-kept homes and many children to carry on the family name."

Citation: "Historical Context: The Awakening." EXPLORING Novels, Gale, 2003. Gale In Context: High School, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ2111500067/SUIC?u=j015910&sid=SUIC&xid=332ed4d0. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

Connection: After Edna and Mademoiselle discuss freedom and independence, perks of living alone, it's clear that Edna is held back in life from her husband and position as "wife of the family". She represents the exact opposite of her purpose: pampered creole socialite that raises children, instead she is considering leaving her family to live alone and get away from it all. She describes her exasperation with the jobs of a traditional housewife... managing servants, the huge home, all the children. Her decision to end all of it would be shocking to society at the time.

Informational Text: Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-02-16 22:50:26 UTC

Quote from story:
"Frome stomped on the worn oil-cloth to shake the snow from his boots, and set down his lantern on a kitchen chair which was the only piece of furniture in the hall. Then he opened the door.
"Come in," he said; and as he spoke the droning voice grew still . . .
It was that night that I found the clue to Ethan Frome, and began to put together this vision of his story" (Wharton, 10).

Quote from online source:
"In the earliest version of Ethan Frome, written in French, she used no character as narrator. In the final version, Lockwood, as narrator, provides a frame to the story and a complicated time scheme by means of which she could dramatically envision the contrast between the bleak existence of her characters in the present with their youthful expectations in the past. Lockwood, more sophisticated than the people he observes, learns gradually about the tragedy from several simple, relatively inarticulate persons; for each of the villagers tells him as much about the situation as he can understand. His more sophisticated intelligence, then, synthesizes these complicated and mysterious fragments into a single vision which gives order to the myriads of facts and impressions that others have presented to him."

MLA Citation:
McDowell, Margaret B. "Three Novellas About the Poor." Edith Wharton, Twayne Publishers, 1976, pp. 64-72. Twayne's United States Authors Series 265. Gale Literature: Twayne's Author Series, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX1372900015/GLS?u=j015910&sid=GLS&xid=241b9719. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

Connection:
The story starts with the direct perspective of Lockwood, in which he is picking up bits and pieces of Frome's story from the various villagers. This leads him to almost a dead end, with the villagers who know the most refusing to answer his prying questions. When Frome invites him into his house after the long journey through the snow, however, the perspective changes at the start of the new chapter to tell the story of Frome's past life. The omniscient point of view allows for a deeper and complete look into what actually happened to age Frome so suddenly.

Literary Theory: Feminist/Gender and Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-02-16 23:25:15 UTC

Quote: The floor was thronged with girls and young men. Down the side wall facing the window stood a row of kitchen chairs from which the older women had just risen. . . . The musicians hurried to their instruments, the dancers - some already half-muffled for departure - fell into line down each side of the room, the older spectators slipped back to their chairs, and the lively young man, after diving about here and there in the throng, drew forth a girl who had already wound a cherry-coloured "fascinator" about her head, and, leading her up to the end of the floor, whirled her down its length to the bounding tune of a Virginia reel" (Wharton, 12).

Women in the early 20th century were either treated as "girls" who had to be chaperoned and dressed up to look nice for perspective grooms, or "older women" who were already married and were around to keep track of younger sisters, nieces, cousins, or daughters. The "older women" were there to make sure the rules of society were followed to a T so as to not scandalize any "girls" that would then not be able to find a suitable groom in town.

Informational Text: A Separate Peace

jleal9007 — 2020-02-16 23:25:45 UTC

Quote from Book:
"The effect of his injury on the masters seemed deeper than after other disasters I remembered there. It was as though they felt it was especially unfair that it should strike one of the sixteen-year-old, one of the few young men who could be free and happy in the summer of 1942."

Quote from online source:
"The plot turns on one random act of violence, as Gene knocks Finny out of a tree, crippling him. Neither of the boys ever admits to themselves that the blow was deliberate and it is, as Gene himself notes, a small crime in a world at war, in which "ships were being torpedoed dropping thousands of men in the icy ocean, whole city blocks were exploding into flame in an instant.'"

MLA citation:
Cooper, Charlie. “A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Book Review: A Forgotten Gem of The.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 14 Aug. 2014, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-separate-peace-by-john-knowles-book-review-a-forgotten-gem-of-the-us-in-wartime-9669357.html.

Connection:
In the quote from the text, it describes how Gene is avoiding the fact that he is the one who hurt Finny. This shows the immense amount of guilt that Gene is faced with as he cannot accept his actions and tries to blame it on a random chance. Charlie Cooper in the independent says that neither of the boys admitted to themselves that the act was done on purpose. Finny is unable to come to the conclusion that one of his only and best friends would do such a thing while Gene doesn't himself believe he did it. This shows the psychological effect that action had of Gene making Finny fall of the tree had on the boys.

Informational Text: 1984 and Marxist Theory

awheeler8626 — 2020-02-17 01:15:09 UTC

Quote from text: “What was worst of all was that by means of such organizations as the Spies (children) were systematically turned into ungovernable little savages, and yet this produce in them no tendency whatever to rebel against the Party and everything connected with it. The songs, the processions, the banners, the hiking, the drilling with dummy rifles, the yelling of slogans, the worship of Big Brother-it was all a sort of glorious game to them” (Orwell 24).

Quote from outside source: “The Chinese government recently launched ‘Made in China 2025’ a state-led industrial policy that seeks to make China the dominant force in global affairs. Domination involves power and control, and China’s demonstration of domestic power and control should worry us all” (Glynn).

Citation: Glynn, John. "1984 in 2019: The New Privacy Threat from China's Social Credit Surveillance Systems." Skeptic [Altadena, CA], vol. 24, no. 2, 2019, p. 38+. Gale Academic OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A592139549/AONE?u=j015910&sid=AONE&xid=74a602e3. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

Connection: In his article, John Glynn discusses the frightening dystopia painted in 1984 and how fast we are alarmingly approaching a similar fate. When looked at through a Marxist lens, both instances show remarkable similarities as they address their respective societies. Glynn argues that we should not play into China’s new system in fear of developing skewed balances of power between not only nations but also social classes which could led to an eventual levels of brain washing as expressed by the children of 1984. A certain level of brutality is noted in the very fabric of Marxist Theory as a dominant figure conquers another who remains unaware of their disadvantages in the first place. This is clearly and unacceptable manner for two entities to exist which is why the call to actions voiced by both authors are striking as we face the bitter reality which we have brought upon ourselves despite the warnings of Orwell’s prophecy.

Informational Text: The Talented Mr.Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-02-17 02:22:48 UTC

"Quote From Text: "The main thing about impersonation, Tom thought, was to maintain the mood and temperament of the person one was impersonating, and to assume the facial expressions that went with them. The rest fall into place"(Highsmith, 125).

Quote From Outside Source: "They are duplicity incarnate, with a polished self shown to the world and a covert, hidden self that has a rigid and calculating agenda: Assume the highest level of the social hierarchy and win, win, win"(Meyers).

Citation: “Understanding the Sociopath: Cause, Motivation, Relationship.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/insight-is-2020/201304/understanding-the-sociopath-cause-motivation-relationship.
Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley. W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Connection: As it is made a point that the main character Tom Ripley is a sociopath, the traits of this are shown being used to go as far as they can. While not all sociopaths are murderers, it is used as an example of how far they are willing to go and can go without remorse or feeling. His constant character changes and major identity change show just how easily they can camouflage to their surroundings. Tom has even literally taken on the roles of two people as himself and the friend he murdered, Dickie. The fact that they can be anyone makes them slow silent killers as they can use a person for years until total abandonment.

Information Text: Invisible Man

mmartinez9827 — 2020-02-17 02:52:42 UTC

Quote from Text: "And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.

Quote from Outside Source: "He has been himself and has not lived his own life but rather has allowed the complexity of his identity to be limited by the social expectations and prejudices of others."

Citation: Ralph Ellison "Invisible man"
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/invisibleman/quotes/page/5/ Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

Connection: In this explanation it talks about how he never really lived his own life, referring to the invisible man. That he always had to try and live by the standards and expectations of other people and the world around him. But all this would soon change and lead to the development of the character to accept his Identity as an invisible man. This is shown in the quote from the book as he talks about how he tried to live under the opinions of everyone else but never himself and this finally broke him and he rebelled. Then he says how he finally will go by what he calls himself which sets up the rest of the book of the invisible man.

Informational Text: Great Expectations and the Concept of Time (Archetypal)

cdunkle2773 — 2020-02-17 03:05:16 UTC

Quote from the text attached:
"When I awoke...thick black darkness."

Quote from the Outside Source:
"As Bachelard has said, 'You can only revive the past by linking it to a necessarily present emotional theme.' Pip's memory is primarily what might be called the memory of the heart, and this is why all of the chronological landmarks in Great Expectations are so vague. The only calendar that really matters to him is the calendar of feelings."

Citation:
Talon, Henri. “SPACE, TIME, AND MEMORY IN ‘GREAT EXPECTATIONS.’” Dickens Studies Annual, vol. 3, 1974, pp. 122–238. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44372318. Accessed 17 Feb. 2020.

Connection and Analysis:
Charles Dickens, a world renowned classical author and playwright from the nineteenth century, subtly yet consistently incorporated controversial ideas into his texts, eliciting constant debate among the public. It serves as no surprise that he does the same in this brilliant novel as well. In his life, Dickens experienced a wide variety of situations in which he writes about in his novels. In this case, he writes about poverty and time. Time, as he writes and Talon confirms, is an essential part to every life and to every situation. If life seems to come to a halt, time still wears on. Similarly, if the world seems to incomprehensibly speed by, time still rages on - all at the same constant speed. Time never speeds up or slows down; it never turns back; it is the only constant in a world of variables.

Pip, the main character of this novel, experiences the effects of time on a personal level. He passes through different phases in his life in which it seems as if the world has come to a standstill. He lives in extreme poverty; he is coming of age yet he still feels like a child; he struggles to find his identity, and yet time and the world outside his little sphere of reality keep going. He wishes that he could relive some of his favorite moments in life - moments that he is beginning to forget. That is where the statement in Talon's article rings true. The only way you can truly connect your past with your future is if you tie them together through similar "emotional theme[s]." As he struggles to grasp reality, the Emotions draining from the world around him (see text evidence) symbolically represent his memories fading away through time.

Dickens adds a plethora of archetypal writing into all of his texts, and Time is just one of the many inside Great Expectations. The concept of Time resurfaces often in the novel, such as with the character, Miss Havisham. Time can be applied to all pieces of writing, to all pieces of film, and all pieces of art. It is a reoccurring theme in our daily lives, even in ways so insignificant as to setting a timer for cooking food. It's only fitting that Pip's character progression deals with Time.

Informational Text: Dorothy Allison: Overview

amoore3130 — 2020-02-17 03:30:18 UTC

Quote From Book: "It made me afraid, his big hand between my legs and his eyes glittering in the dim light. He started talking again, telling me Mama was going to be all right, that he loved me, that we were all going to be so happy" (Allison, 134).

Quote From Source: "Dorothy Allison was born in 1949 in Greenville, South Carolina, to Ruth Gibson Allison, a poor 15-year-old who dropped out of school in the seventh grade to work as a waitress. Allison fondly remembers the women of her family—her aunts and grandmothers—as dazzling and outrageous storytellers. Yet, her childhood and adolescence are marked most painfully by the physical and sexual abuse she endured at the hands of her stepfather from the time she was five years old. While Allison told Jetter that she "has made peace" with her stepfather, her mother's complicity in the abuse has been much more difficult to reconcile. Despite the pained ambivalence that characterizes her feelings, Allison credits her mother with instilling in her a defiant pride and strong sense of self. Although she died of cancer in 1990 at the age of 56, just three months before the completion of 🤬, Ruth Allison remains a strong presence in her daughter's life and writing" (Pinarski, para. 2).

MLA Citation: Pinarski, Annmarie. "Dorothy Allison: Overview." Gay & Lesbian Biography, edited by Michael J. Tyrkus and Michael Bronski, St. James Press, 1997. Gale In Context: Biography, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1420000171/BIC?u=j015910&sid=BIC&xid=02726ce9. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020.

Connection: Throughout the novel 🤬 out of Carolina, sexual abuse is a reoccurring theme. Bone, the novel's main character, is repeatedly assaulted by her father, which ultimately alters Bone's mental well being, resulting in violent and hyper-sexual behaviors. Although the abuse described in the novel is revoltingly intimate, descriptive, and real, it is easy to walk away from 🤬 out of Carolina unscathed. In the external source "Dorothy Allison: Overview," we are given a window into the author of the novel's life. The abuse described in the book is not to be taken lightly; the abuse is a retelling of Dorothy Allison's life. Although the names are changed in the novel and some events may be altered or stretched, 🤬 out of Carolina gives a unique insight into the lives of the abused. Through this novel, we learn some of the tells of a dysfunctional family, and more importantly, we learn that sometimes, there may be no visible signs something is wrong. Throughout the novel, Bone keeps her abuse hidden from the rest of her family, not because she is okay with being abused, but rather because she cares about her mother's happiness and know they depend on the financial stability her step father provides. Through Bone, Dorothy Allison tells her heartbreaking story of personal sacrifice, silent victims, and poverty that perpetuates abuse.

Informational Text

cvasquez0453 — 2020-02-17 03:48:24 UTC

Quote From Book:
"They would even say that Venus herself could not equal this mortal...the goddess would not put up with this treatment..." (Hamilton, pages 121-122)

Quote From Outside Source:

"She was the most beautiful of all goddesses in terms of appearance, but her personality was rather damaged because she is described as weak and frightened as well as ill-tempered and easily offended..."

MLA Citation:
Šimon, Borut. “Aphrodite.” Aphrodite, Goddess of Love, Beauty and Pleasure - Greek Gods, www.greek-gods.org/olympian-gods/aphrodite.php.

Connection:
Aphrodite is often described as a beautiful goddess, however she can be quite vengeful when someone insults her looks. She is prideful and vain, so when Psyche was seen as the most beautiful among women, it was natural for Aphrodite to punish her. Although many people will describe her as weak, they must acknowledge that Aphrodite has a mean streak a mile long. Because of this, while she may be beautiful, Aphrodite is far from being an "ideal woman" as her temper and vanity spoils her beautiful appearance.

Informational Text: Atlas Shrugged

dtieso5945 — 2020-02-18 00:12:16 UTC

Quote from book: "She was twelve years old when she told Eddie Willers that she would run the railroad when they grew up. She was fifteen when it occurred to her for the first time that women did not run railroads and that people might object. To hell with that, she thought - and never worried about it again." (Rand, 54)

Quote from source: "Society disapproves of Dagny, condemning her for being an unfeeling workaholic, practically not even a woman at all, or a dirty mistress. She actually seems to take pride in both accusations, though. Since most people aren't thrilled to be classed as either a robot or a wh*re, this takes some explaining."

MLA Citation: Shmoop Editorial Team. “Dagny Taggart in Atlas Shrugged.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/atlas-shrugged/dagny-taggart.

Connection: Dagny Taggart is often viewed as an emotionless woman, and not seen as very much of a woman to begin with. Everyone around her views her as unladylike. They judge her for running the railroad, not afraid to get dirty in order to fix the problem with her company. They often ridicule her for trying to do a mans job, and brush aside her opinions for her brother's even if his decision causes harm to the company.

Informational Text: Archetypal, The Fault in our Stars

msantos0805 — 2020-02-18 04:33:19 UTC

Quote from book:

"I am," he said. He was staring at me, and I could see the corners of his eyes crinkling. "I'm in love with you, and I'm not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”(Green, 153)

Quote from source:
The first version we meet is the façade called Augustus Waters. Named, quite grandiosely, after the first Roman emperor, Augustus plays a strong, confident, funny, and charming boy. He continuously fetishizes his own grandiosity. He is convinced that the importance of life is being heroic, leaving a noble legacy, monumentally impacting humanity.

MLA Citation:
SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Fault in Our Stars.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2014. Web. 17 Feb. 2020.
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/the-fault-in-our-stars/character/augustus-gus-waters/

Connection:
An archetype that is found deeply within the text is the term " Star Crossed Lovers", Hazel and Augustus display this type of deep connection through the tragic obstacles that are faced in their relationship being the two acquire cancer and disabilities that make life ultimately difficult.

Diction Dissection: A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

jmitchell8889 — 2020-02-20 00:17:47 UTC

Excerpt:
BALCNHE:"I can smell the sea air. The rest of my time I'm going to spend on the sea. And when I die, I'm going to die on the sea. You know what I shall die of? [She plucks a grape] I shall die of eating an unwashed grape one day out on the ocean. I will die-with my hand in the hand of some nice-looking ship's doctor, a very young one with a small blond mustache and a big silver watch. 'Poor lady' they'll say, 'the quinine did her no good. That unwashed grape has transported her soul to heaven.'[The cathedral chimes are heard] And I'll be buried at sea sewn up in a clean white sack and dropped overboard-at noon- in the blaze of summer-and into the ocean as blue as [Chimes again] my first lover's eyes!"

Analysis: The phrases "die", "buried at sea" and "poor lady" used to describe how Blanche would like to end her life convey a somber tone for the passage. This is significant as she seems quite fine with, maybe even comforted by, the scenario she is dreaming up, yet the morbid subject matter is not something one should be comforted by. After the tremendous trauma and betrayal she has experienced after being raped by Stanley, the idea of a death on her own terms in the arms of a gentle man as she ascends to heaven to see her first love might not seem so bad. Additionally, Williams uses short sentences that flow quite quickly to show how rapid Blanche's thoughts are, reflecting her frazzled state of being.
Williams uses repetition to show how fixated Blanche is on this scenario in her head. She repeatedly speaks about the "sea"/"ocean"; something that represents vast openness and endless possibilities to her. She desperately wishes to escape her current desolate condition, and a serine trip to the sea seems perfect to her.
This whole passage relates to the theme of escape littered throughout the novel. Blanche is unable to accept the reality of the present and instead prefers to reminisce about the way things used to be especially when it comes to love. To escape the thoughts of being assaulted, she daydreams about an ideal future where she is through with this cruel world.

