Persistently irresponsible, they are impulsive violators of what are considered social norms. They disregard the feelings of others, while feeling no guilt or remorse for actions they have done (Cavadino, 1998). Because psychopathy and sociopathy are often confused, it is important to differentiate between the two types of personality disorders. What makes a sociopath separate from the psychopath is “sociopathy is not a formal psychiatric condition. It refers to patterns of attitudes that are considered to be antisocial and criminal by society at large, but are seen as normal or necessary by the subculture or social environment in which they developed” (Babiak & Hare, 2007, p. 26).
In Yann Martel’s Life Of Pi it is illustrated that doubt leads to failure of accomplishment. Although Pi frowns upon agnostics because of their doubt, lack of imagination, reasoning, and lack of interest for answers Pi also shares these characteristics with them throughout the novel. Through Pi’s time on the ocean it is shown that these traits are what endanger him. Therefore, Yann Martel shows one that doubt is what makes Pi suffer. Pi looks down upon agnostics because “[they don’t] know which way is up” (Martel, 5) However, this is ironic because Pi himself is confused about his own religion.
Camus´ in “The Outsider” actually reverses these roles, to Mersault, the sun symbolizes threat and oppression, it is literally described as "inhuman and oppressive.” making nighttime as a period of comfort to Mersault. This allegory is employed within “The Outsider” to emphasize how Mersault simply does not fit into the social speculations and norms. Camus´ uses this to establish the point that Mersault views the world differently to the rest of the people. Uniquely, Camus' usage of the sun opposes its warmth and beauty in The Stranger. The sun is a symbol for feelings and emotions, which Monsieur Meursault cannot deal with.
As there are two sides to a coin, there are two groups of believers- one that supports pacifism, and the other that does not. The basic principle of Pacifism is mainly to oppose the idea and act of war and violence completely. The ideology stems from the severity and moral derogation of war, where violence is used to take away or injure innocent lives, deeming it to be morally incorrect. With this thread of thought comes the inevitable conclusion that violence is never justified. Truthfully, violence has never been a concept that could be morally justified.
But yet have I a mind/That fears him much, and my misgiving still /Falls shrewdly to the purpose”, from this we can see how he still shows some signs of uneasiness about them giving Antony a chance but is still not able to bring his point across to Brutus and the other conspirators as they all reason with Brutus and later on even submits himself to accepting Antony and even trying to convince him to join them. -Lack of foresight/ambition(1) With the exception of wanting to remove Antony, he shows a lack of foresight towards other aspects of conspiracy. As his primary motive of the conspiracy is to get rid of Caesar because of jealousy towards his power, he fails to plan for what happens after. This can be
H.G. Wells reveals the shortcomings of England’s ethos through the Time Traveller’s character. His selfishness, lack of morality, sexism and classism is displayed through his attitude toward Weena and his partisanship toward the Eloi. His desire to bring Weena back to his time is a reflection of a prevalent attitude in white culture that does not respect ones surroundings but sees them merely as a resource. The Time Traveller does not see Weena as a fellow living being, he sees her as research material.
Absurdist ideals in The Stranger The Stranger by Albert Camus it gives the reader a glimpse into the life of Meursault and how his life is just as absurd as his ideals as an Absurdist. Meursault is not your average Algerian man; he personifies the Absurdist ideals and then later the Existentialist ideals as well. He is emotionally aloof from the people and things around him in his everyday life; he feels like there is no reason to waste his time with meaningless things. He is a stranger in his own society due to the fact that he does not seem to care about emotions or even people in general. Due to this strangeness of the narrator’s personality, The Stranger highlights the three major themes of the Absurdist ideals: the irrationality of the universe, the meaningless of human life, and finally the motifs of death and decay.
This stands apart from the other two main sociological perspectives: symbolic interactionalism, which focuses on how people act according to their interpretations of the meaning of their world, and conflict theory, which focuses on the negative, conflicted, ever-changing nature of society. Functionalism has received criticism for neglecting the negative functions of an event, such as divorce. Critics also claim that the perspective justifies the status quo and complacency on the part of society's members. Functionalism does not encourage people to take an active role in changing their social environment, even when
This can be measured in their political side of each life, and also the treatment of and love for Phuong. Through these three aspects of the character, the audience can see how very different Fowler and Pyle are. Pyle and Fowler differ in their beliefs and the way they impact themselves and their beliefs on society. Fowler is quite introverted, keeping his secrets to himself and having no opinions as we can see his job is not a correspondent, but a “reporter, because (he) reports what he sees.” This leaves him with no impact on society due to his reluctance to do anything that would force him to have an opinion, because in his eyes “an opinion is a kind of action”. On the contrary, we see Pyle who is quite a ‘loud’ American with his ideas, but his character in general is quiet.
Last , human beings are incomprehensible. Unlike other writers, Evelyn Waugh does not decide upon stream of consciousness style for his story. He would like to describe the characters by their behavios rather by what is in their mind. It is just like