In dystopian society, technology, social manipulation, and control are all factors used to maintain oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society, even at the expense of universal human values. The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang and the novel 1984 by George Orwell offer a variety of social and political perspectives that allow the audience to gain insight into the oppression of freedom, truth and love within their context. Both address loss of these values within society through control and oppression, but they differ in perspective, due to the contrasting views of each composer. Lang made Metropolis during the era of the Weimar Republic. This was the country's first attempt at creating a democracy in the very difficult years following the first world war, as he tapped into Germany's power struggles, issues of poverty and conflict.
Plato's society is one built around excellence and formed under an aristocratic class that thrives off of the necessity to be as first-rate as possible. Unlike most caste systems, his differs in that each class is so because of their individual excellence in their specified area of expertise: "There are three distinct classes, any meddling of one with another, or the change of one into another, is the greatest harm to the State, [and] on the other hand when the trader, the auxiliary, and the guardian each do their own business, that is morality and will make the city just" (433b). To keep his society of excellence
Jimmy immediately starts insulting his best friend Cliff by saying, ‘Well, you are ignorant. You’re just a peasant.’ It is clear from the following abuse and gestures, Jimmy is a man full of hatred, although the source of hatred is unknown. The audience also gets the sense that Cliff usually plays the straight man to Jimmy’s passionate outbursts, and is defensive to Jimmy’s wife Alison, as he replies ‘leave the poor girlie alone. She’s busy.’ Alison answers tersely to whatever Jimmy flings at her, responding an agreement even when Jimmy blatantly derides her intelligence. Jimmy and Cliff are attempting to read the Sunday papers, ‘price ninepence, obtainable at any bookstall’ as Jimmy snaps, claiming it from Cliff.
With the different characters in the story, the meaning of their names gave color and attractions to the story itself and to the readers. Each character involvement gave impact to the flow from the beginning to end. The research aims to identify the meaning of the names of selected main characters in the two books. By knowing the meaning of the characters names, the readers would be able to decipher how it affects their corresponding characteristics. How the characters move to make the whole story in the two given books were also stated and sufficient examples and proofs were given.
When he came back he says “...I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention for ever” This suggests that he experienced immoral behaviour and wants change. The beginning of the chapter is structured in a way that Nick jumps from topic to topic, after talking about his upbringing he briefly talks about Gatsby, then goes back to talk about his family and his job before coming back to the present to discuss his current life in the East, before going back to discuss Gatsby’s mansion . One way to consider these ideas of Nick being connected is the fact that Nick craves a strong male role model, first his Father and then Gatsby. Later in the chapter Nick goes to visit his cousin Daisy and her partner Tom for a dinner party. This random party is another way in which Fitzgerald tells the story.
Mr.O'Halloran tells Frank “You have to study and learn so that you can make up your own mind” (208) this opens a door of possibility to Frank because he's always being told what to do and never thought of what he can do or think. Malachy, Frank's father who is an alcoholic, influence's Frank in many ways. At one point in the book, Frank's father drinks the money for the new baby, when Frank find's him he exclaims “ I don't know what to do because I know I'm raging inside...all I can think of doing is running in and giving him a good kick in the leg...I might as well go home and tell my mother a lie that I never saw him couldn't find him” (185). By doing this Frank appears more mature than he is, this also shows how much Frank loves his father but cannot get mad at his father despite all the bad choices he has made. Despite Frank's old teachers that bully him and his alcoholic father, Frank doesn’t think of hate or bully other people because of it.
He gives in to this enemy at times, playing “a game” with Jack and the hunters, and participates in Simon’s death dance. Ralph undergoes major changes in the novel and is left crying at his new discovery of how evil people can be at the end. Just like Ralph, Jack is all about the rules. He is a natural leader, but unlike Ralph, wants all the power for himself. Jack is clearly Dove 2 hurt when Ralph is given authority over him.
The desire to initiate changes can either lead to positive or negative results. Keating wants his students to learn ho to be their own individual person and step out of the line of conformity. Neil has gained courage to defy his father but in the end loses his will and committed suicide. Charlie, who is definitely a nonconformist, has done things that eventually led to his expulsion. Todd’s change, however, has matured in a positive way and expressed himself when it really matters; he is the first
But he changed from listening to his parents and trying to make them proud to finally doing what he wants to do. Todd Anderson Todd Anderson is considered a dynamic character because in the movie his character starts off as a timid and self doubting, and has no confidence in himself. Everyone expects him to be like his older brother. Later on in the movie he changed thanks to mr. keating. Mr. Keating talks him in being a free-thinking individual and leader, Todd Anderson was able over come the final obstacle of his instability only following after his friend Neils suicide.
This is the story shown in the exact text. The real story is the adventure of an unsuspecting man into the hypocrisies and atrocities that darken the legacy of man. The captain learns quickly that “white man’s burden” is not one of good will, but one of torment to the natives of the conquered land. Kurtz is a god to the Africans; even the main character sees him as such until they meet. This great build up of yearning to meet the malevolent and kind man known as Kurtz only to learn that he is a sickly old man that has been broken by white man burden is one of Conrad’s displays of modernism because this technique shows how man anticipations can twisted.