Informational Text: Archetype, A Long Way Gone

vpenn9398 — 2020-02-20 00:41:35 UTC

Quote from the book: "A day or two after I had started living with my uncle, Allie gave me my first pair of dress shoes, a dress belt, and a stylish shirt.'If you want to be a gentlemen, you have to dress like one.' He laughed."(Beah,182-183)

Quote from Source:Eventually, Ishmael is recruited, like many boys his age and even younger, to join the army of Sierra Leone and fight in the conflict. Actually, he's not so much recruited as threatened with death if he won't serve. It's not a difficult choice. Thanks to guns, 🤬, and brainwashing by his commanding officers, Ishmael is transformed into a lean, mean, ruthless killing machine by the time he turns 15.

MLA Citation:
Shmoop Editorial Team, Shmoop. “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier Introduction.” Shmoop, Shmoop University, 11 Nov. 2008, www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/a-long-way-gone.

Connection: An archetype that is found relating the book to the outside source is light vs. darkness. As Beah has to experience the cruelty and horrors of war as a kid, he is finally freed. As a veteran and victim of war he experiences PTSD as he tries to adapt back to civilian life. Even getting new clothes, dress shoes, belt, and a new shirt, lets Beah feel as though his dark past is closing and the light in his life is growing.

Diction Dissection: To Kill a Mockingbird

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-02-20 03:31:29 UTC

Quote: "With these attributes... Miss Maudie about it" (Lee 118-119).

Analysis: This quote is rather ling but describes deeply the main theme of the book. Throughout the book, Atticus is given a lot of trouble because he decides to fight for a black man in a white dominated small country town. His daughter, Scout, can't stand to hear her father's name slammed at school and, going against the typical lady-like stereotype of women back in the 1930s, likes to fight and show people who's boss, so she won't stand for the name calling. Lee uses the phrase "tooth and nail" to show scout's commitment to defending her family's honor, even if she doesn't even know what exactly her dad is doing for this black man. She doesn't care, all she cares is that people respect her and her family and if they don't, she's gonna show them a thing or two. Using words such as "buzzed" and "cowardice" gives the situation an intensity, as the entire school is talking about her family, buzzing like bees, and she can either sit there and do nothing (which is cowardly) or she can stand up for her family. The last detail regarding "its a sin to kill a mockingbird" reveals the purity and innocence of youth until its corrupted by an outside source. Mockingbirds are seen as good and, therefore, shouldn't be harmed. Scout is seen as one of these mockingbirds because of her loyalty to her family no matter what; her innocence and purity as a child willing to stand up for a cause she doesn't have a lot of information on but does so because she knows how strongly her father believes in it and she will not take insults about him lying down.

saguirremen7590 — 2020-02-21 02:07:19 UTC

Informational Text: Reservation Blues

Quote from the book: Junior and Victor shrugged their shoulders, walked into Thomas’s house, and looked for somewhere to sleep. Decorated veterans of that war between fathers and sons, Junior and Victor knew the best defense was sleep. They saw too many drunks littering the grass of the reservation; they rolled the drunks over and stole their money.

Quote from article: Junior is a character who (as others recognize) ought to be doing better than he is, but who is constantly pulled back into destructive patterns.

MLA Citations: “Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie.” Goodreads, Goodreads, 7 Feb. 2005, www.goodreads.com/book/show/6159.Reservation_Blues.

Connection: Throughout the book, “Reservation Blues” by Sherman Alexie, Junior always seems to be conflicted with internal emotions. He has probably had the most difficult past from the tribe in terms of destructive events. As a veteran of the war and his parents dying in a car crash early in his life, he carries all that sadness and complex emotions into whatever he does. The quotes from the articles supports my quote from the book because it shows the barriers that Junior is repeated stuck on, even with the support of some of his best friends. Even though he may seem to have conflicting emotions internally, externally Junior is held to be one of the key parts of their society and a person anybody can come up to for help.

saguirremen7590 — 2020-02-21 04:37:38 UTC

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Tomas Builds-the-Fire

Quote: “Once outside, Thomas cried. Not because he needed to be alone; not because he was afraid to cry in front of women. He just wanted his tears to be individual, not tribal.”

In the book, Reservation Blues, the plot revolves around a group of Native Americans who decide to form a blues band named, “Coyote Springs”. Tomas Builds-the-Fire is a storyteller and was outcasted by the rest of the reservation a long rime ago. The story shows the individual struggles of each member of the band and Tomas Builds-the-Fire doesn’t ever feel like he fits in. He is considered strange by many and and as most of the story follows his perspective, you can tell that he struggles with not feeling apart of anything. In the quote you can see some of his “Feminine” side when he had to step outside and cry. Even when it says that we wasn’t afraid to cry in front of women you can see how the gender theory could fit right in to the fact that he has meaningful emotions.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory

saguirremen7590 — 2020-02-21 05:24:49 UTC

Quote: “They did go home with Junior and Victor one night, and everybody on the reservation knew about it. Little Indian boys crept around the house and tried to peek in the windows. All of them swore they saw the white women naked, then bragged it wasn’t the first time they’d seen a naked white woman. None of them had seen a naked Indian woman, let alone a white woman. But the numbers of naked white women who had visited the Spokane Indian Reservation rapidly grew in the boys’ imaginations, as if the size of their lies proved they were warriors.”

In Sherman Alexie’s novel, Reservation Blues, Alexie provides a similar despondent portrait of the reservation. The monotonous, self-enclosed environment has in a way become a casualty of its own homogeneity. The psychological theory of Tomas’s role as unofficial storyteller of the reservation has made him actually one of the leaders of the tribe, a position usually held for a storytellers that live on the reservation. Furthermore, Indians on the reserve have been led astray of popular American images of male Indian warriors as the epitome of masculinity, something of an unrealizable standard to them and would lead men to despondency.

Diction Dissection: Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-02-21 05:31:43 UTC

Quote: "She walked out of the kitchen ahead of them and pausing in the hall raised the lamp at arm's-length, as if to light them up the stairs. Ethan paused also, affecting to fumble for the peg on which he hung his coat and cap. The doors of the two bedrooms faced each other across the narrow upper landing, and to-night it was peculiarly repugnant to him that Mattie should see him follow Zeenia. "I guess I won't come up yet awhile," he said, turning as if to go back to the kitchen. Zeenia stopped short and looked at him. "For the land's sake - what you going to do down here?" "I've got the mill accounts to go over." She continued to stare at him, the flame of the unshaded lamp bringing out with microscopic cruelty the fretful lines of her face. "At this time o' night? You'll ketch your death. The fire's out long ago." Without answering he moved away toward the kitchen. As he did so his glance crossed Mattie's and he fancied that a fugitive warning gleamed through her lashes. The next moment they sank to her flushed cheeks and she began to mount the stairs ahead of Zeena. "That's so. It is powerful cold down here," Ethan assented; and with lowered head he went up in his wife's wake, and followed her across the threshold of their room" (Wharton, 22-23).

Analysis: The phrase "peculiarly repugnant" used to describe Frome's feelings towards Mattie seeing him go to bed with his wife, Zeena/Zeenia, conveys Frome's feelings for Mattie in a romantic and "teenage crush" way since he cannot express these feelings openly considering he is married to Zeenia. This is significant because it expresses his feelings to the reader without him having to face them and what they could mean for his future.
The detail of Mattie's glance to Frome conveys her feelings for him and her knowing the truth in that she has realized Zeenia knows there is more going on between them than what meets the eye. The author wants the reader to see this subtle but immensely important glance because this glance sheds light on the fact hat Mattie knows more than what she can let on to. Despite the fact that, moments prior, Mattie was flabbergasted at the prospect of Zeenia not being satisfied with her help, she seems to know that her time in the Frome household is limited and completely contingent on how much Zeena knows about her and Frome's relationship.
The unshaded lamp symbolizes Zeenia knowing about Mattie and Ethan's feelings because it represents the truth not being masked from those around it. Through this symbol, the author further illuminates Mattie and Ethan's relationship as one that is no longer complex within themselves but to those surrounding them as well.

Diction Dissection: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-02-21 18:33:52 UTC

Quote: “And as I was crossing the street I had a stroke of inspiration about who might have killed Wellington” (pg42)

Analysis: In my story by Mark Haddon, he states “stroke of inspiration” this quote by itself represents diction and imagery alone. Haddon uses imagery in this text to show us readers the motivation Christopher has for trying to find who killed Mrs. Shears dog even when it’s not his own dog. As well as being diction in the sense, his words choice really emphasizes the extreme of the situation to Christopher and leads the reader wondering the how much this whole situation means to Christopher and makes us keep wondering what this kid will do to try and solve the myster.

Diction Dissection: The Handmaid's Tale

kparks6725 — 2020-02-21 18:48:04 UTC

Quote: " We go up the stairs single file,being careful not to step on the trailing hems of each other dresses. To the left,the double doors to he dining room are folded back ,and inside I can see the long table, covered with a white cloth and spread with a buffet: ham,cheese,oranges-they have oranges!-and fresh baked breads and cakes .As for us ,well get milk and sandwiches ,on a tray later.But they have a coffee urn, and bottles of wine ,for why shouldn't the wives get a little drunk on such a triumphant day ? First they'll wait for the result then they'll pig out. They're gathered in the sitting room on the other side of the stairway now ,cheering on the commanders wife ,the wife of Warren.A small thin woman ,she lies on the floor ,in a white cotton nightgown,her graying hair spreading like mildew over the rug; they massage her tiny belly, just as if she's really about to give birth herself."(Offred 116)
Analysis: The phrase 'like mildew over the rug", used to describe the wife's hair conveys that nothing is pure about whats happening. This is important because the woman who are having the babies really did not have any other choice to survive and the description shows the nastiness of the situation. The detail of the food that is available to the commanders wife's conveys a sense of elitism in that the woman who do not provide the children are getting treated with things that are more scarce at the time. The author wants the reader to see that even tough the handmaid's are bringing the gift of life they are still treated as lesser woman.The interrupted sentence '" to the left...and cakes functions to show offreds surprise to have something so rare at the celebration of this birth .This structure supports the authors purpose of reiterating the fact that this family is obviously of great wealth.

Diction Dissection: The Fault in Our Stars, Hazel Grace

msantos0805 — 2020-02-21 19:51:26 UTC

Quote: "“Much of my life had been devoted to trying not to cry in front of people who loved me, so I knew what Augustus was doing. You clench your teeth. You look up. You tell yourself that if they see you cry, it will hurt them, and you will be nothing but a Sadness in their lives, and you must not become a mere sadness, so you will not cry, and you say all of this to yourself while looking up at the ceiling, and then you swallow even though your throat does not want to close and you look at the person who loves you and smile.” Green, 213

Analysis:In the text Green uses elements of imagery and emotional appeals in order to convey the hardships of adolescent's with illnesses and disabilities. Through the characterization of Hazel Grace we see that Green embodies her as a strong young women who will do anything but admit defeat . ultimately causing her to distance herself from sadness in order to not hurt those she cares for most. Seeing Gus go through these same motions, Hazel feels true empathy for him, just at the moment the plot turns, Gus takes on the role of the sick "grenade."

Diction Dissection: Jurassic Park

clindley0767 — 2020-02-21 23:49:05 UTC

Quote: "Spit. The dinosaur had spit in his eyes. Even as he realized it, the pain overwhelmed him, and he dropped to his knees, disoriented, wheezing. He collapsed onto his side, his cheek pressed to the wet ground, his breath coming in thin whistles through the constant, ever-screaming pain that caused flashing spots of light to appear behind his tightly shut eyelids. The earth shook beneath him and Nedry knew the dinosaur was moving, he could hear its soft hooting cry, and despite the pain he forced his eyes open and still he saw nothing but flashing spots against black. Slowly the realization came to him. He was blind. The hooting was louder as Nedry scrambled to his feet and staggered back against the side panel of the car, as a wave of nausea and dizziness swept over him. The dinosaur was close now, he could feel it coming close, he was dimly aware of its snorting breath. But he couldn't see. He couldn't see. He couldn't see anything, and his terror was extreme. He stretched out his hands, waving them wildly in the air to ward off the attack he knew was coming. And then there was a new, searing pain, like a fiery knife in his belly, and Nedry stumbled, reaching blindly down to touch the ragged edge of his shirt, and then a thick, slippery mass that was surprisingly warm, and with horror he suddenly knew he was holding his own intestines in his hands. The dinosaur had torn him open. His guts had fallen out. Nedry fell to the ground and landed on something scaly and cold, it was the animal's foot, and then there was a new pain on both sides of his head. The pain grew worse, and as he was lifted to his feet, he knew the dinosaur had his head in its jaws, and the horror of that realization was followed by a final wish, that it would all be ended soon" (Crichton 196).

Diction: "Disoriented... pain... horror... cold... fiery... terror."
Analysis: Dennis Nedry is often portrayed as a sly, and cunning sort of fellow, who, as a hacker, is more used to situations in which he is in no possible danger from his carefully calculated actions, and it can be inferred that if he were ever backed into a corner, he would supposedly crack under the pressure. This is represented in the diction revolving around the description of his actions and current feelings. By using words such as horror, cold, and terror, it becomes easier for the reader to imagine the true fear-filled scenario he is faced with.
Details: "despite the pain he forced his eyes open and still he saw nothing but flashing spots against black. Slowly the realization came to him. He was blind"
Analysis: This small section detailing Nedry's realization of his blindness references the fact that he was blinded all along through out the novel by greed, and the way he ends up dying, ironically, is while blinded.
Imagery (Device): "And then there was a new, searing pain, like a fiery knife in his belly, and Nedry stumbled, reaching blindly down to touch the ragged edge of his shirt, and then a thick, slippery mass that was surprisingly warm, and with horror he suddenly knew he was holding his own intestines in his hands."
Analysis: The image of Nedry helplessly stumbling around and eventually ending up with his own intestines in his hand, along with the extremely descriptive commentary on the scenario allows the reader to get a closer look and feel into how it might of seemed like to be in his position, and allow the reader to envision the pain and fear he felt.

Diction Dissection: 1984

marmstrong7916 — 2020-02-22 00:42:49 UTC

The magenta highlighted section stands for hyperboles. In these areas, the author’s goal was to illustrate the volume of societal guidelines that the citizens of Oceania must follow, along with the extended hours of time that Winston throws away. By using hyperboles in these examples, the effect of these ideas is magnified in the author’s favor. Similarly, by using strong diction (indicated by the yellow highlights), the stronger word choice not only provides emphasis to his vision for the story’s interpretation, but doubly works to make his points more concise and focused. Next, the author provides a hint of foreshadowing near the beginning of the paragraph (in the blue highlight). When describing these extra details of a possible helicopter overhead, the details seem to be only additional and unnecessary information to fill in space on a surface level. However, this may be interpreted as the foreseeing of possible obstacles in Winston’s adventure, allowing insight for the reader to become aware of the dangers of his mission-to-come. Finally, the author’s tone works to shift the way the reader interprets the text directly. In the green highlighted section, rather than possibly wording it, “… often unavailable,” the tone provides an additional awareness of an unknown external force that does not allow her to control her own availability. This double meaning that the tone creates directly contributes towards the overall effect of the paragraph by offering extra insight to the story that the author had imagined & bringing it to life through words. In conclusion, these literary devices allow for the author’s vision for the setting and in-depth details of the story to come to life in a natural way through subtle workings, created intentionally or subconsciously by the author.

Devices, Diction, Details: The Awakening - Kate Chopin

lbomer8578 — 2020-02-22 01:50:55 UTC

Device: "The sea was quiet now, and swelled lazily in broad billows that melted into one another and did not break except upon the beach in little foamy crests that coiled back like slow, white serpents" (Chopin, 36).
Analysis: This observation by the family walking to the beach references serpents to describe the waves. This figurative language in the form of a simile animated the typical waves into something more interesting, possibly alluring. Chopin may have included this detail to show how Edna Pontellier is pulled away from her home life to be independent, although it's discouraged by society.
Diction: "This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight—perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.
But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague, tangled, chaotic, and exceedingly disturbing. How few of us ever emerge from such beginning! How many souls perish in its tumult!" (Chopin, 17)
Analysis: Edna Pontellier is described as a high-class woman as main character in the novel, and this is reflected in her diction of her thoughts and words. Words like 'ponderous, wisdom, descend, and perish' add an air of whimsical sophistication to her expressions that reflect her character.
Details: "Mrs. Pontellier, though she had married a Creole, was not thoroughly at home in the society of Creoles; never before had she been thrown so intimately among them. There were only Creoles that summer at Lebrun's. They all knew each other, and felt like one large family, among whom existed the most amicable relations. A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery" (Chopin, 12).
Analysis: This small insight into Edna's character early on in the story sets the stage for her later events as an "odd" wife. The rifts in culture tie into the rifts she would have later among her family life.

