Alienation Holden Caulfield, an interesting man, shows that many people show phoniness and how Holden despises them to a point where he alienates them. This book shows many themes, one of them being revolving around alienation and phoniness. J.D. Salinger’s masterpiece The Catcher in the Rye shows throughout the book that Holden alienates himself from other people because he fears the phoniness of adults. Stradlater, Holden’s roommate, shows phoniness by how he is a “secret slob” also how it annoys Holden to where he gets into a fight with Stradlater over his sloppiness with Jane, which leads Holden to alienating him.
When they talk about him, the characters usually do not talk him down, but rather build him up, unless its George. George is closest to Lennie and often rants openly about Lennie to Lennie. As said in the story, “'Course Lennie's a god damn nuisance most of the time'” (41) it shows that George is not scared of Lennie's overbearing existence and slanders him with him present. George is one of the only characters within the book that talks down on Lennie. Throughout the story Lennie's played out as a nuisance and and some one to stay away from but when Steinbeck adds in the text, “'Course he ain’t mean'” (41) it is showed that Lennie is not a harmful character and can be trusted with certain things.
He is mostly always inappropriate with words, very blunt, and hurtful with others. This seems to be a defense mechanism for him to shut out the world around him and not be bothered. Whether this is due to him not wanting friends or just the fear of someone messing with his very particular life, is not known for the positive but I would side with the "schedule." I see Jack depressed as well, though he tries to hide that also. It becomes quite obvious that Jack has OCD and it has literally consumed his entire life but, Jack makes it look and seem normal he's been at it so long.
Olaf was a merchant sailor just like Jim when he was younger; the only problem with Olaf was the color of his skin and his intimidating size. While a merchant sailor, Olaf did not have a problem with what race his fellow sailors were on the ship. Jim’s sheer size and race set off his racial hatred towards Jim. Olaf feels helpless because of his age. Before Jim departs, he puts his hand on Olaf’s neck; Olaf thinks Jim will snap off his head any moment now.
He is a very nervous person, as is Filch. When they both are placed in an intimidating situation they get really nervous and I could imagine that Olaf would have a slight stutter in those situations like Filch. They are both dynamic character. It is not until the end that they realize they were in the wrong and wish they did not act the way they did. They were both essentially on the “wrong side” of the situations they encountered and once they realized so it was almost too late.
It is apparent that Twain pits religion against racism and in the book Huck feels like he has to give up all religion in order to save his new found friend, Jim. Twain might have shown religion in a negative light because of his personal views on religion the common belief that God had made black people naturally inferior and that slavery was okay, and the church may have been an easy target for satirical work. Huck often didn’t believe in religion or its power, especially after he is not rewarded for prayer, has to learn about people he cannot actually meet, and is unable to “pray a lie” (pg. 213). The satire in this book makes twain’s attacks
Cousin Francis yelled, “He`s nothing` but a nigger-lover!” (Lee pg83). Just because Atticus was doing the right and noble thing, Cousin Francis thought that he loved black people but he did not know Tom. Although, Jem stated that, “Atticus says cheatin` a coloured man is ten times worse than cheatin` a white man.” (Lee pg201) It is worse because it is like killing a mockingbird, which is a sin, coloured men do not really bother anybody. And then Atticus explained that, “...You’ll see white men cheat black men everyday of your life, ...whenever a white man does that to a black man, ... that white man is trash.” (Lee pg220). He explained that white men always win and cheat, so the white men are the victors but the white man is always a bad man.
To Kill a Mockingbird "Ignorant individuals are those who refuse to see the world through the eyes of another." - Matthew Michael James once said. Ignorance is something that is oblivious to humans and are not aware of their lack of knowledge about other people. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, displays Attics Finch a lawyer that was chosen to defend Tom Robinson's life from the racist people in Maycomb County such as Bob Ewell, and to always be their for his two children Scout, and Jem that experience many conflicts throughout the novel. Two characters that show bewilderment throughout the course of the novel is Scout, and Bob Ewell.
Naturally Violent “People are Violent because they are born that way.” Modern writers often speak of people native to violence. Although these three stories disproves that mankind is born evil, in Ralph Ellison’s “A Party Down at the Square” says the white narrator does not like the racism but will approve of it because his family and the environment revolved around him is indeed racist. “Invisible Man” also by Ralph Ellison, the Invisible man was always seeing the bright side of everything but as he grew older nobody noticed him so he turned evil, he understood that no one will ever see him the way he wants to be seen. “The Destructors” By Graham Greene, this also disproves the statement of all mankind are born evil because it shows
The narrator is not afraid to speak his mind throughout the book by leaving a trail of witty or sarcastic remarks and even says, “It kills me sometimes, the way people die” (464). This quote can not be taken literally, but it can be taken to heart if the readers are not a fan or the narrator. Another example of New Historicism is when the book changes culture. Normally, in Germany from 1939-1942, the culture is to hate the Jewish religion and all who believe in it. The narrator says, “The Germans in basements were pitiable,