Oliver Clothesoff Mr. Freud ENG 4U1 January 9‚ 2008 Is Billy Pilgrim Sane? Billy Pilgrim plays a very influential role as the main character in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5. Since the novel is based entirely on Billy Pilgrim’s interaction with the environment around him‚ pinpointing Billy’s state of sanity on the scale of normality helps the reader determine what is really happening‚ and what is a figment of Billy’s imagination. Before making the decision regarding Billy’s state
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Stereotypes…To be or not to be? “Instead of being presented with stereotypes by age‚ sex‚ color‚ class‚ or religion‚ children must have the opportunity to learn that within each range‚ some people are loathsome and some are delightful.” ― Margaret Mead The Americans are fat and stupid‚ the Brits are arrogant snobs‚ the Finns are always drunk‚ of course‚ while the Russians are walking their white bears with a shot of vodka in hand. The Italians are one and all benevolent cooks spreading
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"Inventing Elliot" The Final Chapter He gave me a confused look‚ “Oh… uh‚ hello Elliot. Didn’t expect to see you here this early. Is there something I can do for you?” Before he answered Elliot walked in and took a seat in front of the principal’s desk. Without any hesitation he spilled everything‚ everything he’s been keeping bottled up for much too long. He shed his look of indifference and went deep‚ deep inside himself and pulled out the old Elliot‚ the Elliot that had always been there no matter
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Melville’s novella‚ “Billy Budd‚” as he confronted Captain Vere with the intention of accusing Billy Budd of mutiny. Leon Howard articulated that through his novella‚ Herman Melville emphasizes the significance of maintaining the balance between the id and the superego in relation to surviving in a world where
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on Latinos is Out of Focus” of Rick Najera and “Cops by Day‚ Targets by Night; Stop-and-frisks Also Happen to NYPD Officers” by Sam Levin have pointed out evidences and their solutions to stereotyping. Not only Asian being treated as a victim of stereotype‚ Latinos and Black people are even worse. Najera shows in “The Hollywood Lens on Latinos is Out of Focus” that Latinos only plays the role of drug lords‚ gangster‚ maid‚ or “illegal immigrants” in Hollywood movies. And in “Cops…‚” Sam Levin proves
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For instance‚ when Mr. Elliot tells his wife how he learned to kiss he said he “learned that way of kissing from hearing a fellow tell a story once” (Hemingway 86). Just taking a second and logically thinking about what that means‚ one most likely cannot learn how to kiss through a story‚ but actual practice. So the assumption can be made that Mr. Elliot learned to kiss through practice with another “fellow‚” so other man. Therefore‚ hinting at possible previous homosexual encounters. Even the
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Herman Melville’s Billy Budd‚ Melville uses the literary device of foreshadowing to allow the audience to be aware of Billy’s inevitable fate before the characters in the novel‚ thus creating a feeling of suspense within the novel. In chapter one‚ the incident with the Red Whiskers (12) functions as a foreshadowing of Billy’s confrontation with Claggart. This is very similar to what happens later between John Claggart and Billy (58). Melville uses the incident to show that although Billy Budd is a gentle
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Despite the fact that the narrator infrequently implies the Bible unequivocally‚ Billy Budd contains numerous certain inferences to the symbolism‚ dialect‚ and stories of the Bible‚ making a managed parallel between Billy’s story and Christ’s Passion‚ the narrative of Christ’s torment and demise on the cross. Like Christ‚ Billy gives up his life as the pure casualty of an unfriendly society. Captain “Starry” Vere’s part in the story parallels that of Pontius Pilate in the Gospels‚ as he is the official
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#1 Stereotypes of women in the play‚ Agamemnon Woman in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon are perceived as untrustworthy and ignorant characters. The role of women in ancient Greek life‚ was considered to be insignificant compared to that of Greek men. And yet‚ in tragedies‚ women were often written as major characters‚ revealing insights on how women were treated and thought of in society. Many well-known Greek plays contain several well-written‚ complex‚ female characters. Each female character
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a television interview Otto/Elliot the reporter presents the two pictures to Otto/Elliot and all the television audience to see they are the same man. Otto/Elliot “turns white as a ghost” when he is shown the images from his past (Balson 288). This reaction of Otto/Elliot turning “white as a ghost” makes the audience aware that Otto/Elliot is fearful and frightened for being exposed for his past life as a Nazi. Now that the public is questioning if he is or is not the Nazi it is certain the Otto’s
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