Literary Devices Found in Murder on the Orient Express

bmanzo4880 — 2020-02-22 02:03:36 UTC

Diction, Details, and Setting: The examples provided give insight into the characters, setting, and plot/narrative of the novel. Being at the very beginning of the book, the details have little importance without the additional context provided by the reading, however, every word of this first page is relevant and important to the understanding of the book as a whole and should not be discredited
Imagery: The imagery in this first page establishes a relationship between the character of the lieutenant and the small mustached man, who will be reviled as Poirot. The imagery provides a more than just the entertaining description of Poirot, it provides a sense that the story starts in the middle of something. That is relevant to the beginning of the plot, being that it is the reason Poirot boards the Orient Express at all, and informs readers that are unfamiliar with Christie's repeating protagonist Poirot that he is a detective.
The imagery, setting, details, and diction display the overall mood and disposition of Poirot towards the current situation, a tense calm that is the result of trying to wind down by taking a break from work and life.

Devices, Diction, & Details: The Talented Mr.Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-02-22 02:05:05 UTC

Symbol (Device): "Neither of them urged him to stay. Dickie walked with him to the front gate...The iron gate clanged" (Highsmith, 50). Tom has just met up with Dickie, an old friend, and begins his mission to convince him to go home to his parents. After not really receiving a warm welcome, the goodbye is not any kinder. The gate symbolizes the separation/barrier between the rich and the poor for Tom because it represents the uptight new treatment he received from his now successful friend. Through this symbol the author begins to build the envy that causes Tom to later take over his friend's life.

Diction: "Dickie was looking him over, not entirely with approval, Tom felt. Dickie's arms were folded...Dickie said nothing" (Highsmith, 46). The name "Dickie" used to begin every sentence concerning Dickie, conveys his easy going, coming-in-first, lifestyle in that he is first in all that concerns him. This is significant because it is another play at how much better he is than Tom whose name is never first, and shows just how naturally better his life and character is.

Detail: "Tom glanced behind him and saw the man coming out of the Green Cage, heading his way" (Highsmith, 1). The detail of the name of the bar from which we meet Tom as he walks out conveys a foreshadowed message in that this will end up as irony to our character. The author wants the reader to see the early connection later on as it comes into play figuratively because Tom is later trapped in his new found wealth or "Green Cage" when he realizes it is more than he can handle.

Diction Dissection: Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison

mmartinez9827 — 2020-02-22 02:18:07 UTC

Quote: "Live with your head in the lion's mouth. I want you to overcome 'em with yeses, undermine 'em with grins, agree 'em to death and destruction, let 'em swollen you till they vomit or bust wide open." (Ellison pg.16)

Analysis: The use of imagery such as "Live with your head in the lion's mouth." and metaphors like "agree 'em to death and destruction" show a more vivid image and deeper understanding into how the main character thinks. He isn't a simple man but instead is complicated and manipulative which can be seen in the quote from how he talks. This behavior can be seen through out the book as he manipulates people and gets out of situations by any means necessary.

Diction Dissection: Things Fall Apart

mdowning8625 — 2020-02-22 02:34:29 UTC

Quote: “As she stood ... has crowed” (Achebe 108.)

Analysis: Phrases such as “tears gushed,” “would die with her,” and “vast emptiness” used to describe Ekwefi’s pain conveys a hopeless desperation as they are effusive and hyperbolic. This is significant as by highlighting such emotions, Achebe better portrays the intense relationships between family, a theme of the novel.
The detail of Ekwefi and later Okonkwo choosing to wait outside of the cave conveys their irresolution at the situation as they don’t act or ignore the situation completely but just worry and “waited.” The author wants to reader to see the characters falter between their traditions and personal emotions as to set a precedent to explain why some clansmen accepted the white people’s ways and rejected their own.
Lastly, the dialogue - ex. “go home and wait” - between Ekwefi and Okwonko conveys Okwonko’s soft heart as he is concerned for the welfare of his daughter and wife. This is significant as it reveals another side to Okwonko that is often overshadowed by his aggressive nature.

Devices, Diction, & Details: The Glass Menagerie

vstuart1977 — 2020-02-22 03:00:34 UTC

Quote: “Invitations poured in - parties all over the Delta! “Stay in bed,” said Mother, “you have a fever!” - but I just wouldn’t. I took quinine but kept on going, going! Evenings, dances! Afternoons, long, long rides! Picnics - lovely! So lovely, that country in May - all lacy with dogwood, literally flooded with jonquils! That was the spring I had the craze for jonquils. Jonquils became an absolute obsession. Mother said, “Honey, there’s no more room for jonquils.” And still I kept on bringing in more jonquils. Whenever, wherever I saw them I’d say, “Stop! Stop! I see jonquils!” I made the young men help me gather the jonquils! It was a joke, Amanda and her jonquils. Finally there were no more vases to hold them, every available space Was filled with jonquils. No vases to hold them? All right, I’ll hold them myself! And then I - [She stops in front of the picture. Music plays] met your father! Malaria fever and jonquils and then - this - boy...” (Williams, 53-54)

Analysis:
Device (Symbolism): The jonquil flower is associated with Amandas youth, and symbolizes both how much she misses that past when she was young and beautiful, but also how much she wants the same popularity for Laura. Jonquils (daffodils for Americans) are a type of Narcissus, symbolizing vanity and narcissism, which are traits that Amanda portrays in every scene.
Diction: Throughout this whole sections Amanda is speaking in a seemingly frantic manner, shown through short phrases strewn with exclamation points like the line “Evenings, dances! Afternoons, long, long rides! Picnics - lovely!” She seems to get carried away in reminiscing about the past, leading up to her trailing off at the mention of her absent husband.
Details: Throughout the play there is a screen in the background that displays important elements about the scene taking place, and in the particular scene its a picture of Amandas husband, who left the family some time ago. By having this seemingly small detail in while Amanda talks about the past shows how her husbands appearance in her life was a turning point for her, and how his leave was a turning point for the entire family.

Devices, Details, and Diction; The Oedpius Cucles

hcranston8435 — 2020-02-22 03:12:34 UTC

Quote: "If you think a man can sin against his own kind And not be punished for it, I say you are mad."

Foreshadowing Analysis: This quote shows foreshadowing as it shows that Oedipus, who killed Laios, later revealed to be his biological father, will soon be punished. He is blinded, exiled, and dies in poverty as he committed some of the ultimate sins.

Devices, Details and Diction:Lord of the Flies

spryor3017 — 2020-02-22 03:41:54 UTC

Quote: “And in the middle of them, with filthy body, matted hair, and unwiped nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence,” (Golding, pg. 172)

Diction: The phrase “the end of innocence” used to describe recently deceased Piggy conveys tragedy and injustice because Piggy’s brutal death is seen as extreme and unwarranted, given how “innocent” and thoughtful he remained throughout traumatic events. This is significant because Golding used Piggy’s death to demonstrate that death is blunt and honest, acting cruelly toward anyone no matter how civil or righteous they act.

Quote: “We can help them find us. If a ship comes near the island they may not notice us. So we must make smoke on top of the mountain. We must make a fire,” (Golding, pg. 68)

Device (Symbolism): The fire kept on top mod the mountain symbolizes hope and desperation for the boys on the island because it represents a thin thread of ongoing desperate yearning to be rescued. Through this symbol, the author illustrates the severity of the situation, in which the boys chase after an incentive, such as being rescued, to ensure that they all survive another day on the island.

Quote: “Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them. Yet there was a space round Henry, into which he dare not throw. Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life. Round the squatting child was the protection of parents and school and policemen and the law,” (Golding, pg. 56).

Details: The detail of “there was a space round Henry, into which he dare not throw” conveys Roger’s previously taught ordinances, to which he still follows to some degree, because Roger is still relatively clear-thinking. The author wants the reader to see a small gleaming hope of past civility so that the group’s gradual transition from civil thoughts to savagery is more obvious. Later on, Roger will abandon these principles entirely.

Device, Detail and Diction: The Catcher and the Rye

yantwi8542 — 2020-02-22 03:45:53 UTC

Quote: "I couldn't stand it. I know it's only his body and all that's in the cemetery, and his soul's in Heaven and all that cr*p, but I couldn't stand it anyway. I just wish he wasn't there." (P202)
(Devices) Irony: What makes this ironic is that Holden is someone who criticizes the idea of religion, yet believes his brother is there. This makes readers question Holden on whether he believes in god or not also because Holden is a very doubtful individual who just believes everything is pretty much a joke.
Quote: "Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it."
Diction & Detail: The word "phony" plays a big role in the story because it's a word used to Holden to describe something that disgust him. Like his peers, adults or anything that depresses him. It's also a word he uses to describe anything that he feels he's "above" (like a superiority complex) because he thinks he's special.

Devices, Diction, and Details: Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-02-22 03:49:58 UTC

Quote: "When I touched her shoulder she stiffened and trembled, but I pulled her toward me. Then it happened. It started as a hollow buzzing in my ears... an electric saw... far away. Then the cold: arms and legs prickly, and finger numbing." (Keyes 77).
Devices: The imagery of Charlie and Alice depicts a state of excitement and exploration because the reader envisions the new emotions that Charlie is now experiencing, which is sexual attraction. This is significant because it shows characterization of Charlie and the progress of his post surgery.
Quote: "Miss Kinnian teeches me how to spel better." (Keyes 33).
Diction: The words "teeches" and "spel" are used to symbolize the low I.Q. that Charlie has at the beginning of the novel and it conveys his lack of intelligence as he grows further into the book. This is significant because it shows the author's technique in how he displays Charlie's intelligence to the reader and compares a observable common sense skill to a low I.Q. individual.
Quote: "It's like if I get intelligent enough I'll understand all the words in my mind, and I'll know about those boys... my parents." (Keyes 47).
Details: The detail about Charlie's intelligence conveys the character's sense of self growth and realization since he begins to interpret the idea of his own knowledge. The author wants the reader to see the maturing and progress in Charlie because the books plot is focused upon this main character and his intelligence. It is significant because it shows characterization and action in the novel.

Devices, Details, and Diction: Invisible Man

amarin5450 — 2020-02-22 04:11:07 UTC

Quote: "The truth is the light and the light is the truth."
Diction: The phrase "The truth is the light" is used to describe the harsh reality of the world and conveys both contrasting ways as to how man needs to find their way in life. Since "the light is the truth" and vice versa this shows indirect relationship between man and his understanding of how to live his life.
Quote: "It is optic white,it is the right white."
Device - symbolism: The color white symbolizes White culture for the world in which he is living because it represents how everyone is conforming to their customs and beliefs. Through this symbol Ellison shows how although there is a mixed culture it is still overruled by the Whites.
Quote: "I do not know if all cops are poets, but I do know that all cops carry guns with triggers."
Detail: The detail of the gun represents the fact that all cops have the chance to change a life or take a life. mentioning something as dangerous as a gun shows that they have power in which they use over you. Ellison wants to emphasize here the fact that no matter the situation, good or bad, law enforcement always has the upper hand.

Devices, Details and Diction: 🤬 out of Carolina

amoore3130 — 2020-02-22 04:30:37 UTC

Quote: "And don't go taking that gospel stuff seriously. It's nice to clean you out now and then, but it an't for real. It's like bad whiskey. Run through you fast and leave you with a pain" (Allison, 382).
Diction: The phrase "bad whiskey" is used to describe religion and gospel music conveys Bone's Granny's opinion on investing your soul into religion. Whiskey, which can be addictive and cause harm to the drinker, suggests that Granny believes religion causes addiction, the alteration of one's personality, but most importantly, is simply a distraction from every day struggles. This is significant because Bone is in constant search of something to enrich her life, but her wise Granny, through years of experience, knows that nothing can quite fill the void life's tolls rip through you, a valuable lesson to the reader.

Quote: "Jesus in the mountains. Jesus in the desert. Jesus against the night sky. Jesus got the lost one in his arms. Jesus wants you, each and every one of you" (Allison, 391).
Device: The repetition of "Jesus" functions to model the conversation topics of Christians. This structure functions to support the author's purpose to portray Uncle Earle as someone who mocks Jesus, God, Christians, and their beliefs. This conversation between Uncle Earle and Bone is important because, in Bone's godless family, Bone is attempting to be holy and different from the rest of her kin. However, due to the trauma inflicted on her and the poverty she lives in, she will likely end up in the same cycle as them. Uncle Earle's detest for Christians alienates the Boatwright family from Christians, leaving Bone with a choice. Does she choose her family, or does she choose God?

Quote: "It was as if I were mourning the loss of something I had never really had" (Allison, 404).
Detail: The detail of Bone's mourning after finally being baptized conveys that Bone never really intended to convert. After being baptized, nothing truly changed except the fact that Bone could no longer go to a new church every Sunday, playing along with being saved until it was time to get baptized, in which she would leave and never return to that specific church. The author wants the reader to see that, just like her Uncle Earle, Bone uses her own damnation as a bartering chip because she is disappointed in her life and lack of attention and love from her immediate family. Going to church, Christians vying for her, wanting to save and cleanse her soul makes Bone feel important while at home Bone feels neglected.

Device, Detail, and Diction: The 1984 by George Orwell

mwilliams1297 — 2020-02-22 04:41:07 UTC

Quote: “Until now he had been too much ashamed of his pail and meager body, with the varicose veins standing out on his calves and the discolored patch over his ankle...“ (pg 143)
Analysis: This quote is a significant role of the story because it portrays how deep and emotional this point in the story is. Winston is now going against big bear in almost the most obscene way by making love to his girlfriend despite all of the insecurities he must overcome.
Device: a device used is imagery. The image of Winstons body is used to describe why he is so insecure and is unflattered with his body with descriptions such as ”varicose veins standing out on his calves and the discolored patch over his ankle...“.

Device, Diction, and Detail: 1984

awheeler8626 — 2020-02-22 04:46:26 UTC

Quote: “The whole atmosphere...human bodies” (Orwell 168).

Analysis: One of the most prominent things felt by reader through this quote is a sense of chaotic bustle and scepticism which is created by Orwell’s use of device, diction, and detail. First, we notice the authors use of the literary device repetition through him saying that it “was intimidating” multiple times. This adds a compounding weight to the effectiveness of the section as a recurring message is looming over the characters as they pass this sentiment to us. This device also makes it seem as if the situation is unavoidable as the intimidation refuses to be ignored or repressed. Another key aspect of this section which works in harmony with the repetition is frantic and looming diction. Phrases such as “rapid lifts sliding up and down”, “servants hurrying to and fro,” and “haunted at every step” form what is seen as wild and uncontrolled mixed with some paranoia. By using such targeted phrases, Orwell is able to communicate the feeling of being on edge which Winston now experiences. This allows his audience to further relate to his story and come ever-closer to his characters and narrative. To complete the package, 1984 wraps up this quote with a detail regarding the extreme extent to which Winston analyzes his surroundings and how uncomfortable he feels because of it. By including the fact that there were “cream-papered walls and white wainscoting, all exquisitely clean. That too was intimidating” along with what we have gathered through devices and diction, we are able to note the hyper analytical state our protagonist finds himself in. This detail is a small window into his world that we may glimpse into where we see the effects of such an unstable environment.

Diction Dissection: Great Expectations

cdunkle2773 — 2020-02-22 04:48:01 UTC

Quote:
"The unqualified truth is that, when I loved Estella with the love of a man, I loved her simply because I found her irresistible. Once for all; I knew to my sorrow, often and often, if not always that I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be. Once for all; I loved her none the less because I knew it, and it had no more influence in restraining me than if I had devoutly believed her to be human perfection" (Dickens 29.2).

Analysis:
Diction:
This excerpt in particular is stacked with weighted diction that emphasizes the emotion behind Pip's narration here. For example, the phrases "The unqualified truth," "found her irresistible," and "devoutly believed her to be human perfection" serve as instances in which Pip, a hopeless romantic, accents his phrasing to allow for the reader to gain a better understanding of the emotional tension that he is feeling. Dickens suggests that Pip struggles with resisting something so attractive to him that he ignores all faults that he obviously recognizes. This is important because it ties into Pip's actions later on in the novel. As an aside, this reminds me of a poem that I recently read in which the main character struggles with resisting the one he loves and sees through the faults that she has.

Detail:
Dickens includes the details regarding Pip's infatuation with Estella to add to the complexity of Pip's character. Pip, a character already established as a complex protagonist in the novel, describes the constant grappling with his emotions and how to move forward from Estella. He dramatically details how he loved (past-tense) her. Dickens implies that Pip is evolving as a character in the novel, and is moving on to a new place in the world that Dickens has painted for us.

Syntax:
In this excerpt, Dickens' syntactical approach mirrors the purpose behind the the diction he includes in the sense that he intentionally phrases is language to emphasize the emotion behind Pip's narration. In this case, Dickens subtly adds repetition, a form of figurative language, to reveal the systematic diversion from all of Pip's rational responses to Estella's flaws. It tears Pip apart.

Device, Details, and Diction: 1984 by George Orwell

ldeleon9186 — 2020-02-22 05:38:40 UTC

Quote: "They'll shoot me I don't care they'll shoot me in the back of the neck I don't care down with Big Brother they always shoot you in the back of the neck I don't care down with Big Brother." (Orwell 19)
Analysis: Diction: In this quote, Orwell chose to make Winston's vocabulary seem very limited and with improper grammar to emphasize how the society has narrowed down the citizen's minds. By using poor grammar in the beginning of the story, Winston shows us how his knowledge grows and develops towards the end. As he continues to repel against Big Brother, his knowledge and vocabulary expands.
Details: Although Orwell limits the character's vocabulary in this quote, he provides us with much deeper insight about Winston. This poor grammar is very repetitive, and gives us a glimpse of Winston's thought process about Big brother. By including "they'll shoot me in the back of the neck", the author provides details about Winston's fear and hostility towards Big Brother. Although he sees Big Brother as superior, he is very frustrated with it and acts hostile towards anyone involved.
Devices: The author uses repetition to emphasize the character's urgency in this issue. Winston is constantly saying "They'll shoot me I don't care" and "Down with Big Brother" to reveal his anger and resentment towards them and the society they created. This repetition allows the reader to vividly understand how Winston's mind works and what his attitude is towards Big Brother.

