Falling into Theory - One Flew Over the CuckOo’s Nest (Question #2) Psychoanalytic Approach Textual Passage Nurse Pilbo: Take your medicine‚ Mr. McMurphy McMurphy: What’s in the horse pill? Nurse Pilbo: It’s good for you. Don’t get angry‚ Mr. McMurphy McMurphy: I’m not getting angry‚ Nurse Pilbo. I just don’t like taking anything when I don’t know what it is. I don’t want anyone slippin’ me saltpeter‚ if you know what I mean. Nurse Ratched: That’s okay‚ Nurse Pilbo. If Mr. McMurphy does not
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is the starting point. In the opening chapter‚ the reader is introduced to Mr Bennet and Mrs Bennet. Through these characters‚ the reader learns about Mrs Bennet’s biggest concern; to marry off all her daughters. The themes of the novel are mostly related to the title‚ Pride and Prejudice’‚ there is an element of personal pride amongst the characters and also prejudice‚ particularly with Darcy and Elizabeth. The first chapter brings in the reader into the world of social class importance‚ marriage
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�PAGE � A Different Look at Prejudice The article‚ "The Nature of Prejudice"‚ by Gordon Allport‚ provides four examples that show how human begins to be prejudiced against one another. In the beginning‚ Gordon uses a quotation from a student in Cambridge University to show ironic nature of prejudice. The second example about a conversation between an Englishman and an American further explains this irony. The Englishmen can directly point out the prejudice in Americans for unfair treatment towards
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of pointless violence‚ inhumanity‚ and senseless adherence‚ while unintentionally enlightening the readers with a morality lesson about not always following the crowd. This masterful short story initially deceives the reader then shocks the reader into a realization of the dynamics of diction. This basic narrative technique dramatically engages the reader in the textual process such that the reader participates in the action through identification with the townspeople due to simple‚ yet strong language
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In the novel‚ A Cage of Butterflies‚ by Brian Caswell‚ he explores many themes‚ the most important being the theme of ’being different. I believe that Brian Caswell is very passionate about this topic and that he wants to explore what being different and an individual really means. This topic is very relevant in today’s society. Being drastically different is a burden because you will never be or feel accepted. Many of the kids at the Think-Tank had felt this way before they came to the institute
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Literary analysis of an unseen extract: how does the author engage the reader through the use of literary devices in your given extract? The first line " In the middle of nowhere..." grabs the readers attention because it gets the reader wondering why this person is in the middle of nowhere‚ It gives the reader something to think about creating different feeling and emotions towards the reader. As you begin to read on you are given the weathers description "left behind its feeble breezes‚ but the
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How do you respond to the view that it is very difficult for readers to feel anything other than contempt for Tom Buchanan? It is very difficult for readers to feel anything other than contempt for Tom Buchanan throughout the novel. Fitzgerald uses Tom’s behaviour and attitude from the first time we are introduced to his character in chapter 1 to present him as a bully through his racist and unpleasant language assisted with his tough appearance. Daisy uses animalistic language to describe Tom
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Winstons statement is vague and must be properly addressed before we can access its validity. The word hope in itself is deliberately ambiguous as Winston fails to mention what this hope is for. Winston may be talking about hope of revolution and the overthrow of government as a horse shaking flies. For this there is ultimately almost no hope in the proles due to the futility expressed in the novels ending as even our socially aware narrator succumbs to the guile of Big Brother. However‚ much more
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of a madman‚ where fantasy becomes reality. The fact that the story is told in the first person‚ by that narrator‚ has some important effects on the reader and on the story itself. In this story‚ the narrator is a character of whom we know very little‚ who acts like a participant or an observer. As the story goes on‚ it is very easy for the reader to become the narrator. In other words‚ it is easy to become the "friend" of Roderick. The friend have not seen Roderick for many years‚ but agreed to
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"Afternoons" is a melancholy poem‚ about the inevitability of change and the passing of youth. The poem‚ written by Philip Larkin‚ forces the reader to reflect upon the lifestyle of a young woman with a husband and family. Previously‚ I thought this would be a very fulfilling lifestyle; however‚ Larkin has changed my opinion on this matter. Although Larkin’s thoughts on this life are completely biased‚ Larkin does make a valid point‚ which is that these young women lead a quite monotonous lifestyle
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