Consider the theme of loneliness in the novel‚ Of Mice and Men. How does it affect the friendships and relationships in the novel? Throughout the Great Depression of the 1930’s‚ migrant workers were commonplace in the USA. John Steinbeck’s novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ allows us to have an insight on the lives of these people‚ through the two protagonist characters and good friends‚ George and Lennie. Out of the two‚ George is the physically smaller one but more intelligent‚ whereas Lennie is physically
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Literature 12-FEB-2013 Things Fall Apart Feeling unwanted is a universal human experience. It makes for a great theme for literature since it can reach a broad spectrum of people. Alienation is a terrible experience for people. They lose their since of belonging in doing so they lose their identity that they have built up and become lost in a place that was once their home. Although alienation is a traumatic experience for anyone to go though‚ it also provides an enriching experience for the reader to
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"A" for Alienation Alienation is a common theme in all writing; however‚ in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ never has alienation been so vividly accounted. The Scarlet Letter is a story about Hester Prynne‚ a woman who commits adultery against her husband named Roger Chillingworth‚ with the local reverend named Arthur Dimmesdale; the result is a strange child named Pearl. The plot thickens as the mistress and the reverend strive to keep their sin a secret‚ and as Chillingworth appears
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something to be feared. Their decision was to either hurt or drive away the monster before it would the chance to hurt them. They fact that the monster might not want to hurt them never enters their minds. A similar experience occurs later in the novel when the monster witnesses a young girl slip into a river. Although the monster has been spurned by humans before‚ he still has enough good feeling left inside of him to want to save the girl. He
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BROTHER IN THE LAND Character Sketch of Rhodes In the play script “Brother in the Land” by Robert Swindells and adapted by Joe Standerline‚ Rhodes is portrayed as a sadistic P.E. teacher who is an active member of the MASADA and participates voluntarily in tasks which are set up‚ in order to overthrow the Civil Defense Team. Unfortunately at the end he turns out to be a selfish person who deceives the MASADA. Rhodes proves to be a good strategist as he prepares the students and tells them about
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Alienation in Brecht ’s "Mother Courage" In Bertolt Brecht ’s "Mother Courage"‚ alienation becomes the primary mover behind the characters that illustrate injustice in a capitalist world. While the plot revolves around war and its effects particularly on human beings‚ the concept of alienation continues to be evident in every aspect of the play. War is alienation. The effects of war‚ in whatever perspective one looks at‚ produce devastating results- destruction of man‚ nature‚ and morality
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English novel evolved as a subaltern consciousness; as a reaction to break away from the colonial literature. Hence the post colonial literature in India witnessed a revolution against the idiom which the colonial writers followed. Gradually the Indian English authors began employing the techniques of hybrid language‚ magic realism peppered with native themes. Thus from a post colonial era Indian literature ushered into the modern and then the post-modern era. The saga of the Indian English novel therefore
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Alienation In the book The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway‚ the three main characters deal with some form of alienation. The characters who are alienated would be Jake‚ Brett‚ and Robert and each of them are dealing with a different type. Jake would be going through powerlessness where he doesn’t have any control over his problem as well as cultural estrangement. Brett is also dealing with powerlessness but also socially isolated. Robert is battling social isolation‚ normlessness
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Pride and Prejudice In the novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen is about families facing the challenges of alienation through clashing classes. Elizabeth‚ the elder alienated sister‚ is constantly up against society in the novel due to her differing views on how she should act. A recurrence shown through the novel is how society traps people into the usual gender and class role‚ by looking down on those who try to break out of such norms. Throughout the novel‚ Elizabeth had been repeatedly
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Notable work(s) The Sound and the Fury As I Lay Dying Light in August Absalom‚ Absalom! A Rose for Emily Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1955‚ 1963 Spouse(s) Estelle Oldham (1929–1962) Signature William Cuthbert Faulkner (born Falkner‚ September 25‚ 1897 – July 6‚ 1962)‚ also known as Will Faulkner‚ was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford‚ Mississippi. Faulkner worked in a variety of written media‚ including novels‚ short
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