Devices, Details, and Diction: The Color Purple

nstevens3827 — 2020-02-22 05:45:39 UTC

Quote: “He never had a kine word to say to me. Just say You gonna do what your mammy wouldn’t. First he put his thing up gainst my hip and sort of wiggle it around. Then he grab hold my 🤬. Then he push his thing inside my 🤬. When that hurt, I cry. He start to choke me, saying You better shut up and git used to it.“ (Walker, pg. 1)

Devices & Details: Walker uses intense imagery when describing the unbelievable pain and fear Celie had felt towards her father after being raped. Although the excessive use of sexual terms makes the scene very vivid, it allows the reader to realize just how intense and serious Celie’s situation was and how it deeply affected her. The author included such details about to 🤬 to attentively show just how the male characters can inflict brutality and inhumanity onto the female characters. By using these details to formulate a man’s cruel mindset in this book, the author begins to reveal how the women view the world and their own lives.

Diction: The diction shown in this same quote is to demonstrate just how poorly educated the characters are. The characters throughout the entire story use improper grammar and slang such as “kine” instead of “kind” or “git” instead of “get”. Walker is clearly able to depict the social conditions throughout the novel when using this specific diction. There are many examples of slang used by many characters to demonstrate the lack of confidence and ignorance which are delved into each character’s problems throughout the story.

Device, Diction, and Detail: A Separate Peace

jleal9007 — 2020-02-22 05:48:08 UTC

Quote: "The effect of his injury on the masters seemed deeper than after other disasters I remembered there. It was as though they felt it was especially unfair that it should strike one of the sixteenyear-olds, one of the few young men who could be free and happy in the summer of 1942. I couldn’t go on hearing about it much longer. If anyone had been suspicious of me, I might have developed some strength to defend myself. But there was nothing. No one suspected. Phineas must still be too sick, or too noble, to tell them. 29 I spent as much time as I could alone in our room, trying to empty my mind of every thought, to forget where I was, even who I was. One evening when I was dressing for dinner in this numbed frame of mind, an idea occurred to me, the first with any energy behind it since Finny fell from the tree. I decided to put on his clothes. We wore the same size, and although he always criticized mine he used to wear them frequently, quickly forgetting what belonged to him and what to me. I never forgot, and that evening I put on his cordovan shoes, his pants, and I looked for and finally found his pink shirt, neatly laundered in a drawer. Its high, somewhat stiff collar against my neck, the wide cuffs touching my wrists, the rich material against my skin excited a sense of strangeness and distinction; I felt like some nobleman, some Spanish grandee."

Analysis: This section of text describes how Gene was devastated by what had occurred in the tree. He felt so bad for what he had done, and he wish he had not done it. He felt so guilty he even went to the extent of trying to ignore the fact that he is the reason Finny was hurt. Knowles uses imagery to describe how Gene is trying to now live the life Finny deserved. Because he mad Finny unable to complete normal tasks that he once was, Gene feels as if he must do what he inabled finny too. We see this as he tried on Finny's clothes and soaked in every detail absorbing the mundane tasks that Finny can no longer enjoy. Knowles also uses diction in words and phrases like "deeper", "free", and "happy" to show that Finny was once your average happy teenager, however due to the fall he was taken from the fun he used to have and became a nobody as his identity was now changed. Lastly the details of Gene trying on Finny's clothes really shows the magnitude of the amount of guilt he felt. He was spending his time reminiscing on what once was, full of guilt because he pushed Finny off the tree ending and ruining his childhood.

Devices, Diction, and Details: The Great Gatsby

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-02-22 05:48:10 UTC

Quote: “He stared at me without a word and I knew I had guessed right about those missing hours. I started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm.” (Fitzgerald, 190)

Analysis: F. Scott Fitzgerald the author of The Great Gatsby, states “I started to turn away but he took a step after me and grabbed my arm,” the device used here is imagery since it helps the reader visually see through their imagination what is actually going on through this scene. Fitzgerald before that then wrote, “I knew I had guessed right about those missing hours,” which portrays the hostile diction that led up to Nicks’s arm being grabbed, setting off a negative tone used by Nick Carraway in the novel. The imagery used in the last couple pages of the novel all enhances a very vivid image that shapes the readers understanding to the uptight tone, which then reflects on the diction used with the supporting details.

Devices, Details, and Diction: the alchemist

iharris0939 — 2020-02-22 05:55:04 UTC

Quote: “ another dreamer’ said the ticket seller

Diction: In this part of the story the author uses words like dreamer to show that a lot of people at this time want to travel and explore but are too scared. They want to do what they know will work and don’t like to take chances. They’re all dreamers, and the another emphasizes that they’re common.

Quote: in a part of the story he lists all the things he has learned about shepherding over the past two years.

Detail: The author adds in this small but big detail to emphasize just how much effort and time the kid has put into shepherding. All the things he has learned and all the things he would inevitably give up if he were to follow his dream. He would have to leave the comfort of what he knows to follow what is meant for him.

Quote: “ Just as your grand date taught you. These are good omens. “

Device: metaphor: the king is comparing butterflies to good omen. As well as grasshoppers and lizards and four leaf clovers. He does this because the shepherd has to be able to see them and understand them to find his treasure. His calling. This metaphor gives readers an insight on what the shepherd must do and understand to find his treasure. It’s like a puzzle

Device, Diction, and Detail: Lord of the Flies

mgarza1726 — 2020-02-24 04:16:34 UTC

Quote

“I don’t agree with all Jack said, but with some. ‘Course there isn’t a beast in the forest. How could there be? What would a beast eat?”

“Pig.”

“We eat pig.”
(Golding, 83)

Analysis

Diction: Golding chooses to use many quick questions in order to create a sense of uncertainty on what the “beast” could be. The children are listening to an account from the one of the younger kids about a beast they saw at night. They are trying to rationalize what he might of saw.

Device

In the quote, we also see foreshadowing being employed as the children deduce that a beast able to scare them would have to survive by eating the pigs present on the island. The children are the only ones hunting the pigs which implies that they are the beast that the younger child saw. It also foreshadows the eventual shift from man to beast we see in the children.

Detail

We see the children slowly realizing that they are the most dangerous thing left on the island. The children are aware of a “beast” but are unaware of what the beast it, unaware that the beast is themselves. The quote shows the reader how close the children are to becoming aware of their future.

Literary Theory: Psychological Criticism and Alice

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-02-24 05:48:11 UTC

Quote from Book: “Thats the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,’ said the King, rubbing his hands; ‘so now let the jury-‘ ‘ If any one of them can explain it,’ said Alice, I’ll give him sixpence. I don’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it.’” (Carroll, pg. 140)

Quote from Another Source:
Source: Abigail Muscat
“Despite all the rules normally associated at a tea party and the pleasant socialising also associated with it, the tea party is nothing but a function of chaos in ‘Alice in Wonderland’! There are no rules here, and everyone present at the tea party is operating beyond social constraints.”

MLA citation:
Muscat, Abigail. “Alice in Wonderland Philosophy - What Does It All Mean?” Mookychick, 24 Sept. 2016, www.mookychick.co.uk/opinion/geek-girl/philosophy-alice-in-wonderland.php.

Connection: The first quote referring to the nonsense poem that was read meant to prove Alice guilty, yet at this moment Alice realizes that Wonderland is simply a world of nonsensical situations and beings. Alice has come to the conclusion that she must now leave Wonderland and return to somewhere more logical and fit to her standards. While in Wonderland she couldn’t make sense of anything, no matter how hard she tried to use her intelligence, it was no use. Like at the tea party where normally Alice wouldn’t be around such rude manners, she was here in this instance. Yet once this poem is read to her towards the end of the novel she knows exactly what to do, and that is to go home.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and Blanche

jmitchell8889 — 2020-02-26 02:57:43 UTC

(Williams, 87)
In A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams, Blanche DuBois, the protagonist, is a southern belle with self proclaimed "old-fashioned ideals" (Williams, 91) of how women should act. In the quote below, she plays hard to get with a her date, Mitch. While she very much likes Mitch and his gentle demeanor, she doesn't want to come off as easy by kissing on the first date or showing much affection. She acts coy and innocent now, but in reality, her true self is much more dirty. She pretends to fit the ideal of a respectable, proper woman, yet she is actually quite a degenerate in the eyes of society. She has lost the family business, her previous husband, prays on younger men, and has quite the drinking problem. Much to her internal disappointment, she is not as lady-like as she hopes to appear. Her more modest approach with Mitch is representative of her efforts to curb this unacceptable behavior, yet she falls back on her old habits when she flirts with a young flower boy, displaying that she has not changed and is still just as corrupt as before she arrived in New Orleans.

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2020-02-26 14:29:33 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological Criticism and Humbert

ldavis3994 — 2020-02-26 14:32:30 UTC

Quote: "I recognized a resemblance to the lovely, inane, lost look Lo had when gloating over a new kind of concoction at the soda fountain or mutely admiring my expensive, always tailor-fresh clothes. Deeply fascinated, I would watch Charlotte while she... made that national grimace of feminine resignation... which, in an infantile form, I had seen Lo making herself. We had highballs before turning in, and with their help, I would manage to evoke the child while caressing the mother."
(Nabokov, 76)
Humbert is seen here observing Lolita's mother and the shared characteristics between the mother and daughter, as well as a few being childlike. Although he married Charlotte just to be near her daughter, certain attributes about Charlotte remind him of Lolita. While Lolita is gone away at camp, he satisfies his desires by thinking mainly about the daughter while being with her mother.

Informational Text: Lolita

ldavis3994 — 2020-02-26 18:30:20 UTC

In the informational article "Lolita at 50", Stephanie Metcalf writes about Nabokov's expressive language of Humbert and the psychology behind his pedophilic mindset. She clarifies what the reader is meant to understand about Humber, saying "we are clearly meant to regard Humbert as a moral abomination, and even Humbert eventually concedes (it is one of the book’s most beautiful and unforgettable passages) that in exploiting Lolita he has gratuitously destroyed another human being." Metcalf explains the psychology of Humbert's insanity through his childhood trauma, "a bit of personal mythopoeics put forward by Humbert himself, who believes his (entirely natural) love for a young girl named Annabel when he was a young boy, and its brutally abrupt interruption, explains the origin of his adult nympholepsy."
This connects to the book Lolita by explaining the mindset Nabokov is creating for the reader and the background to Humbert's mental instability.
Source:
https://slate.com/culture/2005/12/the-disgusting-brilliance-of-lolita.html

Device, Diction, and Detail: Lolita

ldavis3994 — 2020-02-26 19:53:51 UTC

Quote:

Literary theory: Archetypal and Julia

ldeleon9186 — 2020-02-27 02:50:08 UTC

Quote: "You thought I was a good Party member. Pure in word and deed. Banners, processions, slogans, games, community hikes all that stuff. And you thought that if I had a quarter of a chance I'd denounce you as a thought-criminal and get you killed off?" (Orwell 197) In 1984 by George Orwell, Julia represents a trickster and a deceiver. Winston originally saw Julia as a "good Party member", due to her being in the Junior Anti-Sex League and a follower of the rules. However, she resented the Party and was not as moral as she was thought to be. She is an expert in tricking everyone around her into thinking that she is one of them. However, Winston is eventually able to see through this. This archetype emphasizes how not everything is quite as it seems, and that there is always more to the story.

Literary Theory: To Kill a Mockingbird

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-02-27 16:58:27 UTC

Quote: "'We decided that it would be best for you to have some feminine influence. It won't be many years, Jean Louise, but before you become interested in clothes and boys-' I could have made several answers to this: Cal's a girl, it would be many years before I would be interested in boys, I would never be interested in clothes... but I kept quiet" (Lee 170).
After observing Scout's (Jean's) unladylike behavior, her Aunt decides to move in with her family in order to be a feminine influence for Scout. She strongly frowns upon how Scout has been brought up by Atticus, where she has been allowed to dress however and play outside instead of being inside with the maid, learning how to cook and sew, things every proper lady should learn to do. Aunt Alexandra believes that if she were to stayover and be a motherly, lady like presence, she could teach Scout all of these things, since Atticus has failed to do so. Scout isn't happy with this, since she doesn't care about looking pretty and boys liking her, she prefers to be outside playing in the dirt, something that society doesn't approve of for young girls. Scout believes that she can learn everything from their maid, Calpurina, but Aunt Alexandra doesn't think so, she believes that there needs to be a "real" feminine presence, only present if she's around.

Device, Diction, and Detail: Atlas Shrugged

dtieso5945 — 2020-02-27 23:30:14 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-02-27 23:37:39 UTC

Quote: "Thinking about it now, I can understand why I was taught to keep away from women. It was wrong for me to express my feelings to Alice. I have no right to think of a woman that way-not yet." (Keyes 85).

This quote reveals to the reader of Charlie's thinking and his interactions with females after his surgery. He is psychologically changing and is slowly adjusting to being around women. He attempts to experience romantic relationships which he has never experienced before. Charlie begins to second guess if he deserves to have love or not as he explores a relationship with Alice.

Literary Theory: Psychological and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

kgonzalez1382 — 2020-02-28 01:52:49 UTC

Quote "Jim never asked no questions, he never said a word; but the way he worked for the next half an hour showed about how he was scared. "

In this scene there's people after Jim and Huck since the women that was being kind and giving Finn snacks knows hes a boy just pretending to be a girl. The psychological part comes when he tells Huck to run Jim knows that if hes caught he'll be beat for running away ( Jim is the slave) This fear makes him shut down and focus in the goal of just getting away from those after them as fast as possible.

Device, Diction, and Detail: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

kgonzalez1382 — 2020-02-28 02:47:46 UTC

Quote: A kind of cold shiver went through me, and then I struck out for her. She was very deep, and I see in a minute there warn’t much chance for anybody being alive in her. I pulled all around her and hollered a little, but there wasn’t any answer; all dead still.
Analysis: Diction:.The use of "her" " isn't talking about an actual human being its talking about the ocean the river and the boat the use of personification conveys Huck and Jim shock of how the feeling of sinking felt alive being so strong and sudden

Details: We can see that Huck and Jim relationship is getting stronger as they have been through many things together

Devices: The author uses personification to help relate ideas and objects to people, allowing for the author to convey his meaning more effectively and the way his characters feel.

Diction Dissection: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

kgonzalez1382 — 2020-02-28 03:12:05 UTC

Quote:
Come, now, what’s your real name?” “Wh—what, mum?”

"What’s your real name? Is it Bill, or Tom, or Bob?—or what is it?” I reckon I shook like a leaf, and I didn’t know hardly what to do. But I says:
“Please to don’t poke fun at a poor girl like me, mum. If I’m in the way here, I’ll—”
“No, you won’t. Set down and stay where you are. I ain’t going to hurt you, and I ain’t going to tell on you, nuther. You just tell me your secret, and trust me. I’ll keep it; and, what’s more, I’ll help you.

Analysis :
In this scene Huck has dressed up as a girl to appear more vulnerable he and Jim figured that people are more willing to open doors and help girls rather than boys so after Huck dresses up he meets and older women he think that she has completely fallen for his trick but truth comes to show she didn't fall for it and was pretending to be tricked she then confronts him to obtain information fro him when it was supposed to be the other way around . She asks for his real names and tries to convince him by saying things like she'll keep his secret.

Informational Text: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

kgonzalez1382 — 2020-02-28 13:55:44 UTC

Quote from story:
"I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn’t lonesome now. I told him I warn’t afraid of him telling the people where I was. I talked along, but he only set there and looked at me; never said nothing. Then I says:
“It’s good daylight. Le’s get breakfast. Make up your camp fire good.”

Quote from online source:
"Just as things become desperate for him, Huck discovers a friend in Jim, with whom he can negotiate the difficulties of nature and of society alike. With characteristic superstition, however, Jim, thinking that Huck was murdered, is afraid that Huck is a ghost."

MLA- Citation:
“Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter 8 Summary & Analysis.” LitCharts, www.litcharts.com/lit/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/chapter-8.

Connection:
Huck was wondering around when he encountered Jim and was he felt relief knowing he wasn't alone , I think both quotes are able to see that Huck just didn't want to be alone and he'd always had an okay relationship with Jim even though Jim was a slave and Jim was a young white boy
I think this scene is the most important scene because of the events that happen when they are together so every a action taken in this scene was detrimental to the entire book and both quotes are able to convey that.

