Alienation and Loss of Identity in ‘American Psycho’ by Bret Easton Ellis and ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D. Salinger ‘A modern world based on pure individual self-interest‚ ironically leaves the individual in a chronically weak condition. Without a binding collective culture‚ without solidarity‚ the individual – isolated‚ adrift on tides of momentary desires – is open to manipulation and the most subtle forms of freedom.’1 Slater’s words fully encapsulate the grasping feelings of alienation
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he worked as a national affairs correspondent for the Washington Post. O’Brien has written several novels based on his experiences in Vietnam. The Things They Carried (published 1990) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. | Historical information about the period about the publications: The United States sent troops to Southern Vietnam in the early 1960’s to help stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. In 1954‚ the Viet Cong gained control over
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OUTLINE AND ASSESS MARX’S CONCEPT OF ALIENATION When considering the concept of sociology and its definition‚ one immediately thinks of trying to understand the world in which we live. However‚ for Karl Marx we should not only understand the world‚ but also seek to actively change it (Macintosh‚ 1997). The concept of alienation differs in terms of its sociological meaning in relation to that of the psychological definition and has been used to describe many other phenomena’s over the last four
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Alienation and Isolation Alienation and isolation have been apparent in society since the beginning of man. When an individual stumbles outside the realm of social normality they are viewed as degradation to society or a threat to normal society.(“Truthmove” 2012) In the gothic tale of Frankenstein‚ Mary Shelley frequently displays the many different forms of alienation. Victor Frankenstein and his creation were two of the characters in this book that went through alienation and isolation
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and society. The Metamorphosis is a representation of people’s alienation from society and their inability to have autonomous power over their lives. Kafka‚ like other writers of his time‚ was going through an existential crisis. He questions the meaning of life‚ and the futility of being just a cog in a wheel. In 1963‚ activist Roger Garaudy said at a convention: [Kafka] awakens in people the consciousness of their alienation; his
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Karl Marx believed that there are four aspects of a man’s alienation that occur in a capitalist society. The product of labor‚ the labor process‚ our fellow human beings‚ and human nature are the four specific aspects of alienation that occur in a capitalist society. Marx said that in the product of labor the worker is alienated from the object he produces because it is bought‚ owned and disposed of by someone else‚ the capitalist. In all societies people use their creative abilities to produce
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Alienation Paper #1 The concept of alienation by Karl Marx continues to be relevant in today’s capitalistic society. Alienation is ingrained in capitalism. Alienation can cause one to feel unworthy‚ meaningless‚ powerless‚ and inhuman in the work that they do daily. Craftsmen were once able to create a product from beginning to end and sell it at the price they desired. They had their own schedule and could create things at their own pace. It was a way for people to be creative and express themselves
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Explore the theme of Questionable Motives in ’Frankenstein’ and ’In Cold Blood’ The non-fiction novel ’In Cold Blood’ reconstructs the murder of a Kansas family in 1959‚murderers Perry Smith and Richard Hitchcock soon become the center of Capote’s novel‚which pioneered the new journalism movement.The Gothic novel ’Frankenstein’ is the disturbing story of an unnatural creation which was highly controversial when published‚in 1818.The creature represents the consequences of meddling with God’s creations
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quality of existence‚ a fantasy setting in ones mind can create happiness. These happy places’ that all individuals visit in their mind contrast slightly to the real world in regards to what they represent and invoke from the individual. In the short novel‚ Of Mice and Men‚ by John Steinbeck‚ the significance of a fantasy place is exemplified through the struggles and hopes of George Milton and Lennie Small. While both are unfortunate individuals who rely on each others presence‚ the aspiration of owning
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the goals and objectives of teaching literature in general and the novel in particular‚ the advantages of teaching novels and teaching methodologies. It is very difficult to agree on the goals of teaching literary texts. In the past‚ teaching literature was viewed as a way of making people better human beings and better citizens. The purpose of making English Literature a course of study at University College‚ London in the 1820’s was to moralise‚ civilise and humanise. In the US‚ after the civil
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