Alienation and Integration The Usage of Marked Language in “A Clockwork Orange” In Anthony Burgess’ novel „A Clockwork Orange“ from 1962‚ the author’s use of a newly created language[i]‚ Nadsat‚ plays a key role in the presentation of the main protagonist Alex DeLarge‚ and his schoolboy sociopathy. Corrupt and naive‚ 15-year-old Alex narrates his own story with a language that only the author and the characters in his fictional world could truly understand; specifically those characters among
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be connected and contrasted by the central concept of alienation as presented by the composers of these texts through the use of various Literary‚ dramatic and cinematic techniques. Alienation and how effective the text has been in representing this concept can be identified and highlighted by the messages of alienation the composer has presented to their responders. “The Book Thief” by Markus Zusak effectively presents the concept of alienation to the responders through the composer’s unique use
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“The most iconic characters in literature are alienated by the changing world around them.” Discuss these ideas in relation to The Great Gatsby and Nineteen Eighty-Four. In ‘The Great Gatsby‚’ Fitzgerald frequently demonstrates how isolated his strongest characters are by the world around them through a variety of techniques. Both Nick and Gatsby are presented as being alienated from the world in some way and‚ as suggested by William Troy‚ both characters represent two forces in Fitzgerald’s own
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nerd and as such is outcast from the ‘popular’ crowd. Because of his alienation‚ Charles is able to see the moral flaws of the ‘populars’ when he himself upholds the values they parade. The same circumstance is true for the character Jim in Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Because of the color of his skin Jim is an outcast; but his social exile that reveals the corruption of white society. Jim’s alienation from society reveals the poor moral codes and misguided assumptions of
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role labor plays in social hierarchy and reminds readers of the negative attributes associated with labor. Karl Marx provides commentary on labor and social classes‚ which is seen in “Alienation and Social Class‚” “Classes in Capitalism and Pre-Capitalism‚” and “Ideology and Class.” In his first chapter‚ “Alienation and Social Class‚” Marx explains how labor devalues men. Marx begins his argument by stating that “the worker becomes poorer the more wealth he produces” (Marx 87). In other words‚ as
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live to work rather than work being an addition to one’s life. Moreover‚ the working class barely had few hours to eat and sleep at the end of the day‚ especially after working like machines for ongoing periods. Still‚ how does Marx’s four types of alienation relate to false consciousness? Both subjects have to do with the relationship between society‚ the individual and power. False consciousness on its own‚ has to do with the notion of injustices in that is overturned by ideology (Falasiri‚ 2016).
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Cursed to a life of isolation because of his appearance‚ values‚ and outrageous thoughts‚ John was alienated mentally‚ emotionally‚ and physically in both the Savage Culture and the World State Culture. Torn between keeping true to his virtues and conforming to society‚ the treatment of John highlights the values of both cultures in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Not looking like the rest of the Indians on the reservation hampered John’s ability to fit in with the Savage society. John wanted
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Jeremy Howe 20 November‚ 2012 African American Literature The Great Migration‚ Alienation‚ and Reincarnation in Baldwin & Ellison: An Atypical Comparison The great migration of roughly 1.6 million blacks to the Northern U.S (Historical Census)‚ and most notably New York City in the early nineteen-hundreds eventually culminated in the Harlem Renaissance‚ a cultural movement which brought forth an enormous influx of artistic accomplishments generated by a new generation of African American
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seminar‚ I seek to analyse‚ discuss and evaluate the theories of Marx. Firstly‚ I will analyse the relationship between human action and social structure. Having completed the analysis‚ I will move on further to discuss and exemplify his theory of alienation. Lastly I will evaluate his theory of false consciousness. Question 1 Human action and social structure are extremely prevalent in the works of Marx. In terms of the workers and capitalist classes‚ he postulates that they are not free but rather
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ANTIGONE KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING This tragedy is set against the background of the Oedipus legend. It illustrates how the curse on the House of Labdacus (who is the grandson of Cadmus‚ founder of Thebes‚ and the father of Laius‚ whose son is Oedipus) brought about the deaths of Oedipus and his wife-mother‚ Jocasta‚ as well as the double fratricide of Eteocles and Polynices. Furthermore‚ Antigone dies after defying King Creon. The play is set in Thebes‚ a powerful city-state north of Athens
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