Feminist theory

clandry8909 — 2020-02-28 20:49:29 UTC

Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time is quite the feminist novel. The female protagonist, Meg Murray, is the hero of the story. The patriarchy thrives off of masculinity and the inferiority of women. However, the novel challenges the patriarchy by giving Meg, a female, the responsibility of rescuing her father, a man. By placing a woman into power, the roles of females are redefined. Rather than complying with a role designated by society, Meg determines who she is for herself. She questions things instead of accepting whatever she’s told; she’s curious, intuitive, and intelligent. Society says that women are supposed to accept what they are given, but the empowering female characters L’Engle has written do not succumb to the low, sexist standards of society.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Anna Karenina

thende1309 — 2020-02-28 20:59:47 UTC

Quote: “The Karenins, husband and wife, continued living in the same house, met every day, but were complete strangers to one another. Aleksey Aleksandrovich made it a rule to see his wife every day, so that the servants might have no grounds for suppositions, but avoided dining at home. Vronsky was never at Aleksey Aleksandrovich's house, but Anna saw him away from home, and her husband was aware of it.” (Tolstoy, 404)

Analysis: The Karenins. The happy couple. The golden couple of this community. They aren’t as perfect and happy as people think. Out and about they kept that mask on, but behind closed doors they acted like they’d never met. The bad blood between them was boiling and it seemed to never cool. They even avoided their servants so they wouldn’t attack them with questions. One big thing that the public didn’t know, was of Anna’s continuous visits to Count Vronsky outside of their home. And Aleksey knew about it. It was terrible experience for all three of them, but they had to endure it for the sake of their reputation.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Christopher

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-02-28 21:06:36 UTC

Quote: "I said that it wasn't a proper book because it didn't have a proper ending because I never found out who killed Wellington so the murderer was still At LARGE." (Christopher 52) In the novel the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by Mark Haddon the main character Christopher has to come to the conclusion of needing to end his search of finding the murderer of the dead dog Wellington. He starts to be bothered a little later on, because all he wants to know is who killed Mrs.Shears dog and solve the case. Psychologically all he wants to do is end this search and not have to worry about a murderer on the streets and can kill anyone else any other time.

Feminist theory and Cosette

sduelm0093 — 2020-02-28 21:34:57 UTC

quote: "It is fantine - still beautiful despite her wretchedness."

In Victor Hugo's novel, Les Miserables, Fantine is a character who endures great misfortune. She explains she used to be in love, but he left and she became pregnant, making her a harlot in the eyes of the novel's society. Due to women's' lack of power in comparison to men, following feminist theory, this put fantine into a great poverty when the word was spread.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Okonkwo

mdowning8625 — 2020-02-28 22:15:57 UTC

Quote: “You think you ... say to you” (Achebe 135.)

Analysis: In this quote, Uchendu scolds Okonkwo for sulking about his recent exile. He tries to get Okonkwo back to normal by widening his perspective and reminding him that, in comparison, his suffering is minimal. This reveals a central flaw in Okonkwo’s nature as he has a very rigid mindset and fails to accept or at least consider change and alternative perspectives, which leads to his ultimate demise. This inability to adapt most likely came from, one, his narrow-minded goal of becoming traditionally successful and, two, his achievement of said goal. In this way, he has everything to lose and nothing to gain from change.

Device, Details, and Diction: Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie

saguirremen7590 — 2020-02-28 22:56:24 UTC

Device: In this part of the book, Alexie uses imagery to emphasize the brutality that the Indians were held to in the past. This imagery shows how cruel the soldiers were to Indians and allows for the reader to understand some one of many events that could occur. It reveals that the Indians were defenseless to the soldiers and subject to anything they would do.

Details: The author adds in big and distinct details to further emphasize the impact of such a horrible event. The details also expand on how Big Mom was feeling during the whole event,“wept as the soldiers rode away”. The details used on the soldiers were put for the sole purpose for the reader to understand that it had been the white people, not just any other random tribe or race.

Diction: In this quote, the author uses words like escape and fallen to show the actions going on. Big Mom said, “she saw the future and the past”. She’s referring to the impact of the soldiers in the past and how still as the Indians have no defense, she sees the future as well. Words like, “until one remained” emphasize the severity of the event, and that to which the power the soldiers hold above the Indians.

Literary Theory: Feminist Theory and Micheal

saguirremen7590 — 2020-02-28 23:36:59 UTC

Quote: “Michael, Big Mom said, you run around playing like you’re a warrior. You’re the first to tell an Indian he’s not being Indian enough. How do you know what that means? You need to take care of your people. Smashing your guitar over the head of a white man is just violence. And the white man has always been better at violence anyway. They’ll always be better than you at violence.”

Analysis: In Sherman Alexie's novel, Reservation Blues, Micheal is an enormous, but mentally challenged guy that was just been released from prison. He is the infamous bully throughout the book and always looks for a way to tell someone off. This quote shows Big Mom put Micheal in his place by telling him he will never be as violent as the white people, showing the feminist attribute of Michael. Normally being the strongest male amongst the Indians, yet when up against the white men, Michael is weak and no comparison at all. This inability to be violent loses his foundation of being a man.

Literary Theory: Archetypal, Hercule Poirot

bmanzo4880 — 2020-02-29 00:13:10 UTC

Quote: ""As to who killed him-" ... " but design."
Acknowledgment: The ending of the book, Murder on the Orient Express, is the central point of discussion and deconstruction of this post. Please read the book first if you so wish, I recommend it.
Context: From all of my prior padlet posts, detective Hercule Poirot fulfils the archetype of a hero in Agatha Christie's novel, Murder on the Orient Express. Poirot finds himself in the midst of a mystery on his way to another case. The mystery he finds himself in is of the murder of M. Ratchett, an american criminal named casetti who has fled to europe after buying his way out of jail with the ransom money he collected for the child (of the family name Armstrong, a very wealthy family) he had kidnapped and killed. The only suspects to the murder are the diverse and remarkably different passengers of the train car, and the staff of that car. Poirot must sort though the limited evidence provided from the crime scene, suspect testimonials, and examination of circumstance including the cross examination of all the passengers testimonials, to determine who the murderer is and solve the mystery. Here, in the last chapter of the book, Poirot is naming his conclusions, reveals his second theory (that is implied before being confirmed by the perpetrators) that all the passengers and the conductor Michel killed M. Ratchett, each colluding together in the murder, each getting a stab at Ratchett. Prior to the quote (the relation of the quote to the archetype will be explained in a later section), Poirot, out of a 'guess' in his words, quickly discovers the relations of all the passengers to the Armstrong family. Poirot was able to make this educated guess out of the clues and small details in the passengers speech and actions, using them to inform his conclusion that all the details conflicting so exactly would suggest that the murder was premeditated and coordinated.
Explanation and Analysis: As mentioned in my prior padlet posts, the Hero's Journey archetype is displayed in the novel quite clearly, however is under the mask of a mystery, obscuring the perception of it as archetypal. The part of the Hero's Journey that will be discussed here is the conclusion/resolution of the mystery/journey. The quote shows Poirot's final conclusion, then after being followed by his elaborate and detailed explanation of how he came to that conclusion with respect to all the evidence and information he was able to gather in his journey for the answer. The journey part of the Hero's Journey is filled with the lessons that will be necessary to overcome the final challenge or conflict of the story. In a mystery, the journey is more often called the investigation, looking for the answer to the central problem of the mystery, finding all the many clues that will lead to the discovery of the answers. What makes Murder on the Orient Express a special case in the terms of clues on the journey is how they function as clues in providing the answers to the mystery. The cules are, for nearly all of them, are intentional, being used in a plot as red herrings that are supposed to make the mystery impossible to solve. However, as evidence mounted to no conclusion, the fact that one piece of evidence being unintentional and all the rest for the purpose to make no clear answer, that ambiguity and confusion coupled with the evidence of the letter connecting all the suspects to a clear motive and relation, a premeditated plot to murder Ratchett is made quite obvious. Now, where normally, the morals or lessons being found during the journey, the lesson is found in the final moments of the book. Additionally, the clues or lessons are found to ultimately solve the mystery in a direct and literal fashion, the clues, being all evidence gathered and the fabricated characters of the suspects, in the book contribute to the solution inversely, in that the lack of real clues gave away the game of premeditated murder and revenge. This, in its entirety, is representative of the overall moral or lesson of the work as a whole, the final component to all examples of archetypal literature. That lesson being, multifaceted. Truth be told, there are many important ideas to the book as a whole, from questions of morality and justice, trial by jury, and the insufficiencies and inconsistencies of law and the justice system. All of these ideas pose the reader to draw their own conclusions and considerations for the questions, but the message relating to the archetype is (still related to those questions), the pursuit of "justice" as payment for serious injustice and wrong is not excluded from it's own crimes, but, being an act of justice, the objective truth of crime is hidden through those driven efforts for "justice".

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-02-29 00:40:22 UTC

Quote: "Silence answered; but in a minute or two he caught a sound on the stairs and saw a line of light about the door-frame, as he had seen it the night before. So strange was the precision with which the incidents of the previous evening were repeating themselves that he half expected, when he heard the key turn, to see his wife before him on the threshold; but the door opened, and Mattie faced him...."Well, Matt, any visitors?" he threw off, stopping down carelessly to examine the fastening of the stove. She nodded and laughed "Yes, one," and he felt a blackness settling on his brows. "Who was that?" he questioned, raising himself up to slant a glance at her beneath his scowl. Her eyes danced with malice. "Why, Jotham Powell. He came in after he got back, and asked for a drop of coffee before he went down home." The blackness lifted and light flood Ethan's brain. "that all? Well, I hope you mad out to let him have it." And after a pause he felt it right to add: "I suppose he got Zeena over to the flats all right?" "Oh, yes; in plenty of time." The name threw a chill between them, and they stood a moment looking sideways at each other before Mattie said with a shy laugh, "I guess it's about time for supper"" (Wharton, 33-34).

Analysis: Ethan Frome feels so tied to his wife but also so in love with Mattie that he sometimes struggles o separate one feeling from the other. The fear he feels in Mattie possibly being sent away because of Zenna finding out about his and Mattie's love gnaws at him and seems to sneak it's way into every conversation Mattie and Frome have, despite the topic of conversation. Mattie also seems to feel her inevitable leave is coming, but she seems to take it better and accept it while savoring what time she has left with Frome. Mattie and Frome's entire relationship is built upon the nagging sense of the end as soon as Zeena decides to take action against them.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Ishmael Beah

vpenn9398 — 2020-02-29 00:44:53 UTC

Quote: "Two weeks earlier, Leslie had told me that I was to be 'repatriated' and reinstated into normal society. I was to live with my uncle. Those two weeks felt longer than the eight months I had spent at Benin Home. I was worried about living with a family. I had been on my own for years and had taken care of myself without any guidance from anyone.I was afraid that I might look ungrateful to my uncle, who didn't have to take me in, if i distanced myself from the family unit. I was worried about what to do when my nightmares and migraines took hold of me." (179)

Analysis: Ishmael Beah, his personal journey, from being a child soldier to a advocate against child soldiers. His journey first starts as a simple preteen growing up in a rural Sierra Leone town. He is than picked up by the army and turned into a ruthless child solider. After surviving, he is than "rescued" and rehabilitated. This process takes awhile, as he must cope with his demons of the past and keep them at bay. After being resettled with extended family, Beah becomes a speaker and educator about the affects of war on children. Also being an advocate against child soldiers.

Literary Theory: Psychological and The Talented Mr.Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-02-29 02:19:22 UTC

Quote: "He hated becoming Thomas Ripley again, hated being nobody, hated putting on his old set of habits again, and feeling the people looked down on him and were bored with him unless he put on an act for them like a clown, feeling incompetent and incapable of doing anything himself except entertaining people for minutes at a time" (Highsmith, 179).
Analysis: The police are on to him, or "Dickie Greenleaf" that is, as the search for the "missing" Tom Ripley. He knows what he must do to keep himself safe and plans to go anywhere but Rome. As he packs for his trip, he has a moment to reflect on himself, even having a moment of true feeling, fear, which makes him all the more terrified. However, what bothers him the most is having to be himself once again. We are shown the hatred he has for himself, the character he plays for others, the real Tom Ripley for all to admire only when he is putting on his act. He knows himself for the low life con artist he is and wishes more than anything to be something more, something in the dreams of an average American. Tom has been willing to do anything to make that dream come true, but to go on he'll have to leave another character behind.

Literary Theory: Marxism and Pip

cdunkle2773 — 2020-02-29 02:27:59 UTC

Quote attached below as well.
Quote:
"I had grand Ideas of the wealth and importance of ships in the City, and I began to think with awe, of having laid a young insurer on his back, blackened his enterprising eye, and cut his responsible head open. But, again, there came upon me, for my relief, that odd impression that Herbert Pocket would never be very successful or rich" (Dickens 22.72).

Analysis:
In this section Charles Dickens plays with the idea and social class, changing the roles a little. Pip seems to believe that he has a good idea of who becomes successful in their life and who doesn't. Needless to say, though, Pip has never experienced what it is like to truly have wealth and power, and therefor has no voice in the matter. Because Pip has only experienced poverty and and endless struggle for survival he has never been exposed to the effort it takes to become successful in the world. So, how did he know that Herbert had no chance when he himself has never seen that world other than the people of wealth that are around him? Dickens also includes an allusion here, the "City," in which the wealthy are often found. This is important because it ties the class separation discussed throughout the novel into this particular excerpt.

Literary Theory: Psychological and A separate Peace

jleal9007 — 2020-02-29 02:38:38 UTC

Quote: “I don’t know, I must have just lost my balance. It must have been that. I did have this idea, this feeling that when you were standing there beside me, y— I don’t know, I had a kind of feeling. But you can’t say anything for sure from just feelings. And this feeling doesn’t make any sense. It was a crazy idea, I must have been delirious. So I just have to forget it. I just fell.”

Analysis: This quote shows psychological criticism because there is an underlying message of regret. Gene is trying to ask what Finny remembers from the fall to see if he already knows that it is because of him. This is similar to us asking our mom if she checked our grades before revealing we have a B. He was testing the waters to see what Finny already knew. Gene then proceeds to tell Finny what really happened what sends him into shock. Rather than bringing a resolution to the problem, Gene realizes he is causing Finny more harm than if he didn't know at all. There is a hidden message know that ignorance is bliss. Sometimes knowing less is knowing better. If gene didn't tell Finny that he pushed them off the tree, their friendship may have been better off.

Literary Theory: Gender and Amanda

vstuart1977 — 2020-02-29 02:51:19 UTC

Quote: “That’s right, now that you’ve had made us make such fools of ourselves. The effort, the preparations, all the expense! The new floor lamp, the rug, the clothes for Laura! All for what? To entertain another girls fiancé! Go to the movies, go! Don’t think about us, a mother deserted, an unmarried sister who’s crippled and has no job! Don’t let anything interfere with your selfish pleasure! Just go, go, go - to the movies!” (Williams, 96)
In this speech Amanda admits everything that she refused to in the rest of the play, her and Lauras need for Tom to stay, the unlikeliness of Laura marrying, and Toms similarity to his father. All of this family’s issues are rooted in stereotypical gender roles, and the failure of introducing the Gentleman Caller to Laura is the straw that breaks the camels back, cementing Laura as unable to marry and pushing Tom out of the house.

Psychological Theory: Lord of the Flies

mgarza1726 — 2020-02-29 03:51:12 UTC

“His mind was crowded with memories; memories of the knowledge that had come to them when they closed in on the struggling pig, knowledge that they had outwitted a living thing, imposed their will upon it, taken away its life like a long satisfying drink.”

Jack is relishing in the hunt and enjoys taking the life of animals. This a complete contrast to the Jack who originally struggled to hurt an animal. The psychological effect of their situation is taken its toll on the mind of Jack who has reverted to a primal mindset. He views hunting as a rewarding game in which his victories saturate the thirst he feels to kill. He has become a beast in a sense, no longer bound by human emotion.

Literary theory: The 1984 Marxist theory

mwilliams1297 — 2020-02-29 03:54:07 UTC

Quote: "The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were- cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just round the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?"

Analysis: big brother uses the Marxist theory Throughout the entire book, the dystopian society Is set on a higher power which puts down the entire working class. This quote is used to explain this form of communism and in comparison to other communism, such as the german Nazi party.

Gender Theory in 🤬 out of Carolina

amoore3130 — 2020-02-29 04:02:16 UTC

Now and in the 1950's, the period where Bone, the main character of 🤬 out of Carolina, grew up in, young girls' minds are tainted by societies beauty standards. In the novel, Bone laments to herself that she "wanted to be more like the girls in storybooks, princesses with pale skin and tender hearts" (Allison, 536) and she "hated being nothing like the pretty girls with their delicate features and slender, trembling frames" (Allison, 537). Bone is not ugly by any means. Throughout the novel, her family praises her for her jet black hair, deep eyes, and strong features, all things Bone herself hates. Bone, just like girls today, is exposed to media which establishes a standard for beautiful women. This standard, even after 70 years, has not changed much. Young women still strive to be thin, small and pale, some unfortunately starving themselves in order to check all the boxes. Not only is Bone impacted by the media's opinion, but she is also impacted by the opinion of men, namely her stepdad, Glen. Despite being constantly complimented by her female family members, Bone only seems to hear Glen, who has called her ugly on multiple occasions, talked down upon her, and stared at her with disgust. Now and back then, women often base their self worth and their ideals of beauty off of what men want and desire, not what they personally want.

Literary Theory: Gender/ Feminism Theory and Jordan Baker

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-02-29 04:19:03 UTC

Quote: “a slender, small-breasted girl with an erect carriage which she accentuated by throwing her body backward at the shoulders like a young cadet” (Fitzgerald 26).

In the novel, The Great Gatsby, the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes about the summer of 1922. During this time frame women were not equal to men, and they were commonly seen as objects. Nick Carraway refers to Jordan Baker in such disrespect in the way that he talks about her feminine features and nothing else. This just emphasizes the true thoughts of men at the time, especially since men felt so much better than women in their intelligence, thought process, and way of living. The men felt as if women shouldn't have a say in anything because they were there for the males pleasures and nothing more.

