This is yet another way that Bartleby’s static character, along with his flat nature, is shown. Bartleby was very passive which caused people around him to respond in many different ways. The story provided a subtle point about compliance and most of the time it offered the avoidance of conflict. “Nothing so aggravates an earnest person as a passive resistance”(Melville, 608). It was very confusing to understand the motives and spirit of Bartleby because it remained a mystery throughout the story.
He remains mysterious and aloof as he refuses to drink a guests either out of professionalism or a simple lack of interest. A conversation with a drunk woman interested and familiar to Rick, gives the impression that he had once mixed business with pleasure and didn't enjoy the result, providing a possible explanation for a reluctance to indulge with guests. Despite the war going on and the countless refugees that occupy Casablanca, Rick appears apathetic. This uncaring persona is questioned at several points at the beginning of the film. These instances lead the viewer to believe there is a sentimental and political side to Rick that has yet to be seen.
Catcher in the Rye: Journal Assignment Throughout the novel, Holden uses his isolation from society as a form of protection. He feels as if he is excluded from society, has no purpose in life and is constantly trying to find meaning for his existence. As the novel progresses, readers see that Holden uses his sense of superiority as a way to cover up his insecurities. Holden feels that because he is better than everyone else, there is no reason to interact with them. However, even though Holden acts emotionless he does have feelings but expresses them differently.
Although the whole film revolves around Henry (in reality Scorsese) and his life story, he isn’t a prominent figure in history or even a hero in the story. In fact I go so far to say that he’s a coward because although throughout the film he seems to be a tough guy who won’t open his mouth to the feds because he’s a “wise guy” he eventually cracks at the end of the film, where in fear for his family’s and his own life rats out his entire mafia family to the feds in order to go into the safety of witness protection.
The Hunger Artist knows that although he is honest and true to his work, his peers can never truly understand his accomplishment. In representation of Kafka’s personal life, the Hunger Artist himself loses much of his freewill. In his time, professional fasting has lost its icon. Before, any Hunger Artist could manage their own performances but as the profession loses touch with spectators, management is required
He feels alienated, meaningless, and dehumanized. Gregor is not capable of establishing a relationship, he says: “The steady stream of faces never become anything closer than acquaintances” (Kafka 8). Even as a human he feels unable to connect with others. This feeling becomes magnified through his transformation; not only is he emotionally alienated from society, he is also physically isolated in his room. According to Freudian’s theory he displays signs of a core issue referred to as Fear of Intimacy.
This can be measured in their political side of each life, and also the treatment of and love for Phuong. Through these three aspects of the character, the audience can see how very different Fowler and Pyle are. Pyle and Fowler differ in their beliefs and the way they impact themselves and their beliefs on society. Fowler is quite introverted, keeping his secrets to himself and having no opinions as we can see his job is not a correspondent, but a “reporter, because (he) reports what he sees.” This leaves him with no impact on society due to his reluctance to do anything that would force him to have an opinion, because in his eyes “an opinion is a kind of action”. On the contrary, we see Pyle who is quite a ‘loud’ American with his ideas, but his character in general is quiet.
ANALYSIS “The Killers” is a story that deals with the familiar Hemingway themes of courage, disillusionment, death, and futility. Nick Adams, Hemingway’s semi-autobiographical narrator in a whole series of short stories, performs a clear act of heroism but is disappointed by the result of it. Two killers invade the small town of Summit and hold Nick and others hostage in a diner while they wait to kill Ole Andreson, a former boxer from Chicago with a murky past. Once the killers leave without their quarry, Nick volunteers, at the risk of his own life, to go to Andreson’s boarding-house and warn him of the killers’ presence. Andreson is unsurprised and resigned to his fate, and Nick returns to the diner depressed at the contemplation of Andreson’s impending death.
He says, although most people enjoy chatting, he hates it because he finds it pointless. He doesn’t see social interaction as an end in itself, therefore talking to another person about an insignificant topic serves no purpose. He lives as an outsider as a result. He has very few friends and doesn’t trust other people. He feels content to read in his room by himself, and he even fantasizes about being the only person alive on the planet!
Activity #1: Diagnosis John Nash's antisocial behaviour was clear from the very beginning of the movie where we notice him seated alone and not speaking to anyone. As the movie develops he is hardly seen associating himself with people other than his roommate who he relies on and to who he states that "the truth is I don't like people much, and they don't much like me." Abnormal behaviour John displays is where he starts to believe he had been hired for a top-secret government mission, even though he hadn't. These delusions often led him to ramble on about things that no one could understood. Disorganized speech is another symptom of schizophrenia which he displayed frequently.