Vizzini is the smartest of the kidnappers, but he is both physically and morally inferior to Wesley. When Wesley approaches, Vizzini has a knife to Buttercup’s throat. Upon realizing this, Wesley decides it would be best to negotiate a deal with Vizzini. Wesley proposes a battle of wit to see if Vizzini can choose which cup has been poisoned. If Vizzini wins, Wesley dies and so will Buttercup, but if Wesley picks the right cup, Vizzini dies and Wesley and Buttercup can escape.
Individualism is a key aspect in both novels, most prevalently in the protagonist of each story. The presence of it maintains a positive aura in the story, and its gradual diminishment drains the aura out eventually, leaving the feeling of a grim ending. This is done by the relevant authorities in both novels – Jack’s “tribe” from Lord of the Flies and “the Party” from 1984 – who have many similarities. They are both totalitarian (since in Lord of the Flies becoming a “savage” in the tribe changes relevant individual aspects), they both gain power from collectivism and they both use violence to enforce their systems. Consequently the very nature of both authorities demands collective conformity, and this is the driving force for the abolishment of individualism.
“Conformity ensures an individual’s relationship with the institution… rebellion inevitably complicates it”. The enigmatic and elusive nature of the institution is designed to suppress individuality and encourage conformity, due to the inherent tension present between the inflexible institution and the individual. The harmonious or orderly functioning of society is dependent upon the cooperation of all the parts that seek to have certain needs and requirements met. This social contract entails the reduction in individual freedom in return for the provision of individual needs, such as security. Through an exploration of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s nest, Ken Kesey’s authorial intention give the responder an insight into the individual’s
During his fights against his peers, he understands that he has to win thoroughly. When he fought the adults, he did not understand the adults, causing him to lose. Finally, he defeats the buggers despite being outnumbered because the humans are a species that the buggers do not understand. Understanding is the key to being successful. Ender understands before making an insightful decision in order to be
According to LiteraryDevices.com the word satire is a technique used by writers to expose and criticize foolishness and corruption of an individual or a society by using humor, irony, exaggeration or ridicule. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain uses satire to expose the reader to many human weaknesses or flaws that are corrupting our society. His uses of showing the corruption through said techniques is an important part of this novel. The flaws that Twain puts in this book are not very obvious, but if you read carefully and thoroughly they can be seen clearly. One of the human flaws that we have is the our addiction to alcohol.
A Separate Peace – Fall from Innocence In our human nature, naive ignorance of the world's imperfections eventually yields to the recognition that the world does, in fact, contain hatred and violence. In John Knowles novel, A Separate Peace he places the main character, Gene Forrester in situations which necessitate this emotional transformation. Gene becomes increasingly aware of the nature of the world, through the beliefs and ideas he develops within his self conscious war. In addition, symbols, setting and characters clearly display a fall from innocence, specifically that of our protagonist, Gene. Symbols show the theme of loss of innocence very clearly.
The judges made it seem obvious that the narrator’s life was coming to an end. The fear that the judges put into the narrator is used to help him realize the fate that awaited him. The judges are the most villainous from the chosen stories because of their evil conception of torturing and killing the narrator. The short-stories villains are arranged from least villainous to most villainous. Okeke would be the least villainous because his actions were not as extreme as the other two villains.
The presentation of society and social class are significant in Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Earnest', written in 1895, and George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion', written in 1912. Each author uses a variety of techniques to explore the extent in which characters and events portray society and the social class in the era of which they are written. Morality in society is a significant aspect in which both Wilde and Shaw present through characterisations.Wilde uses Algernon’s character to make witty comments such as “more than half a modern culture depends on what one shouldn’t read”. This suggests the restrictions and assumptions which create a strict moral code existing in Victorian society; furthermore, this use of epigram allows Wilde to emphasize the mockery towards social morality. This view is supported by David Parker, who establishes the play as “Restoration Comedy”, implying Wilde does not deal with the problems of society in an orthodox manner as most plays do but
Society - people in general living together in organized communities, with laws and traditions controlling the way that they behave towards one another The establishment - the most important and powerful people in a society, who are often thought of as being conservative and wanting to preserve their own power and influence The spiral of brutality – cruel or violent behaviour or actions that continuously become worse 8. The final engraving seeks to portray in a macabre and gruesome way the “reward of cruelty” in the form of Nero’s lifeless body being subjected to public dissection and being denied burial in the hope that it could act as a deterrent to any other would be criminals. A tattoo on the body’s arm identifies Tom Nero as the criminal, the rope around Nero’s neck shows his method of execution as punishment for his criminal act of murder and his face appears contorted in agony portraying pain and suffering caused by asphyxiation from hanging. 9. The 2 skeletons of mutilated bodies in the background seek to portray that other criminals suffered the same after death mutilation as Nero and that what happened to him was not one
Firstly, Swarup conveys that the social Caste System still has a great influence on the Indian society today because it has created a dividing line which still separates the rich from the poor. In the “Prologue” of Q and A, the readers are confronted with the effects of poverty, where “your whole existence is illegal” and “arrest has a certain inevitably about it”. By using second person to describe the scenario, Swarup drops the reader into the action with horrifying clarity that being arrested by the police has become a natural, necessary part of living in the slum. The uneventfulness of Ram’s arrest also suggests the idea that his existence is not valued because of his caste. Through this Swarup is able to highlight the stagnant nature of social hierarchy in India today.