Literary Theory: Gender/ Feminism Theory and The Color Purple

nstevens3827 — 2020-02-29 04:34:10 UTC

Quote: "The Olinka do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is
nothing to herself, only to her husband can she become something.
What can she become? I asked.
Why, she said, the mother of his children.
But I am not the mother of anybody’s children, I said, and I am something.
You are not much, she said." (Walker 76)

In the novel, The Color Purple, the author, Alice Walker, shares the story of a young girl who is subjected to abuse, racism and sexual assault. This quote depicts the essence of just how the people viewed women at the time. They discriminated females and believed that they were nothing with out a man. Throughout the novel, the protagonist, Celie, demonstrates the intense struggle for gender equality against unjust discrimination.

Literary Theory: Psychological, The Fault in Our Stars

msantos0805 — 2020-02-29 04:35:23 UTC

Quote:" According to Maslow, I was stuck on the second level of the pyramid, unable to feel secure in my health and therefore unable to reach for love and respect and art and whatever else, which is, of course utter 🤬: The urge to make art or contemplate philosophy does not go away when you are sick. Those urges just become transfigured by illness." (pg. 213)

In the novel, The Fault in Our Stars, the author John Green, writes about Hazel's insecurities that come with being ill and disable. Maslow's Theory as referred to in the book could be considered a psychological approach as her meeting ends with her insecurities in efforts to overcome them. We see this pattern of insecurities frequently throughout the book as she fears falling in love with Augusts Waters due to her feeling she I anything but capable of love because of her circumstances. This ongoing battle in her head causes for her to overthink most things.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory and The Oedipus Cycles

hcranston8435 — 2020-02-29 04:44:57 UTC

Quote: “But she was born of heaven, and you are woman, woman-born.” Antigone, Scene IV

I chose this quote as I believe it is a direct reflection of society’s idealistic image of women. We always compare one woman to another, and no matter who we compare ourselves and others to, we will never reach the impossible standards set by society. In this scene, the chorus is talking to Antigone, telling her that she is not a perfect woman, for she has sinned by being related to Oedipus. This is yet another example of unattainable standards set for women, as it is not possible to control who your biological father is, nor what he does.

Marxist Theory In 1984

awheeler8626 — 2020-02-29 04:45:17 UTC

Quote: “Chapter 1 ... entirely irreconcilable” (Orwell 184).

Analysis: This quote directly discusses the structures of society throughout time. Goldstein believes that there will always be distinctions between people at equilibrium based on classes. His outlook on the world is a cynical parallelism to Marxist Theory as some are destined to be fortunate while others will get taken advantage of. In such a dystopian setting it is surely difficult to stay optimistic as your efforts are guaranteed to have a neutral net effect. This passage in conjunction with Marxist Theory directly highlights the grim plight faced by the characters of 1984 and serves as a warning to real world society as we hope newer to find ourselves in such a state: if we haven’t already.

Psychological Theory: Invisible Man

mmartinez9827 — 2020-02-29 04:50:06 UTC

Quote: "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. Like the bodiless heads you see sometimes in circus sideshows, it is as though I have been surrounded by mirrors of hard, distorting glass. When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves or figments of their imagination, indeed, everything and anything except me." (Ralph Ellison)

Analysis: This quote shows how being invisible effected the main character of the book. He felt as if he wasn't even real and that despite himself being literally invisible that just no one could even acknowledge that he was even there. This took a phycological tole on his through out the book and could be a reason as to why he has a very self based morals system and does what he must to protect himself only.

Gender Theory in The Handmaid's Tale

kparks6725 — 2020-02-29 05:01:54 UTC

Quote :“ Look at him slicing up the carrots.Don’t you know how many women's lives,how many women's bodies,the tanks had to roll over just to get this far? Hobby,schmobby,my mother would say .You don’t have to make excuses to me .Once upon a time you wouldnt be allowed a hobby ,theyd have called you queer.”

Analysis: In the handmaid's tale the main theme throughout the entire book is conforming to the stereotypical gender roles. This quote occurs in the time before the Republic of Gilead took over most of the United States. This shows that even before all the crazy religiously conservative measure were put into affect people where subject to assumptions based on actions. The fact the Luke is cooking here compares to the vast difference of what the men of Gilead do. Being that they are in the traditional role like working and providing for the family whereas the women are the ones who are forced to cook and clean again.

Literary Theory: Marxist in "1984"

marmstrong7916 — 2020-02-29 05:18:53 UTC

Quote: "The word free still existed in Newspeak, but it could only be used in such statements as "This dog is free from lice" or "This field is free from weeds." It could not be used in its old sense of "politically free" or "intellectually free," since political and intellectual freedom no longer existed even as concepts, and were therefore of necessity nameless. Quite apart from the suppression of definitely heretical words, reduction of vocabulary was regarded as an end in itself, and no word that could be dispensed with was allowed to survive." (Orwell, p.256)

Analysis: In this excerpt from George Orwell's "1984", his story begins to directly & strongly correlate to the Marxist Theory. This interpretation allows for us as readers to take advantage of this background-information slight-of-hand that he suggests subtly with his tone and assumptions. In the quote above, the narrator explains how the word 'free' has been socially outlawed, along with a collection of other words deemed necessary to society. The literal reading of this quote allows us to infer that there is a strict, high-level society playing a part in this role. This further leads us to question who this society is, and how they have the dictatorial power to filter these basically-humane rights of the normal citizens. I believe that the Marxist Theory relates very strongly to this section in particular if we draw a direct connection between the upper-class/lower-class idea of Marxism and the dictatorship/citizen roles respectively. This is a classic example in which the power-hungry society is controlling all aspects of basic living for its constituents.

Literary Theory: Gender in Atlas Shrugged

dtieso5945 — 2020-02-29 05:34:47 UTC

Quote: "One by one, the men who had built new towns in Colorado, had departed into some silent unknown, from which no voice or person had yet returned... One after another, the men had vanished. There had been a pattern about it, which she felt, but could not define; she had become able to predict, almost with certainty, who would go next and when; she was unable to grasp the "why?" (Rand, 352)

Analysis: In Atlas shrugged, a big unresolved issue is the perspective of intelligent woman in the role of leading and running the society. Referenced often in the book is peoples judgement and indirect disgust at Dagny Taggart and her role in running a widespread railroad company. Even though she is only Vice President of the company, her own brother being President, she is the one who makes all of the important decisions and paperwork. Many people are aware of this and are never pleased to hear about this, often questioning why she is doing a mans job. As the quote says, men from across the country are disappearing and not returning, no one knowing where they went. Dagny is able to see the connection between the men, all people who have made a huge impact in creating the towns and businesses around them. However, as the author repeatedly uses the word "men" or "man" in this quote, she emphasizes the fact that Dagny herself does not consider her to possibly be apart of the pattern of disappearances because she is a woman. Even though all other qualities of herself fit the part, the sole fact that she is a woman throws out the idea that she could possibly disappear next, as she subconsciously gives in to her role of a woman in the order of importance in their society.

Lit. Theory : Psychological: The Catcher and the Rye.

yantwi8542 — 2020-02-29 05:36:57 UTC

Quote: " You remember I said before that Ackley was a slob in his personal habits? Well, so was Stradlater, but in a different way. Stradlater is more of a secret slob. He always looked all right, Stradlater, but for instance, you should've seen the razor he shaved himself with. It was always rusty as hell and full of lather and hairs and 🤬. He never cleaned it or anything. He always looked good when he was finished fixing himself up, but he was a secret slob anyway, if you knew him the way I did..." (4.2)

Analysis : WHat makes this psychological in my opinion is the fact that Holden is in a way lying to himself about how he view himself and everyone around him. FOr instance, he has on multiple occasions called Stradlater mean, yet he still enjoys being around him. Holden probably believes he enjoys being around Stradlater because at the end of the day, he knows Stradlater is putting up a front, just like him. What makes it more interesting is the fact that it's hypocritical things like this that make Holden use the word "phony" a lot, but that would make him a hypocrite as well.

Literary theory: archetypal / The Alchemist

iharris0939 — 2020-02-29 05:41:42 UTC

Later in the book the book becomes an example of the archetypal hero/ quest journey. Although in the book the hero is actually just Santiago, the shepherd, and he’s traveling the deserts to the pyramids to find his treasure. Santiago is also the damsel in distress in a way because he is faced with multiple obstacles he must face and overcome himself to fulfill his personal legend. Along his journey, Santiago comes across the alchemist who is waiting for him. Although before revealing himself to Santiago he throws a bunch of obstacles and challenges in his way for him to overcome. He tests him multiple times to see just how strong he is. Eventually Santiago overcomes all the odds and the alchemist reveals his true identity.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminism and Edna Pontellier Part 3

lbomer8578 — 2020-03-01 03:53:28 UTC

Quote: " “Pontellier,” said the Doctor, after a moment’s reflection, “let your wife
alone for a while. Don’t bother her, and don’t let her bother you. Woman,
my dear friend, is a very peculiar and delicate organism—a sensitive and
highly organized woman, such as I know Mrs. Pontellier to be, is especially
peculiar. It would require an inspired psychologist to deal successfully with
them. And when ordinary fellows like you and me attempt to cope with
their idiosyncrasies the result is bungling. Most women are moody and
whimsical. This is some passing whim of your wife, due to some cause or
causes which you and I needn’t try to fathom (Chopin, 71).

Analysis: Kate Chopin adds commentary through the wise doctor that women, in general, are viewed as emotional and so different from men that they are impossible to understand. The doctor tries to reassure Edna's husband that she is no different than other women, and this is ironic as it is a way to rationalize her "alien" behavior, though she is at least just as smart as the men or more so. It draws attention to the rift between the genders at the time that are divided purely by stereotypes and notions about each other, which alienates them further instead of bringing them closer together.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Dr. Grant

clindley0767 — 2020-03-02 20:42:31 UTC

Quote: "Grant had a clear feeling of intelligence from this creature, a kind of softness which contrasted strangely with the menace he had felt from the adults in the pen. He stroked the head of the velociraptor, hoping to calm it. He looked down at the body, which was shivering slightly as the tranquilizer took hold. And he saw it was a male" (Crichton 296).
Analysis: From reading over the multitude of sections from Crichton's Jurassic Park, one can clearly see his profound respect for the power of nature, from it's violent ways to its gentle care. In the quote, Dr. Grant, although being attacked by the juvenile raptor moments before, seems to take some amount of pity upon the creature after tranquilizing it, and almost a sense of profound respect. Instead of tranquilizing the raptor and walking away, he takes the time to analyze it, and even attempt to comfort the poor creature. This careful detail Crichton added into Dr. Alan Grant's character in hopes of portraying what his own actions would be if placed in Alan's scenario. Much like how during hunting for food most hunters take the time to thank the kill for supplying them with sustenance, Dr. Grant takes the time to acknowledge that although extremely dangerous, these organisms are still living breathing creatures, and can be seen as misunderstood. The creatures on Isla Nublar are simply only fueled by primal instinct, such as hunting or reproducing, and are only attacking the human characters because they see them as either a source of food or in their territory. Much like how sharks only attack humans because of mistakes such as accidentally identifying them as lone seals. Crichton shows his deep psychological connection to nature yet again by allowing there to be a period of profound understanding and wonder within this collection of horrific events.

Literary Theory: Gender and Lord of the Flies

spryor3017 — 2020-03-03 15:08:04 UTC

Quote: “Eyes shining, mouths open, triumphant, they savored the right of domination,” (Golding, pg. 29)

Analysis: Here, this quote shows that the all-male group have a primitive right to dominate and to subdue any prey they feel so compelled to. In this instance, the boys savor the brutal murder of the mother sow on the island. Golding carefully chose a male group to represent inevitable savagery, as this particular gender is traditionally considered to be the proud, strong, oppressive group willing to bend or break any will with the brute force of masculinity, in all of its surged might. With this extreme depiction, Golding demonstrates to the audience that perhaps the roles men must adhere to are extreme. Golding illustrates images of men passionately killing, of men fighting and plotting against one another for individual gains. These images are to make the audience uncomfortable, and force them to view these innocent school boys in the light of treacherous masculinity that they are expected to mature into.

Lord of the Flies: Feminist Literary Theory #1

azacarias6135 — 2020-03-04 02:31:40 UTC

Quote: The symbolic 🤬 of the sow can be seen within the novel through the following quote, “the hunters followed, wedded to her lust, excited by the long chase in the dropped blood” Through this we can see Feminist Literary theory because is it expected that a sexual predator is a male in society and that their prey is in fact female. Continued, “...she squealed and buckled and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror... Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward...Roger began to push ‘till he was leaning with his whole weight..The sow collapsed under them and they were heavy and fulfilled upon her.” This displays feminist theory because the killing of the sow as well as the impaling of the pig head represents male dominance. (A sow is a female pig and the killing of it shows how male dominance is formed from putting women/ female things down)

Lord of the Flies: Gender Literary Theory #2

azacarias6135 — 2020-03-04 02:43:27 UTC

Jack is trying to act as the male alpha towards Ralph by demeaning his work ethic and attempting to be seen and more masculine. This can be seen on page 94, “ ‘You haven’t got the conch,’ he said ‘Sit down.’ Jacks face went so white that the freckles showed up clear, brown flecks. He kicked his lips and remained standing. ‘This is a hunters job.’” Through this gender literary theory can be viewed because Jack has a superiority complex and doesn’t want the others to have control. His toxic masculinity comes through when speaking to Ralph.

Lord of the Flies: Feminist Literary Theory #3

azacarias6135 — 2020-03-04 12:49:04 UTC

Throughout the book the characters frequently downplay women as weak and the one slight ‘feminine character’ is treated poorly by the others. Piggy who is shown to think throughly about ideas, plans can be caring towards others and is bullied for exhibiting those feelings and not be ‘tough and strong’ like the rest of the males characters. In Chapter 2 Piggy deals with the immaturity of the boys. When they leave to play around and Piggy is left on the island to build all by himself, as the boys run off he yells at them, “Acting like a crowd of kids!” to the rest of the characters Piggy most likely annoys the them and is like a mother like figure due to trying to get everyone to do their part without them wanting to do so. Later in the book they come to realize they should have listened. This applies to the feminist literary theory because Piggy is portrayed as the ‘annoying mom character‘ to the reader and to do that they give him feminine like characteristics when the reality is Piggy was only trying to save his friends.

literary theory #1 : Pride and Prejudice/ marxism

mfloressala2539 — 2020-03-04 16:03:58 UTC

Quote: "...single, my dear, to be sure! a single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. what a fine thing for our girls!"
Analysis: After Jane Bennet (Elizabeth's sister) charms Mr. Bingley, a fine wealthy guy, Mrs. Bennet tries to steer Mr. Collins towards Elizabeth, when he seeks a wife among the Bennet daughters. Much to her mother's dismay, Elizabeth declines Mr. Collins proposal because she does not care about the money, she wants to hold out for love. This proves that back then if you were a single woman, and wanted a good "reputation" you had to get married with a guy who was wealthy enough to give you that, otherwise you just brought dishonor to your family.

Literary theory #2 Pride and Prejudice / Gender (feminism)

mfloressala2539 — 2020-03-05 02:17:55 UTC

Quote: "Oh! Mr. Bennet , you are wanted immediately, we are all in an uproar. You must come and make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not have him."

Analysis: this quote is spoken by Mrs. Bennet when she hears that Elizabeth has rejected Mr. Collins. The quote shows that Mrs. Bennet does not think her daughter has the right to choose whom she marries. She hopes that her husband, Mr. Bennet will back her up, and while her cry for help ironic given Mr. Bennet's personality, it is also revealing of gender roles at the time. Fathers usually had unlimited authority over their daughters, and it wouldn't be strange for a man to make his daughters marry someone if the arrangement benefited the family.

Quote #2: " I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any."

Analysis: Elizabeth says this to Darcy after he explains the high standards he has for women and the skills he expects them to possess. Elizabeth sarcastically points out that his expectations are unrealistic and unfair, but Mr Darcy won't change his mind and will instantly assume that if the woman doesn't meet his expectations, she is inadequate for him. Elizabeth challenges him and shows him that she is not afraid of him and believes that her opinion is just as valid as his.

Literary Theory: gender Theory and Mitch

jmitchell8889 — 2020-03-05 02:31:54 UTC

"Mitch: I like you to be exactly the way you are, because in all my-experience-I have never known anyone like you." (Williams 87) and at the bottom (Williams 94)
As evident in both quotes, Mitch breaks free from the typical male stereotype of the 1950's. He is more reserved, gentle, and polite. While the women in this play are typically subservient to men, Mitch is more subservient to the women in his life. In his relationship with Blanche, he is willing to let her take the reins and set the pace out of respect. Additionally, he spend most of his time at home caring for his sick mother whom he loves deeply and worries over constantly. Even when he must break up with Blanche as a result of discovering her dark past, he isn't irate and violent, he is more hurt and disappointed. He desperately wishes to embrace her, but can't bring himself to believe her lies anymore. Unlike other men in the play Mitch expresses his sensitivity and vulnerability, even in front of the other guys. He goes so far as to rebel against the Stanley, the alpha male, and break down sobbing when Blanche is being taken away.

Informational Text / Pride and Prejudice

mfloressala2539 — 2020-03-05 03:33:42 UTC

Quote from the book: "I am not romantic, you know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home."

Quote from the article: "Although almost everyone marries by the end of the novel, some of the women of Elizabeth’s world are not as well-matched with their husbands as she is with hers. Unlike Elizabeth and Darcy’s affectionate relationship, many characters in the story make marriages of convenience. The monetary and social stability that the marriage offers women is more important than the compatibility of the spouses."

MLA Citation: “Pride & Prejudice and the Purpose of Marriage.” Pride & Prejudice and the Purpose of Marriage | Forbes and Fifth | University of Pittsburgh, www.forbes5.pitt.edu/article/pride-prejudice-and-purpose-marriage.

