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Erich Maria Remarque Quiet On The Western Front
1,759 wordsThe destructiveness of war can be understood upon several levels. Primarily, war exposes innocent lives to violence so unforgiving that it leaves physical and mental scarring to the victims for the rest of their existence. War destroys the bonds that soldiers have built with their family, friends and former lives in their pre-enlistment years. War strips all the baggage of life away from the participant, leaving only the raw emotion to be endured by the soldier. Fear, hate, passion, confusion, e...
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George Orwell Author Describes
1,685 wordsGeorge Orwell expresses a feeling of alienation throughout 'Such, Such Were the Joys... ' He casts himself as a misfit, unable to understand his peers, the authorities placed over him, and the laws that govern his existence. Orwell writes, "The good and the possible never seemed to coincide" (37). Though he shows his ability to enumerate what is "good, " he resigns himself to a predestined state; uncertain of where exactly he fits in society, his attitude is irreconcilable with what he knows soc...
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Claudia And Frieda Feeling Of Inferiority
1,539 wordsThe Bluest Eye (1) Toni Morrisons novel The Bluest Eye is rightfully considered as the classic example of African-American literature, which illustrates the ability of Black writers to discuss the issue of racism from their own unique prospective. In it, author was able to analyze the deep psychological motivations that cause many Black Americans to feel psychologically inadequate. Unlike modern proponents of racial equality, who suggest that the feeling of inferiority has strictly an artificial...
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Members Of The Community Sexual Satisfaction
2,009 wordsContemporary Worldviews The relation between person and society has always been a topic of philosophical exploits of great many authors. The realization humankind is highly social species has even led to referring to man as homo social by many contemporary psychologists. In this respect it interesting to compare the ideas of Sigmund Freud and George Simmel, whose views on the issue of mens interaction with society, used to be very popular at the beginning of twentieth century. Back than people f...
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Franz Kafka Gregor Samsa
2,187 wordsKafka's Metamorphosis Franz Kafka's short story The Metamorphosis deals with a man who turns into some sort of insect, resulting in a conflict between the household and the transformed individual. Whether the man, Gregor Samsa, literally or figuratively turns into a bug is not known. The story is full of themes and symbols that Kafka uses to make his story as ambiguous, yet as comprehensible, as possible. In fact, the symbols and themes are interconnected. The most important theme is the idea of...
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Main Character Holden Christ Like Figure
1,280 wordsHolden Caulfield: Saint, Snob, or Somewhere In-between? Although J. D. Salinger has only one novel to his credit, that novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is recognized as an exceptional literary work. The key to the success of The Catcher in the Rye is the main character, Holden Caulfield. There are many different critics that view Holden in many different ways. Some believe Holden to be a conceited snob, while others see Holden as a Christ-like figure. It is my opinion, however, that Holden is some...
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Main Character Holden York Chelsea House
1,397 wordsHolden Caulfield: Saint, Snob, or Somewhere In-between? Although J. D. Salinger has only one novel to his credit, that novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is recognized as an exceptional literary work. The key to the success of The Catcher in the Rye is the main character, Holden Caulfield. There are many different critics that view Holden in many different ways. Some believe Holden to be a conceited snob, while others see Holden as a Christ-like figure. It is my opinion, however, that Holden is some...
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Separate But Equal John Howard
740 wordsIn this nations history, society has alienated many groups based on race or color. The most widely known of these such prejudices has been those committed against blacks. Ever since the beginning of this nation, before 1776, blacks have been regarded as inferior, bs, and somewhat of a nuisance. John Howard Griffin, in his book Black Like Me, explores this thought as a white man and a black man, after he changes the color of his skin. In the book, alienation is clearly seen in states of the deep ...
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American Medical Association American Journal Of Psychiatry
1,329 wordsDepression and Suicide In Adolescents. As a state of extreme grief and all-encompassing sadness, depression, if left untreated, may lead to a deliberate murder of oneself, suicide. Depression effects individuals with out discriminating against race, gender, or age, yet among adolescents, the incidents of depression have increased significantly. Such increase is the potential cause of the rise of suicide rates amidst adolescents. Therefore it is imperative to treat depression before attempts of s...
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Freedom Of Choice Moral Excellence
911 wordsExistentialism In our individual routines, each and every one of us strive to be the best that we are capable of being. How peculiar this is; we aim for similar goals, yet the methods we enact are unique. Just as no two people have the same fingerprint, no two have identical theories on how to live life. While some follow religious outlines to aspire to a level of moral excellence, others pursue different approaches. Toward the end of the Nineteenth-Century and on through the mid-Twentieth, a mo...
