We see fragmentation in their respective relationships through the structure. The Manhunt is written in couplets which suggest a relationship between two people. However, there is little rhyme in these couplets which shows us that there isn’t harmony in their relationship. Perhaps the war in which Eddie was in has made his mind focus on the destruction of war to the extent that he can’t think of his relationship. After all, he suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
This is apparent within Willy and his sons. Willy is driven to commit his greatest wrong by feelings of shame that arise out of his sense of inadequacy as a man. His adulterous affair with “The Woman” in Boston, which haunts both him and his son Biff, is a desperate attempt to confirm and maintain his self-esteem. (Fred Ribkoff 123) Willy feels guilty because he let Biff down when he got caught cheating in Boston and of course he let his wife down. Willy cheats on Linda out of loneliness and he wants to feel like an important salesman because he cannot face the fact that he’s not.
Due to forces out of his control, such as the events of 9/11, Changez has no choice but to reflect on the past and recreate his identity once again. Hamid demonstrates how loss can lead to an unhealthy nostalgia but also how a focus on the present can lead people to a narrow world view, one that enables them to survive but at a great cost. Hamid demonstrates how nostalgia is used as a way of coping with an undesirable present. Changez tells the story of his family’s loss of wealth in Pakistan and admits that for his parents nostalgia was their ‘crack cocaine’. Changez, too, is guilty of nostalgia but he seeks to solve the problem and resolves to ‘pretend all is well and work hard to restore things to what they were.’ A preoccupation with reliving the past leads Changez to ‘lack a stable core’.
This is significant in that it shows the difference in Hassan and Amir. Hassan brave while Amir is weak and scared. In the memory, Hassan allows the fortuneteller to take his hand while Amir, in fear, does not, “the old man reach[ed] for my hand and I withdrew it.” These memories suggests about Amir feelings that he is in a state of panic and confusion where he does not know what to do. The memories might also suggest that the rape scene overwhelmed him with fear and represented a true moment where Amir became a coward. Most of all, however, the memories demonstrate Amir’s emotional dissociation during the rape.
Harmonium and Nettles Harmonium and Nettles both highlight the theme of memory. As they both are looking back over past memories that are painful, the poems feature the feelings of being helpless in stopping the hurt that was caused. The writer in Harmonium feels remorse for the things he hadn’t said to his father as Armitage states “then mouth in reply some shallow sorry phrase or word too starved of breath to make itself heard”. The writer in Nettles is protective of the recurring threat to his child that he can’t destroy. “rain had called up tall recruits behind the shed,” this quote shows the father cannot destroy them .They differ in the way they felt powerless however as in Nettles the father is feeling powerless because of a physical threat whereas in Harmonium it is an emotional threat of the inevibility of death and unspoken feelings that makes the writer feel powerless.
This causes Danny to shelter his emotions from the world, and that leads to the next problem. The next problem is that Danny’s bundles up all of his emotions so that it does not allow him to make any friends. This will hurt him in the long run because, if you don’t have anyone to share your emotions with you will live with them stuck inside your head forever. Danny must get rid of all his “ weeds”(issues) by taking them out from the source-- the root....his dad. I believe that Danny suffers from a depression related illness because in the book on the first couple pages the text reads “Behind his back he grips his left wrist digs his finger nails into his skin until a sharp pain floods his mind, makes him feel real.” This quote shows how he isolates himself which leaves him unable to feel any emotions.
Lennie expecting and eager for George to give him more hell does not get the answer he expects because George knows that he is about to end Lennies life. He wants to end Lennie’s life on a better not. The repetition of that phrase especially using that word enhances the mood of this scene because it creates the uneasy scary feeling that Steinbeck wants you to feel. Throughout the duration of this book its author John Steinbeck used dictation and repetition of phrases to enhance the mood of his novel. This book conveys a mood of sadness and hope at the same time; towards the end it conveys a fearful mood as Lennies life came to an end.
He is no longer able to demonstrate his masculinity which makes him incredibly self-conscious and vulnerable. Iago also plays on this insecurity after Othello has an epileptic fit, commenting on how according to traditional perceptions of masculinity, he is behaving inappropriately for a man. Iago is fully aware that Othello's masculinity is an important part of his self-image. Even though Desdemona is the only one who sees beyond this shield of a uniform that he puts up, Othello to some extent still believes that as well as his interesting life story, his soldier status and image as a unique heroic figure is what
The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate how both Poe and Melville seem to be commenting on the futility of trying to suppress a violent history, which is largely dependent on slavery. The narrator of “The Black Cat” continually suppresses his guilt over his wrong-doings and continually reburies his past. For example, the morning after initially abusing Pluto, the narrator has a feeling “half of horror, half of remorse, for the crime of which I had been guilty” (Poe 2522). However, this feeling is “feeble and equivocal” and his remorse “soon gave way to irritation” (2522). The narrator also attempts to rationalize the strangeness that befalls him.
Sassoon uses blameful language to describe the ruthless of government in order to reveal the ugly hidden massage as settling the situation. At the beginning of the poem, he uses the phrase “simple” (l.1) to imply innocence, as well as using “solider boy” (l.1) to adumbrate the character is in his early age. The unfriendly government that currently send young soldiers into a dreadful condition. The phrase “crumps and lice” (l.6) describes the terrible hygienic conditions in the army environment. Lacking of aims in the army originates from the nerves and sadden, hence they need a way to relief, “lack of rum” (l.6) defines rum was given to troops, steadying nerves, increasing confidence and forget.