Connection: The speaker from the book is Elizabeth's friend, and she's explaining why she decided to accept Mr. Collins proposal, she did not do it for love but because she wanted social stability, just like the article said, at the end of the book we can see that a lot of the women in Elizabeth's life got married, but she was the only one that actually did it for love and not for convenience, which means that they won't be as happy as Elizabeth.

Devices, diction, details and theme/ Pride and Prejudice

mfloressala2539 — 2020-03-05 03:54:07 UTC

Quote: "From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry."

Analysis: Austen uses diction to let the readers know what Elizabeth thought of Mr. Darcy, she describes him as an arrogant, selfish man who has no manners, and thinks everyone is inferior. She also uses foreshadowing when she says that the instant she met him, she knew he was the last man "she could ever be prevailed on to marry." this makes the reader think that they will end up together.

Literary Theory #3 Psychological

mfloressala2539 — 2020-03-05 04:27:15 UTC

Quote: "I cannot forget the follies and vices of others so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself."

Analysis: Mr. Darcy says these words to Elizabeth during her stay at Netherfield. Both Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth speak against their prideful nature. These words display Mr. Darcy's integrity, honesty, though filled with pride and his lack of self-awareness, leaving Elizabeth surprised after observing his arrogance.

Literary Theory: To Kill a Mockingbird

sfloreswall9015 — 2020-03-05 17:26:25 UTC

Quote: “This time, I split my knuckle to the bone on his front teeth. My left impaired, I sailed in with my right, but not for long. Uncle Jack pinned my arms to my sides and said, ‘Stand still’” (Lee 43).

This quote shows Scout breaking the stereotype of how women should act in the 1930s. Women were expected to act lady like and Scout does the exact opposite by getting in a fist fight with her cousin. She instead “acts like a man” and shows her courage by standing up for her father and blowing a few hits onto her cousin, breaking the barrier society has placed for her to behave and look like a proper lady. She doesn’t worry about what people will think of her and doesn’t let what society tells her what she should be define her, she is her own person and does what she thinks is right, even if it’s not in the eyes of society. Although fighting isn’t “right,” the fact that she is escaping from the cookie cutter mold that society is confining her to is significant because she isn’t allowing society to brainwash and turn her into someone she is not. She chooses to stand up to her cousin in the way she sees as best fit, ignoring feminine standards and stereotypes.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and The Gentleman Caller

vstuart1977 — 2020-03-06 01:47:06 UTC

Quote:
Jim: “You say that you even dreaded to walk to class. You see what you did? You dropped out of school, you gave up an education because of a clump, which as far as I know was practically non-existent! A little physical defect is what you have. Hardly noticeable even! Magnified thousand of times by imagination! You know what my advice to you is? Think of yourself as superior in some way!” (Williams, 81)
In the last scene of The Glass Menagerie the Gentleman Caller, named Jim, is introduced and he is the most Normal™️ character ever. He was popular in highschool, works at the factory with Tom, takes night classes, and cheats on his wife! Your average Joe. But thats what supposed to set him so far apart from the rest of the characters, he (comparatively) is happy with his life, something that none of the Wingfields could say abut themselves. In the quote above he’s telling Laura about how much she puts herself down about her small disability and shyness and he’s completely right. He shows Laura a way out, one that she seemingly considers for a moment before she finds out he’s engaged. He presents an option besides simply trying to escape her issues, as she uses her glass figures as a distraction from everyday life, and when he kisses her he gives her hope for a better future (even though that does mean her mother was right). But when he says he wont call and leaves Lauras hope leaves with him. Jim is seemingly the most well adjusted character, able to analyze not only his own psyche, but Laura and Toms as well, despite his cheating ways.

Literary Theory: Gender/Feminism and Edna Pontellier

lbomer8578 — 2020-03-06 14:56:09 UTC

Quote: "She answered her husband with friendly evasiveness, --- not with any fixed design to mislead him, only because all sense of reality had gone out of her life; she had abandoned herself to Fate, and awaited the consequences with indifference" (Chopin, 140).
Analysis: As Edna becomes internally further removed from her society around her, she finds it easy to go against the conventions of being a respectable and admirable wife of the times. Edna stays at home thinking fondly of family friend Robert in secret, because she's taken a liking to him. The line "awaited the consequences with indifference" shows she knows it's not respectable to seek another man and ignore her own established family. This quote brings forth her thoughts that she is naturally independent and opens the eyes of women who are free yet constricted by social conventions. Chopin includes this to tie back into the novel's main theme of women's freedom and individuality.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Ralph vs. the Group in Lord of the Flies

spryor3017 — 2020-03-06 19:58:45 UTC

Quote: “What are we? Humans? Or animals? Or savages? What's grown-ups going to think?” (Golding, pg. 79)

Analysis: Here, this quote shows that the reasonably-thinking boy of the group, Ralph, is trying to rationalize with the rest of the group about their questionable behaviors. Ralph continuously tries to use sense and good thinking as a base for how the island should be ran, however the impulsivity of the remaining adolescents pull the team in a different direction. On an island, there are no grown ups to direct you into a timed schedule nor socially benefitting tasks. Instead of trying to remain in this form of productive good-will as Ralph does, the group decides to run with what little freedom they’ve been given to the opposite direction. By this, Golding means to say that more often than not, people will act to their own contentment and desires instead of what they know to be actually appropriate. As a basis, humans will want to act on their own free will rather be constrained to some sort of disciplinary or limiting idea.

Literary Theory: Gender theory in 🤬 out of Carolina

amoore3130 — 2020-03-06 21:33:58 UTC

In 🤬 out of Carolina, the main character's mom tells an anecdote about her recently deceased sister. She tells Bone, the protagonist, that while Ruth was pregnant, "Ruth just took on so, laughed and sang and made her own baby clothes. Then, one time, I asked her why she acted so happy, Told me it was proof. Being pregnant was proof that some man thought you were pretty sometime, and the more babies she got, the more she knew she was worth something. I just about cried, and at the same time I wanted to hit her for talking like that, talking like she wasn't worth something on her own" (Allison, 598). This quote shows the unfortunate standard society has for women. Society often believes that a good woman is a pretty woman. Society tends to fetishize women. This is evident in the media. Many action and horror movies, arguably enjoyed predominantly by men, often have at least one big breasted character in skimpy clothes that serves the function as eye candy. Many horror movies have a sex scene that adds nothing to the plot. Men are shameless when they talk about women, their bodies, and who they perceive as pretty or ugly. These standards often cause self esteem issues for women, much like Ruth in the novel has. Because of men and their standards, Ruth does not love herself, instead needing her husband to prove shes beautiful by having sex with her and getting her pregnant. Although the self love movement is getting stronger every day, many young girls still struggle with image issues similar to Ruth's.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Christopher

zkhalaf3557 — 2020-03-06 21:44:05 UTC

Quote: "I said I didn't like the idea that the murderer was still At large. I said I didn't like to think that the person who killed Wellington could be living somewhere nearby and I might meet him when I went out for a walk at night. And this was possible because a murderer was usually committed by a person who was known to the victim."(Christopher 52) In the curious incident of the dog in the night-time, Christopher the main character starts to overthink on and on about what he's going to do and isn't sure if there is anything to do, because he has no lead or evidence to pin point someone specific. This is psychologically getting to Christopher, because there is a possibility that he knows the murderer or it's someone near him that he doesn't know yet. By trying to get over this murder it is still very difficult for him, because the paranoia going on in his head waning to disobey his fathers orders and trying to go find the murderer himself. Although he will get in huge trouble the murder keeps getting to him and doesn't want a murderer on the streets that can kill anyone at any time of the day.

Literary Theory: Feminism/ Gender Theory and The Color Purple

nstevens3827 — 2020-03-06 22:15:40 UTC

Quote: "The Olinka do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this, she said: A girl is
nothing to herself, only to her husband can she become something.
What can she become? I asked.
Why, she said, the mother of his children.
But I am not the mother of anybody’s children, I said, and I am something.
You are not much, she said. The missionary’s drudge." (Walker; 76)

In the novel, The Color Purple, Alice Walker shows how wrongly women were treated just by their sexual identity, and how they were so easily identified by other people. The novel demonstrates how women were treated as a man's property. The inhumanity of allowing another human being to own someone else is the normal in Walker's novel. The women are tricked into initially believing that they are not anything except the mother of a man's children, and without a man, they are nothing. Gender discrimination is demonstrated throughout this entire novel as women are constantly sexually and physically harassed, old and young.

Catcher and the Rye: Marxist theory

yantwi8542 — 2020-03-06 23:10:28 UTC

Quote : “...it's (the world) is full of phonies. And all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day.”

Analysis

This presents Marxist theory because it shows Holden highly disregards his economic status and doesn’t associate himself with a high economic status. Although he doesn’t want to fit in with the “phonies” a part of him clearly does because he doesn’t want to be seen as “different” with his economic status. -

Literary Theory: Archetypal and the Raptors

clindley0767 — 2020-03-06 23:56:28 UTC

Quote: "The door to the hallway hadn't closed behind them after they entered the nursery. Now the big velociraptors were coming through. First one, then a second one. Clearly agitated, the baby chirped and bounced on Tim's shoulder. Tim knew he had to get away. Maybe the baby would distract them. After all, it was a baby raptor. He plucked the little animal from his shoulder and threw it across the room. The baby scurried between the legs of the adults. The first raptor lowered its snout, sniffed at the baby delicately. Tim took Lex's hand, and pulled her deeper into the nursery. He had to find a door, a way to get out--There was a high piercing shriek. Tim looked back to see the baby in the jaws of the adult. A second velociraptor came forward and tore at the limbs of the infant, trying to pull it from the mouth of the first. The two raptors fought over the baby as it squealed. Blood splattered in large drops onto the floor. 'They ate him,' Lex said" (Crichton 352).
Analysis: In this quotation, Timothy "Tim" Murphy and his younger sister, Alexis "Lex" Murphy, had just fled from a small pack of velociraptors that had broken into the building the children were in, and ended up hiding inside one of the nurseries that was holding a baby velociraptor. Soon after the adult velociraptors wandered into the room through the unlocked door, where Tim tries to distract them with a baby of their pursuers species, which the raptors begin fight eachother over which one gets to eat the baby first. Here we can relate the two adult raptors to two people in society, who end up being at eachother's throat with greed over who gets to keep the limited resource set presented to them. This can be seen in various businesses where a company is founded by partners, only for the partners to split up due to financial debates and arguments.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-03-07 00:55:32 UTC

Quote: "Suddenly, it was important to know if I could be like other men, if I could ever ask a woman to share a life with me. Having intelligence and knowledge wasn't enough. I wanted this, too. The sense of release and looseness was strong now with the feeling that it was possible." (Keyes 129).
Throughout the novel, the main character Charlie begins to realize that intelligence comes with more than just being smart. As a independent individual with intelligence comes choices and responsibility. Being smart or having common sense is expected in society and this is something that Charlie has to adjust to. He starts to expand beyond his intelligence to create new relationships in his life that begin to overall change him. He feels pressured to satisfy his new love interest and feels that his procedure isn't enough. This reveals a psychological shift in him internally and shows that society expects more overall from people. You have to fit into the entire image, not just a piece of it.

Literary Theory: Archetypal and Hercule Poirot

bmanzo4880 — 2020-03-07 01:37:10 UTC

Quote: "Poirot looked at his friend. ... retire from this case...""
Context: (only from point of last discussion) Here, after Poirot has named his two theories for who has murdered M. Ratchett/Cassetti he is asking his friend M. Bouc about what he feels is the "correct theory. Poirot's first theory is logically explained but highly improbable given it's dependence on multiple circumstances that he has little proof of, not naming any specific murderer. However, Poirot's second theory is the actual answer, stating that all the rest of the passengers on the train car had cooperated and coordinated the murder, each one having a stake at Ratchett/Cassetti. That theory is confirmed by the passengers, as Poirot proves all of their connections to the Armstrong family.
Analysis and Explanation: If everyone knows that Poirot's second theory is correct, why would M. Bouc choose Poirot's second theory, and why does Poirot accept that? In archetypal theory, very stereotypically as it is seen in many different examples of archetypal theory, the story ends with a "happy ending" or a "happily ever after". That is often only to conclude a narrative, but it can be tied into the moral/lesson of the story in it's conclusion. In this instance it is tied to (one of) the lesson(s)/theme(s) of the story. The true identity of M. Ratchett being Cassetti, the kidnapper/killer of Daisy Armstrong, a young american child of the wealthy Armstrong family, is an essential element of the main ideas of the story. The murder of a murderer is a controversial idea, and in this instance, being executed by a vengeful vigilante group of people associated with the victim of their victim, is a question of morality in how such a case should be viewed judiciously. In the perspective of absolute moral justice, killing a horrible murderer who has manipulated multiple wealthy families, killed multiple people, and has escaped consequence is justifiable and arguably right or just. In the consideration for real, legal justice, murder is murder, those accused in the premeditated and deliberate killing of any one will be tried in a court of law, heard by a jury and judge, and held accountable for that murder given the extent of evidence against them. The only part in which the law would fail is in the consideration for Ratchett/Cassetti being the murderer of Daisy and not getting a consequence for that murder, thus calling into question the validity and reliability of the judicial system. With consideration to that idea of mistrust for the judicial system, it is important to see how that idea has been executed subtly throughout the novel, as Poirot has conducted interviews of the suspects and then have them express their please of innocence and guilt. Additionally, there are twelve passengers, twelve stab wounds, twelve killers acting like a jury, sentencing Ratchett/Cassetti to death. In answering those initial questions, given those ideas and their meaning in context, we can conclude that, out of the interests of all persons in that train car, M. Bouc decides to let the passengers walk free (partly because it would attract unwanted publicity to his train) because the murder was morally just, given the horrible actions of Ratchett/Cassetti, acting as the judge in this situation. As for Poirot, it was never his job to convict anyone, his job was merely to examine the situation and give his theories, at best it was to find the truth. Poirot's abstention in deciding what should be done is indicative of his personal opinion of what he feels is right in this circumstance, reflecting the presence of morality in the book and as the lesson.

Marxist Theory and 1984

awheeler8626 — 2020-03-07 02:15:36 UTC

Quote: “You know what ... rails just once?” (Orwell 233)

Analysis: In this quote there is a clear us vs. them mentality between the prisoners and The Party which is synonymous with Marxist theory. They are being imprisoned not because they are bad people but rather because they happen to be on the wrong side of society. Such a disparity in social class is what perpetuates and equips those in power with the ability to dictate all happenings around them. As this section demonstrates, once we fall into an inequitable state individuals are wrongly forced to serve their overseers and will be easily discarded at any sign of wavering regardless of magnitude. This directly demonstrates the challenge proposed to any person willing for significant change to be brought about as your efforts are often easily thwarted and possibly punished by those who are satisfied or complacent with the way things are.

Marxist Theory: The Invisible man

mmartinez9827 — 2020-03-07 03:16:14 UTC

Quote: “Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.” (Ralph Ellison)

Analysis: This quote seems to be describing a battle between him and the harsh reality of the world which can be seen as Marxist. He is battling against the odds of certain defeat so he can come out on top of humanity. His process of doing so is through not giving up even if you know you’re going to lose the battle, which can definitely be seen as relatable to the struggles working class people face to achieve higher status amongst human society.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Humbert

ldavis3994 — 2020-03-07 03:19:40 UTC

Quote: "I knew I had fallen in love with Lolita forever; but I also knew she would not be forever Lolita. She would be thirteen on January 1. In two years or so she would cease being a nymphet and would turn into a "young girl" and then, into a "college girl"- that horror of horrors. The word "forever" referred only to my own passion, to the eternal Lolita as reflected in my blood. The Lolita whose iliac crests have not yet flared, the Lolita that today I could touch and smell and hear and see, the Lolita of the strident voice and the rich brown hair..."
Humbert describes the captivity of his own mind in the sense of love, the irregular "turn ons" that confine him to pedophilia. He describes the childlike features of Lolita and confesses that although his love for her is "forever", her childness is not. Humbert expresses his dislike for her inevitable maturing and through his explanation the reader can understand his point of view on the situation.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory and Nwoye

mdowning8625 — 2020-03-07 03:19:56 UTC

Quote: “It was not the ... of the panting earth” (Achebe 147.)

Analysis: As opposed to his father, Okonkwo, who is viscerally against Christianity and all the other changes brought by the “white men,” Nwoye is intrigued by what they offer. The quote details his enthrallment while alluding to specific reasons, which include the Igbo tradition of leaving twin babies to die in the forest and his father killing his best friend because the gods ordered it. In addition to this, his father, whom was revered by the tribe, was angry and abusive toward him. The common thread among all these reasons is Nwoye’s feelings of unhappiness and isolation. He was not considered successful by his tribe nor did he fit in, thus he finds himself, along with the other outcasts, attracted to this promising new religion while, Okonkwo, a successful and respected man, avidly struggles to hinder its influence and preserve their traditional ways.

Literary Theory: Gender Theory in Atlas Shrugged

dtieso5945 — 2020-03-07 03:21:59 UTC

Quote: "Beyond the dusty glow of a saloon, she saw a lighted sign "Young Women's Rest Club" above a locked door. She knew the institutions of that kind and the women who ran them, the women who said that theirs was the job of helping sufferers. If she went in-she thought, stumbling past-if she faced them and begged them for help, "What is your guilt?" they would ask her. "Drink? Dope? Pregnancy? Shoplifting?" She would answer, "I have no guilt, I am innocent, but I'm-" "Sorry. We have no concern for the pain of the innocent." (Rand, 829)

Analysis: In the book Atlas Shrugged, there is an ongoing theme of degrading women's importance in society without really addressing the problem. It comes from everyone, men and even other women too. Here is a good example, as even the one place women are expected to be allowed to go for help, they get denied because unless they have a physical illness that someone can accurately label, their problem is deemed irrelevant. This is a big issue directed towards the treatment of women and mental illness, two big topics that most people subject to ignorance. Most people do not wish to acknowledge mental illness or treat it in general, but on top of that, Dagny Taggart is a woman and no one wants to help a mentally ill woman.

