The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Igby Goes Down by Burr Steers are both displayed as rites of passage texts. The texts are overtly didactic and both composers’ present the notion of non-conformity. Salinger and Steers express how individuals are pressured to conform to society’s values and beliefs. The two protagonists are anti –heroes and demonstrate non-conformity; they rebel against the apparent hypocrisy present in their respective societies.
Poet T.S. Eliot infamously referred to Titus as “one of the stupidest and most uninspired plays ever written,” while playwright Edward Ravenscroft dismissed it simply as a “heap of rubbish” (Shakespeare, 399). Yet for all of Titus’s grotesque horrors, the violence that seemingly repulsed Eliot and company should not be viewed as erratic, uncalculated acts. Rather they should be understood as representations of a wider, symbolic significance. It is through dismemberment, and the dismemberment of hands in particular, that the play can be seen through an emblematic perspective to signify the justification of vengeance and the loss of political and personal agency.
He is poking fun at the age old concept of ‘equality,’ one that has inspired wars and movements alike; he accomplishes this by creating a system to make everyone equal, a system that happens to be just as stupid as the idea of ‘total equality.’ Under this system equality is achieved, but it is at the cost of individual freedom and a society full of stupid people, this in-turn creates the situational irony found in the story. The plot of the story itself is a piece of situational irony, however there are many other instances found throughout it, including verbal irony. One specific example of this is when Hazel and George are talking, Vonnegut writes “ ‘I think I’d make a good Handicapper General. (Hazel)’ ‘Good as anybody else,’ said George.” His response to Hazel’s comment is slightly sarcastic, but also ironic, in that she really would be “as good anybody else” because in their society everyone is just as good or bad as everybody else. Another example of this false sense of equality is when George says,
Through a variety of literary and visual techniques, all texts concurrently present themes of technology and physiological manipulation revealing the disgusting homogeneity of a superficial utopia. These texts universally convey the idea of the impossible attainment of Utopia as it ultimately leads to the dehumanisation of society and the corruption of power, different from its intension of a perfectionist world but falls into an imperfection world. Orwell's 1984 novel is a dystopian and satirical novel set in Oceania, where society is tyrannized by The Party and its totalitarian ideology. Unlike a utopian novel where the writer aims to portray a perfect human society Orwell does the exact opposite with his book and it shows the worst human society unimaginable, in an effort to convince the readers to avoid any path that might lead toward such societal degradation. Orwell's ideas came from during the 1940s when the dawn of
No man thinks more highly than I do on the lack of sanity that derives our society. I’ll tell you why, nothing but facts. Open the English dictionary, it defines madness as a form of mental illness, a state of wild chaotic activity. Now if we go back in time, there’s famous spokesperson, philosophers, educators whom we take into account. They all elaborate and personify madness as a derivation of vitality, form of genius, sanity put to good use.
Frankenstein driven by romantic imagery and set in historic context, that analysis the European divide in society perpetuated by superficiality. Contrastingly Blade Runner is consumed by commercialism that reflects the dystopian globalised world that omits normal societal values and morals. Both texts challenge the morality of artificial creation that is motivated by the characters' relentless ambition. The texts employ techniques such as allusions and tactical characterisation to depict the disconnection to nature and the manipulated visions of the characters as well as introducing the question of 'what it means to be human?' Character is emblematic of the ideas within the both texts.
Moreover, Bateman is given another reason to exterminate; having a friend who “has the nicest business card” symbolically represents an ultimately successful yuppie, who challenges Bateman’s subjectivity of the “everyyuppie” and thus, jealousy reflects much of his actions. The composers, through the archetypal characters exemplify how the darker side of humanity may be unleashed from anyone and the ability it has to dehumanise
Victor’s positive family relationship is juxtaposed againsthis spite for the monster, a somewhat child of his. This represents the separation of emotion and technological progression and the dangers that accompany this. Thisillustrates the warning Shelley aimed her progressing society to heed.Similarly, the characterisation within ‘Blade Runner’ sheds light on the fragilerelationship between technology and emotion. Roy Batty – the product is in fact‘more human than human’ against the society that produced him; personified by theanti-her Deckard. As Roy releases a white dove upon his acceptance of
Candide Questions Chapter 1 and 2 1. Every character and attitude that Voltaire portrays in the first chapter was satirized. For example, The name of the barony- Thunder-ten-tronckh, guttural, primitive-sounding set of words—undercuts the family’s pride in their noble heritage. Pangloss would be a parody of all of the philosophers who expound on subject that have no effect on the world. His school was names Metaphysico-theologo-cosmolo-nigology, and it prods at Pangloss’s verbal feats and suggests how stupid Voltaire belives such idle thinkers to be.
Loss of Humanity Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, is a satirical piece of fiction, based on a false symbol of any type of universal happiness. Huxley writes about a society stripped of corrupt behavior, lack of morals, religion, essence of a family unit and human emotion. Huxley creates a dystopian world where a totalitarian government controls society by using technology and science. The price for happiness in the Brave New World is simple, loss of individualism. The purpose of this paper is to explain Huxley’s future predictions of a corrupt society seen through: controlled reproduction, sexual freedom, brain washing/sleep-teaching and the use of mind altering drugs.