Outsider In his novel THE RELUCTANT FUNDAMENTALIST mohsin hamid explores changez attempt to make a life for himself in America. While at first he is successful at Princeton and then in securing a job with a well-respected American firm, the reader becomes aware that he finds it increasingly difficult become he is marginalized as an outsider. As he strives to live the American dream, seeking money and status, he begins to question his own values and those of American society. This self-examination triggers such a crisis of identity that he rejects the persona he is trying to fabricate. ‘I did not know where I stood on so many issues of consequence; I lacked a stable core.
Newman was a man who refused to accept failure, and demanded the appearance of great confidence in his family. Thus, it was this chance meeting with his uncle that inspired Miller to create Loman and the Loman household characters as they are. Wealth, hard work, job security and family union are some of the concepts that involves the well-known term, the American Dream. Few people think this dream is something that is automatically granted. Many others however, as in the story Death of a Salesman, view it as something that has to be achieved in order to be successful.
Sinclair was inspired to write a book about the working class of America (consisting mostly of immigrants), primarily based on the packing town of Chicago and the different attitudes they can have and actions they carried out. Sinclair developed his story and his characters in an unusual way by using the third person and almost completely having no dialogue but instead used intricate details and imagery. Jurgis’ character seems to be caught in the trap of capitalism. Jurgis originally follows the harsh rules of capitalism and at first there seems to be hope that 12 hour working days (excluding Sundays) and low wages can support his big family but the society he lives beats and diminishes his expectations and hope until Jurgis completely changes and turns his life around for a life as a criminal. As a criminal, Jurgis finds money to come easier without working as hard but Jurgis learns that politics, crime and business is intertwined in Chicago and Jurgis fails again losing confidence and hope.
He uses Arthur Birling as a voice for capitalism, who is ridiculed by the inspector, a representative of socialism. The dialogue between them shows this, as the inspector twists what birling says. For example, when the inspector says “I’m sorry but you asked me a question”, and Birling says the inspector previously asked him an unnecessary question, the Inspector replies “It’s my duty to ask questions”. Priestly uses this symbolism as framework for the political ideology battle each character has with the inspector. As the political Ida of capitalism has corrupted the Birling family, Priestly shows the audience how the inspector, the voice of socialism, constantly out-wits the birling’s.
The strong were the ones who caught the eyes of employers, and the strong were the ones who were able to provide for their family and move up in the world. The book shows many examples of the weak dying or falling into a horrible world of drugs, crime, and completely breaking. The only ones who survive in the world of competitive jobs are the
Eventually, the workers despised he and his terrible partner, Henry Clay Frick, which they all went on strike, on his successful Homestead mill. Frick called upon Pinkerton soldiers, which were no match against them, seeing that they all won. Even so, Carnegie couldn’t get rid of all the bad blood that was placed upon him, so he started to give away his millions, after selling his steel company for half a billion dollars, to several investors. All of this continues to match he to his current era, because most had to work to rise to the top, and he did just the thing. He also matched with his era because it was rapidly growing, putting people out of business, like he
Although he may not understand what happened in his past, he feels he is chained to it and that his life is already set for him. Throughout the story The Misfit behaves in ways that show he doesn’t want to live the life he has, but he feels obligated to fill in the gaps that his past has created. The Misfit is very similar to the father in a short called “The Boat”. The father works extremely hard on a boat in the harbor to support his family. He has a son that helps him, daughters that help around the house and a very old-fashioned wife that disapproves of many things that make him happy.
Outside of work, workers feel the toll of not spending enough time with their families, leading to internal conflicts and eventually divorce. Inside of work, everyone hates their job or least have a negative attitude every time they go to work. 3. Employers have to acknowledge that technology has increased productivity and that they have a responsibility now to give their employees more time off so that they would be more productive when they return to work. 4.
It gets to a point where he wants to quit due to the fact of his wife’s constant stress caused by his continuous endangerment, which caused her to induce her delivery of their son. That ended up being one of the main conflicts in the film along with Mr.Daider’s lack of motivation to educate these children. But in one final stand will his
One play in which a character challenges the beliefs of others is Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”. In the play main character Willy Loman challenges the beliefs of his son Biff and friend Charley. Miller effectively uses dramatic techniques such as symbolism and foreshadowing to portray these differences in beliefs. Willy believes in the ‘American Dream’ and believes that you have to be successful in life to be happy. Throughout the play Miller has Willy boast about his life to his family telling them how he is “vital in New England” and that “if old man Wagner were alive” he’d be in “charge of New York by now”.