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory in Invisible man

amarin5450 — 2020-03-07 03:29:54 UTC

Quote: “[Mr. Norton] was the type of white man he[the narrator] feared (Ellison 41).”

Analysis: The unnamed narrator lives in a society separated by racism and class so badly that he would rather be invisible. When he finds a job with Mr.Norton everything isn't as bad as it seemed. At fist, he is faced with the challenges of fear due to him being another race but they soon learn to cooperate with each other. In this quote Marxist theory is portrayed by the superiority Mr.Norton Holds over our protagonist. In this story the fear of people from a different race became so overwhelming their fear turned into hate.

Literary Theory: Psychological and The Talented Mr. Ripley

aochoa4134 — 2020-03-07 03:46:17 UTC

Quote: "Tom had used to pretend he was going to an analyst, because everybody else was going to an analyst, and he had used to spin wildly funny stories about his sessions with his analyst to amuse people at parties, and the line about giving up men and women both had always been good for a laugh, the way he delivered it, until Vic had told him for Christ sake to shut up, and after that Tom had never said it again and never mentioned his analyst again, either" (Highsmith, 78).

Analysis: Tom's psychological state holds more than his chameleon personality, he goes so far that sometimes he's not even sure what's true about himself. He has self conflicts with his sexuality which are betraying his act with Dickie as Marge, Dickie's friend, becomes jealous when she suspects Tom is queer. Dickie tells of Marge's suspicions after an embarrassing scene of finding Tom in his clothes pretending to be him. To the reader he has obsessed with his bound with Dickie and maybe it has grown a little too much, but he has not had thoughts of needing to be more with Dickie, though everyone can see he doesn't really like Marge or anyone that wants to accompany the two.

Literary Theory: Psychological Theory in Invisible Man

amarin5450 — 2020-03-07 03:48:45 UTC

Quote: “I was pulled this way and that for longer than I can remember. And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. I have also been called one thing and then another while no one really wished to hear what I called myself. So after years of trying to adopt the opinions of others I finally rebelled. I am an invisible man.”

Analysis: In this quote Ellison portrays the main character with a lack of self awareness due to recent attacks of racism and inequality. The quote seems to depict an internal battle he has about who he truly is. He is shown giving into what societal standards say he should be

Literary Theory: Psychological and Ethan Frome

chiltonszed8778 — 2020-03-07 04:17:03 UTC

Quote: ""What's the good of either of us going anywheres without the other one now?" he said. She remained motionless, as if she had not heard him. Then she snatched her hands from his, threw her arms around his neck, and pressed a sudden drenched cheek against his face. "Ethan! Ethan! I want you to take me down again!" "Down where?" "The coast. Right off," she panted. "So 't we'll never come up any more." "Matt! What on earth do you mean?" She put her lips close against his ear to say: "Right into the big elm. You said you could. So 't we'd never have to leave each other any more." "Why, what are you talking of? You're crazy!" "I'm not crazy; but I will be if I leave you"" (Wharton, 70-71).

Analysis: Mattie and Ethan are so in love with each other, and yet Zenna has decided to hire a girl and get rid of Mattie, who is her cousin, to help her in her time of medical need. On the way to the train station, Mattie and Ethan decide to sled down this hill for one last bout of fun, but then Mattie thinks about how they could be together longer. They cannot handle being apart and decided to try and kill themselves by sledding into a huge tree. In the end, they both survive with lifelong injuries that result in Zeena caring for the two of them, despite her own illnesses. The three of them end up miserable together, no better off than if Mattie had left. Mattie and Ethan saw no other way to be together and felt driven by Zeena to take desperate measures for love.

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory and Anna Karenina

thende1309 — 2020-03-07 04:36:51 UTC

Quote: “Don’t you know that you’re my whole life? But I know no peace, and I can’t...only; but she heard.” (Tolstoy, 159-160)

Analysis: In this quote, Vronsky is trying to overpower Anna. One of those stereotypical ‘abusive boyfriend moments, but without the abuse. She’s doubting their relationship, trying to say that it should end, but he’s not having any of it. She feels guilty and for her it’s not normal. He doesn’t want what they had to end, so he tries to force her, to appeal to her so she sees how he feels for her. That he “loves” her. (for monetary benefit no doubt)

Literary Theory: Marxist Theory in A Long Way Gone

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Literary Theory: Marxist Theory in A Long Way

vpenn9398 — 2020-03-07 05:11:27 UTC

Quote: “According to the teachers, the rebels had attacked the mining areas in the afternoon.” (20)

Analysis: In this quote Ishmael Beah learns that the mining areas have been attacked. The place where his father works and also where his county earns an abundant amount of money. This is significant due to the mines being full of diamonds, a valued jewel for western nations that pour money into the owners hands of the mine, no matter how bloody they are. A need for money causes the owners to please the western countries, they dismember and torture people of all ages to work for them. The Marxist theory where in this case it is the owners, the government or rebels, versus the workers being forced to work inhuman ways or face their family’s hands being dismembered.

Literary Theory : Psychological and Hazel Grace.

msantos0805 — 2020-03-07 05:16:51 UTC

Quote: “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book." Green , pg. 33

Analysis: Although Hazel Lancaster , our storyline's main character, is shown to be a teenager with a life altering disability John Green shines a light to emphasize the psychological workings of other aspects of her life. As depicted in the quote Hazel believes that some works of literature are seen to fill one with evangelical zeal , however this may raise the question, Does Hazel long to live the life in literature rather than her everyday reality? Although Green never directly answers this question , rhetorical appeals help emphasize the attitude that Hazel does have towards her hectic teenage years.

Gender theory in The Handmaids Tale

kparks6725 — 2020-03-07 05:20:15 UTC

Quote:"I was conscious that my legs were hairy , in the straggly way of legs that had once been shaved but have grown back; I was conscious of my armpits too, although of course he could't see them."

Analysis: In society women are always shamed into thinking that they have to look a certain way to be considered beautiful. This quote helps to further the accuracy of that culture. In the quote Offred who is forced into sexual activity's with the commander of the house still feels self conscious about her appearance. This shows that society enforces the 'ideal image' on women that stays with them over time.

Literary Theory: Deconstruction Theory and Chess

saguirremen7590 — 2020-03-07 05:20:51 UTC

Quote: “Father Arnold finished the ceremony and asked if anybody had any final words for the dearly departed."Final words?" Chess asked, "I don't know if I'll ever be able to stop talking about this”.

Analysis: In chapter 10 of my book, “Reservation Blues”, Junior commits suicide unexpectedly and the whole tribe is brought down to the harsh reality of their lives. Very few people attend Juniors wake because the tribe is used to someone committing suicide, always seeming to be passed down by generations. Drunkenness has been a big problem throughout the Indians, but committing suicide with a gun had never been done before. So when in the quote Chess replies with, “I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to stop talking about this”, the reader can take multiple meanings. As the first time someone committing suicide with a gun the tribe still is in disbelief, especially being Junior, the most friendly and uplifting Indian in the tribe. Secondly, Chess stating that is very contradicting to the meaning of Father Arnold’s closing words of the ceremony. The quote disconstructs the meaning of the saying by adding the opposite of the closure needed for everyone to move on. Chess opens up the fact that Junior will always be drama throughout the tribe and just be any other example of the saddening truth of their reality. The whole ceremony itself deconstructs the sincerest of the tribe compared to the “normal” funeral routine of their culture.

Feminist theory and Fantine

sduelm0093 — 2020-03-07 05:23:28 UTC

Literary theory : psychological criticism, The Alchemist

iharris0939 — 2020-03-07 05:49:39 UTC

Towards the end of the book Santiago finally reaches the pyramids and begins to dig. He is approached by two men who find his gold and make him continue to dig so that he can find them more gold. Although after digging all night he finds nothing and then is beat nearly to death. Then Santiago tells the men about his dream. They then describe a church in another state and he knows exactly where to go now.

Analysis: each character was motivated by gold but the men only cared about the gold for themselves but Santiago cared about the gold for his life. Santiago’s dream is very important and potentially saves his life and lets him know exactly where to go. The men’s information is important for the progress of Santiago following his life’s purpose. They unconsciously give him the answers to what he’s been looking for.

Literary Theory: Marxism and Pip

cdunkle2773 — 2020-03-07 05:52:43 UTC

Quote:
“I had heard of Miss Havisham up town — everybody for miles round, had heard of Miss Havisham up town — as an immensely rich and grim lady who lived in a large and dismal house barricaded against robbers, and who led a life of seclusion” (Dickens 7.80).

Analysis:
This quote, selected from an early section in the novel, introduces us to the class separation and social Darwinism that is found throughout the work. Great Expectations is a story of a deeply impoverished and orphaned kid that learns about what it is like to live the life of someone wealthy. He gains the perspective of people in different social classes as Miss Havisham and Abel Magwich, two overwhelmingly wealthy individuals, mentor him. There are three levels of complexity in his society; the village is where all of the workers and impoverished live; the working “middle” class; and the “up-town” in which the wealthy, including Miss Havisham and Mr. Magwich, are found. Power is nearly always defined by wealth, and that most certainly rings true in this novel.

Literary Theory: Psychological Analysis & Lord of the Flies

mgarza1726 — 2020-03-07 05:59:31 UTC

Quote:

“Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill!... You knew didn’t you? I’m part of you? Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why things are what they are?”

Analysis:

The Lord of the Flies when speaking to Simon hints at the true nature of human beings by implying that the only beast on the island is one the boys could never hunt because its the beast inside themselves. As Golding continues the allegory of the inherent nature of man, this moment begins to highlight the idea that the boys are the only beasts on the island. As fear grows amidst the suspicion of a large beast lurking within the forest, Jack increasingly descends into savagery while Ralph and Piggy work to maintain order and get themselves rescued. From a psychological perspective, we see three clear characteristics forming in the three main boys. Jack as he follows his basic desires, Ralph, as he tries to stay rational, and Piggy who judges the morality of the groups actions. These three attributes are closely related to Sigmund Freud’s Theory of Personality. “According to Freud's model of the psyche, the id is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories, the super-ego operates as a moral conscience, and the ego is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego.”

https://www.simplypsychology.org/psyche.html

As we view these characters under these lenses, we begin to notice patterns that are other wise difficult to see.

Literary theory: Archetypal and Winston

ldeleon9186 — 2020-03-07 13:58:40 UTC

Quote: “The telescreen received and transmitted simultaneously. Any sound that Winston made, above the level of a very low whisper, would be picked up by it, moreover, so long as he remained within the field of vision which the metal plaque commanded, he could be seen as well as heard.” (Orwell 5)
Connection: As we learn more about Winston and the society he is forced to live in, Orwell includes multiple symbols of control and power of the Party. For example, the telescreen represents the control of the Party and how they take away the privacy of their citizens. This type of power can be interpreted as an oligarchy, as people aren’t even free in their own homes. The telescreens spy on everyone to ensure that they aren’t doing anything that goes against the Party. Although Winston is sometimes able deceive the telescreen, he is still paranoid that the Party has more tricks up their sleeve.

Literary Theory: Marxism and Nick Carraway

ifanucchi5424 — 2020-03-07 17:02:28 UTC

Quote: "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. 'Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,' he told me, 'just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.'" (page 3)

Analysis: In the novel, "The Great Gatsby," the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, writes about a summer of the jazz age, and more specifically the summer of 1922. In this time period, power and money was very praised because it was how the world portrayed you as a person and how highly you were looked upon. Nick Carraway, grew up in a very wealthy family and was very privileged throughout his childhood. This conveys how he had a judgmental view of others who didn't match his level, and his father had to say something to humble him down. He felt as if he was better than his peers when he was younger, and he had a reality check from his father from that point on.

Literary Theory: Psychological in 1984

marmstrong7916 — 2020-03-07 17:28:49 UTC

Quote: "In so far as he had time to remember it, he was not troubled by the fact that every word he murmured into the speak-write, every stroke of his ink pencil, was a deliberate lie. He was as anxious as anyone else in the Department that the forgery should be perfect." (Orwell, p.162)

Analysis: In this excerpt from "1984" by George Orwell, we see the protagonist, Winston, struggling to write words on a page. He is having a self-conflict in which he has trouble with writing words. He is saying that he feels like everything he writes is, "a deliberate lie." This has the effect of leaving the reader to reflect on his anxiety. Greater than this, it leaves us to wonder that if this deep level of anxiousness is able to be expressed in such great detail, then could the author himself be relating to this on the very same level? In the same sense that Winston is writing lies, could it also be Orwell himself writing lies, with the intent of misguiding us as readers? This level of introspection is specifically what Orwell may have very well intended.

Literary theory, Archetypal The 1984

mwilliams1297 — 2020-03-08 01:26:27 UTC

”Winston wondered vaguely to what century the church belonged. It was always difficult to determine the age of a London building. Anything large and impressive, if it was reasonably new in appearance, was automatically claimed as having been built since the Revolution, while anything that was obviously of earlier date was ascribed to some dim period called the Middle Ages. The centuries of capitalism were held to have produced nothing of any value. One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could learn it from books. Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets – anything that might throw light upon the past had been systematically altered.”

In this quote we find Winston in awe at the sight of buildings. He is given such little knowledge in his society it makes it difficult to decipher even the architecture. This can be potentially be back dated to the early mid evil times and their architecture. The amount of history portrayed before the knowing of the present can most definitely be considered a threat to man kind in a communist country. This could potentially be seen in more recently the German nazi party. The nazis would leave out so many details to its followers to hide the truth of their workings. Orwell in a way can also be telling the future. In North Korea I don’t imagine a place too unsimilar to than in the 1984 and the citizens having the knowledge any more than of the architecture such as Winston. We can use these theory’s in a way to track back as long as communism and even powerful hierarchy’s have been around.

Devices, diction, and details: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-03-22 22:59:16 UTC

Quote: " I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, Sir, I'm not myself you see" (Carroll, ch.6)

Analysis; Diction: In this quote, Alice is responding to the Caterpillar asking her who she is. This quote reveals Alice's struggle with her environment and her identity. This is caused by her constant change in physical traits and the mysterious wonderland she fell into. The caterpillar continues to ask her who she is to encourage her to figure out who she is inside despite her constant change in size, further depicting Alice's identity crisis in the world of wonderland.

Details: The fact that Alice could not answer the caterpillars simple question of who she is provides us insight on Alice's struggle with her identity. The caterpillar continues pressing the question to encourage Alice to dig deeper than physical attributes, and look deeper into who she is in her soul.

Devices: The author utilizes repetition through the caterpillar's character to add significance to Alice not being able to answer the simple question. Alice then realizes she has lost herself and has no idea who she is in wonderland and what role she plays.

The Oedipus Cycles and Psychological Literary Theory

hcranston8435 — 2020-03-24 14:39:34 UTC

Quote: "Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud,
Wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
Ah me, ah me! What spasms athwart me shoot,
What pangs of agonizing memory?"

In this scene, Oedipus is screaming these words just after blinding himself. He sees the pain he has caused himself and his kingdom by following his inevitable fate of marrying his mother and killing his father. He sees himself as worthless and a wreck, wishing he could just forget everything that has happened to him. This quote deals with the psychological literary theory as we see how deep his mental wounds haunt him. He remembers his grotesque act as something that he will never be forgiven of, and he blinds himself as punishment and self-sacrifice. This is a symbol for him being blind about his fate all of these years. He was "blind" before, so he physically blinds himself as retribution. The act of marrying his own mother scarred him so much that he was willing to physically deform himself.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-03-24 21:44:20 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-03-24 21:45:06 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological and Flowers for Algernon

kmccullough3082 — 2020-03-24 21:46:02 UTC

Literary Theory: Psychological and Alice

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-03-25 17:17:25 UTC

(ch.6)Quote: "Would you tell me, please, where I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat. Throughout Alice's adventures in Wonderland, she had tried to make sense of the illogical manner of the place and the people but it was driving her mad trying to add logic to the randomness of the world. At this point, Alice asks the Cat for a way out of Wonderland, but he responds saying it depends where Alice wants to go. In this moment both of the characters realize it is not the place that matters, but the going. Basically it doesn't matter what path you take to get to where you want to go in life, as long as you get there.

This was an important conversation for Alice, as she had been struggling with her identity and purpose in Wonderland before. Now she see's a little more clearly than before.

Literary Theory: Psychological and Alice

cfitzgerald5738 — 2020-03-28 01:05:19 UTC

Quote (ch.7): " We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad." - Cheshire Cat

In this quote, the Cheshire Cat tells Alice that everyone has a bit of madness in them. This also directly refers to the creatures of Wonderland being mad: either insane or angry. Alice realizes that there is a reason as to why she found her way to Wonderland. At this point of the story she is already aware that the Wonderland she is in is different than the real world in several aspects, but these creatures are normal to the nonsense that this world was.

The psychological theory is present in this quote as it addresses the mental state and personalities of the characters and people in general. The Cheshire believes everyone has a bit of anger, madness or insanity within them, and of course if they made their way to Wonderland, they must encompass it. Alice goes through a lot mentally and emotionally while traveling through Wonderland. She has trouble with her identity and purpose and the magical realm of wonderland.