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Freedom To Choose Freedom Of Choice
861 wordsOur destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature; it is our future that lays down the law of our today. Friedrich Nietzsche said this in one of his famous books about existentialism, Human, all too human. Existentialism is the philosophical movement that is chiefly concerned with individual existence. Its basis lies on the belief that human beings are completely free and responsible for themselves and their actions. Existentialists feel that man is no...
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Forced To Work Franz Kafka
570 wordsIn Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, Gregor Samsa is alienated long before his transformation into a dung-beetle, the job that gave him no satisfaction and the family that exploited him kept him isolated from himself and society. Kafka uses Gregor to exercise his opinions against the capitalist society that would keep down its working class. Gregor is trapped in an uncreative job that allows him no freedom, and he would like nothing more than to quit, but hi is forced to continue working so that ...
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Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress
1,336 wordsThe images of war remain imbedded in an individuals mind, making it difficult for anyone who has faced the horrors of war to re assimilate themselves within society. People who have never faced the horrible images lack the understanding and compassion needed for a war veteran to reestablish themselves. The alienation an individual suffers from family and friends thrusts them further into a world of confusion, forcing them to take drastic actions to find peace. The effects of war have the capacit...
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Rose For Emily Emily Grierson
862 wordsIsolation and Emily Grierson: A Deadly Combination William Faulkner, one of the most famed writers of our times, explores in his writing the themes of alienation and isolation. He interweaves these themes with his female characters. In A Rose for Emily, Miss Emily Grierson is a woman who is alienated and lives in isolation from the people in her town. The theme of isolation is the focal point of the story, since it is what drove her to her madness. Faulkner s theme of alienation comes up many ti...
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Black And White Joe Christmas
463 wordsIn the novel by William Faulkner, Light in August there is alienation in the novel. The alienation occurs with Joe Christmas. He is a stranger that comes into the town of Jefferson with a unknown past. Prior to his arrival, he went under the name of Lucas Burch. We Joe Christmas arrives at Jefferson, he alienates himself from almost everybody for about 2 years. His past has taught him to do so, with all the bad things that has happened to him. We get extended interior monologues from Christmas, ...
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Metamorphosis Into A Beetle Occurring From The Moment Gregor
621 wordsGregor had Metamorphosis Metamorphosis: Response Gregor had alienated himself long before his metamorphosis into a beetle. His obsession with his job had dehumanized him, made homeless personal and more mechanical. While on business trips, he began to lock his doors at night in the hotels. He carried this action back to his homelife. His family did not know him anymore partially because they took him for granted for making their money for them and partially because that was simply how he wanted ...
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People Of Ireland Silly Laugh Stephen
726 wordsComments on Portrait by Caitlin Wrote In the novel, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, our first impression of Stephen Deals is that he is an outsider. It is known that he is in a school where many of his peers are of a higher class than himself. In fact one of the first conversations he has that we read of involves him being asked the following questions. What is your name? ? ... What kind of name is that? ? . What is your father? ? ... and Is he a magistrate? The class disti...
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Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Leaves Of Grass
1,515 wordsForged in the fire of revolution and defined by manifest destiny, America has always been the land of the individual. Although the American dream has not always been consistent, (married with 2. 5 kids, 2 cars, a dog and a satisfying job), the spirit of innovation, individuality and progress remains unchanged. The father of free verse, and perhaps the American perspective of poetry, Walt Whitman embodies these values in his life and work. First published in 1855 in Leaves of Grass, Song of Mysel...
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Jean Jacques Rousseau York New York
1,543 wordsSelfish Ambition? The question? What makes us who we are? ? has perplexed many scholars, scientists, and theorists over the years. This is a question that we still may have not found an answer to. There are theories that people are born? good? , ? evil? , and as? blank slates? , but it is hard to prove any of these theories consistently. There have been countless cases of people who have grown up in? good? homes with loving parents, yet their destiny was to inflict destruction on others. On the ...
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Emile Durkheim Sociological Theories
2,297 wordsSocial Structure: framework that surrounds us, consisting of the relationships of people and groups to one another, which give direction to and set limits on behavior. Social Institutions: organized, usual, or standard ways by which society meets its basic needs. Ascribed Status: refers to positions that an individual either inherits at birth or receives involuntarily later in life. age, gender, race, wealth, sibling Achieved Status: refers to positions that are earned, accomplished, or involve ...
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