Rhetorical Analysis of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald, in his short story, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, illustrates the unexplained aging process that begins the day of Benjamin’s birth. Fitzgerald’s purpose is to reveal the challenges individuals face as society tries to mold them to its own ideals. He exposes the hardships forced upon Benjamin, and adopts a sentimental tone allowing readers to relate to his writing. Fitzgerald also uses concrete language, pathos and dialogue. Fitzgerald uses concrete language in his writing to evoke an emotional response, and provide readers with a connection to his writing.
However in its effort to strive for the seamless, utopian class structure the Party imposes a wide gap between the social classes. This is complimented and aided by the Party’s desire and ability to enforce their unilateral thinking and oppression. These methods of control are achieved in a number of different ways. The first method is the constant surveillance through the conversion of the right to privacy to a privilege enjoyed by the Inner Party. This is used to produce fear in the comrades under the control of the Party in order to ensure the ultimate compliance from these comrades.
Transtromer description of town as ‘pulled closer tonight. With quenched windows’ invokes a claustrophobic feeling to both the intimate lovers and the responders. The description underlines the judgmental and intimidating nature of the human condition, as society bemoans the lovers’ privacy and intimacy. Transtromer further strengthens society’s judgemental view through his use of caesura when stating ‘a throng, waiting’. This extra pause emphasises the power of social expectations and the pressure exerted by society on the individual to conform to certain behavioural patterns.
The constant presence of the telescreen and the imagery of Big Brother and the Slogan “Big Brother is Watching you” provides a ongoing level of stress knowing that all of Winston’s words and movement is being watched and scrutinised, this allows the reader to share the feelings of pressure and paranoia. The manifestation of Winston’s Physical aliments “varicous ulcer” and his overall frail demeanour must be a result of living in a society were you are unable to trust or communicate freely with others. I believe that the main positive theme in nineteen eighty
The audience learns as much as is known by Art Spiegelman of Vladek’s story, while still strongly emphasizing a major subplot of Vladek’s relationship with people in the modern day. This unusual writing style proves to confuse the audience when panels change between the past and present, but allows us to see a greater amount of flaws in Vladek. It feels real. He is human and imperfect, which is shown in his distasteful relationship with his son and wife. All in all, both styles
Gender Roles and Actions A world with inequality is an unjust world with constricted individualism. This realism exists in the short story, “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro where the narrator is battling against society’s tough pressure of gender inequality. In the person vs. society theme of “Boys and Girls”, the names of the characters also play a symbolic role with their actions and also their role in society. Characters such as Laird, the Horses, Mack and Flora, the narrator’s grandma and her two parents all contribute to society’s unequal pressure by conforming to it and this trend continues once the narrator fights back. Men and Women both have their respective stereotypes.
He struggles with humiliation. His illness is the result of his wounded pride. Porfiry’s reasons for most of his methods he used was he saw the intellectual potential in Raskolnikov and wanted him to see that in himself. In the beginning of the book, Raskolnikov views himself as sort of a “Superman,” or above the moral rules of society or above what is socially acceptable. This viewpoint compels if not encourages him to separate from society or the established Russian social order.
The narrator of ‘A Visit to Newgate’ suggests that people are ignorant, wandering around not taking notice of what is around them. He proposes that he is acting as a secretary to his society, addressing the people directly and reporting what he has observed. He even states, “It may seem incredible. But it’s true” (Dickens, 121). Through the use of pre-existing ideologies about empiricism, individualism, and class, Charles Dickens strategically builds the readers confidence in order for them to accept the text’s ‘truth claims’ and
Putting the power in the hands of the masses it cause much more harm than good due to the fact that people in general are out to further themselves and it usually at the cost of others. Keeping the powers separate was how they were written is important in the stability of the United States, if we can overthrow something as influential as Separation of Powers it could very well lead down a slippery slope. James Q. Wilson and John J. DiIulio, Jr., American Government, The Essentials, 11th ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2008), David S. Broder, “Dangerous Initiatives; A Snake in the Grass Roots,” The Washington Post, March 26, 2000, http://www.proquest.com. James Q. Wilson and John J. DiIulio, Jr., American Government, The Essentials, 11th ed.
The character of the inspector is written by Priestley as a representation of morality in the play. The manner of The inspector is one the Birling's find rather disconcerting. This question of his character grows throughout the play, mirroring Sheila's and the audience's growing suspicion of him.” we didn't tell him anything he didn't already know" This all knowing quality of the character of the inspector gives a sense of being super natural, a quality confirmed by Priestley during the Inspector's outburst at the end in which he foretells the prophecy of 'fire, blood and anguish' giving the audience an underlying sense of unease at the reference to war. Therefore showing them the consequences of a lack of responsibility. This ironic hindsight into the war also gives the audience a sense of the inspector's wisdom.