Nurse Ratched A sexless‚ rigid caricature of a nurse‚ Nurse Ratched imposes discipline on her ward with all the fervour of an Army Nurse‚ which she had been. Large‚ with huge breasts only partially disguised by her ultra-stretched white uniform‚ she nevertheless has a pretty‚ delicate face that belies her cruelty. Manipulative to the core‚ the only thing that really matters to Ratched is her desire to control everything around her – the environment‚ the staff‚ and the patients. She has rendered the
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becoming a pariah. The short story “The Glass Roses”‚ by Alden Nowlan‚ truly exemplifies this fear of difference through its protagonist‚ Stephen. Growing up‚ he gains an understanding that to be accepted into his world‚ he would have to become an emotionless‚ cold‚ and rigid man like his father and the men he works with. However‚ when a foreigner named Leka joins the pulp-cutting crew‚ Stephen is torn between his cold‚ masculine father’s expectations and the desire to learn‚ dream‚ and love through
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Anika Jensen Peterman Per 4 English 4AP August 9‚ 2014 Summer Homework The Awakening 1. What is the author’s purpose in delivering this literary piece to the public? Kate Chopin writes about a high class wife and mother who lives in the United States South named Edna Pontellier who pursues a career as an artist‚ all the while longing after a man she loved. Kate creates this story in order to convey that women are capable of having the same desires as a man and should be allowed to pursue
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would go on says that every soldier would hear this ghostly rhythm that the dead was creating from beyond the grave. Kien lost the ability to care for the soldier fighting alongside him. Can for example‚ pouring his heart out to Kien. Kien giving emotionless advice‚ but when Can tells him that he is going to leave to go home or die trying. He stated that he hates hearing about people personal problems‚ but he would try to convince Can to stay‚ but Can would say “I’ve killed so often it won’t mean a
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Frankenjournal 1 From the sixteenth to the nineteenth century‚ the concept of the noble savage was extremely popular. People believed that man was inherently good and any evil that he develops is a direct result of the corrupting force of civilization. In Frankenstein‚ Shelley illustrates this change through the story of the creature. The underlying theme in the creature‘s story is a lack of understanding between him and other people. In his story‚ it is revealed that he was created knowing
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to his different personality as it makes him more of an interesting individual to get to know and learn about. People like Meursault are often defined as outcasts in society because of strange behavior or unlike appearance but because of their emotionless character and open minds‚ they tend to be more approachable to others. Meursault also stresses the importance of the physical world‚ explaining that it is much more important when compared to that of social or emotional aspects. He continually throughout
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| World Literature Essay | Role of Women in The Stranger and Metamorphosis | | Maria Fernanda Contreras | 6/17/2010 | | “The woman kept on crying” (10) – this ability to experience and express emotions is shown as something both the protagonists in both novels - The Metamorphosis written by Franz Kafka and The Stranger by Albert Camus – lack. Women are usually portrayed as the element of society who are more likely to show this ability which connects them to the world surrounding them
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leave the house‚ their kids strongly refused as they were greatly attached to the nursery. As a result‚ they sacrificed their parents in order to keep living in the house. They felt no regret or guilt when their parents died‚ which means they are emotionless‚ exactly like machines. A lesson can be easily drawn here; human interaction with machines makes Man lose his humanity. To sum up‚ ‘’the Veldt’’ is an excellent illustration of the negative side of technology and machines. Lydia Hadley tells George
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spectrum of personas and emotions that I feel exist in the field of science throughout his evolution into simple protozoa. On one end there is the sacrificial‚ haunted‚ and lethally curious Pollard‚ and on the other is an arrogant‚ self-obsessed‚ emotionless “Pollard” who ultimately caused his own death by ignoring his friends’ demands for him to remain human. Aside from addressing the question‚ I have many contentions against Pollard as a scientist‚ if this experiment was truly for the pursuit of more
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In The Cellist of Sarajevo‚ Galloway suggests the concept of death in moral through his presentation of an intriguing character called Arrow‚ who is proposed with an internal conflict about whether killing people‚ in order to defend the city‚ is morally equitable or not. In the story’s exposition‚ Galloway reveals that ‘Arrow’ is a code name since “the first time she picked up a rifle to kill” (Galloway 6). As soon as the reader is informed Arrow’s identity as a sniper‚ Galloway sets up a cold and
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