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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| 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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culture during this time to an extreme degree - manliness‚ hard-working‚ powerful‚ and respected. Okonkwo has an intense‚ overwhelming fear of anything in contrast of these traits‚ such as femininity‚ laziness‚ and affection. He is typically seen as emotionless‚ due to his fear of showing affection for it is not “manly”. Since he is male‚ he is also given an advantage as a decision maker and leader in the patriarchal society of Igbo culture. Other elements of Igbo culture‚ such as agriculture are well-described
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Chris Evans’ Version Of Masculinity Is What We Want Right Now is a blog entry found on buzzfeed written by Bim Adewunmi‚ which discusses how Chris Evans as Captain America symbolizes American Heroism. The entry also explains how today’s society places Chris on a pedestal of what it means to be masculine.Critiquing this entry on the gender from the symbolic-interaction theoretical paradigm perspective involves digging deeper and pulling out what the author did right and wrong. It is important to be
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“Help help Murder‚” cried David Balfour who had been kidnapped by his uncle so he could not claim his inheritance. I could imagine what was happening in the movie and could feel what the character was feeling. The movie had a burst of emotion. However‚ the book was not as good and didn’t give me the same feeling as the movie. The book was dull and lifeless‚ not giving me any emotion. The purpose of this essay‚ is to compare the book by Robert Louis Stevenson to its cinematic version. The movie was
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they are watching a film. TIME BENDING Time travel provides another way to shape reality in postmodern film and can be linked to the characteristic of disjointed narrative EMOTIONAL DETACHMENT Not being in touch with emotions / seemingly ‘emotionless’ characters Emotional detachment often brought along by technology‚ violence‚ drugs and the media REALITY? Postmodern films often ask questions about what is real. The questions is often not answered by the end of the film – which lead
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