Existentialism In A Clockwork Orange

On another hand, J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye highlights the American indoctrination of youth, and how society responds heartlessly to the needs of ab-normal children. Through Salinger’s negative capability, the teenaged Holden Caufield expresses his disillusionment with the “phoniness” of the norm. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald demonstrates how material affluence has become the American norm, critiquing consumerist decadence through exploring the insecurity of Nick Carraway. Over time, Nick’s obsession with wealth significantly affects his own behavior and lifestyle.

Victor Hugo’s classic 1862 novel, Les Miserable resonated with overtly and covertly in the Holocaust. This thesis helps college-level students to comprehend the cruel behavior place for the people in the Holocaust period. Les Miserables emerged from a network of the cultural and social significance to understand the political viewpoint. The novel has important aspects which involving the setting, violence, identity, hiding, hunger, memory, and social justice. “Jean Valjean’s flashback sequences, using a grainy, high-contrast and washed out image to denote Valjean’s harsh

A Clockwork Orange is a dystopian novel by Anthony Burgess, printed in 1962. The story takes place in a futuristic society that features a grouping of extreme youth violence. The protagonist Alex narrates the story of his violent acts and his encounter with the authorities trying to reform him from his evil self. However Burgess tries to persuade the reader that Alex is not such a bad person, as he appears to be by hiding a big part of the evidence of his violence through certain techniques. The biggest of them being Alex’s use of “Nadsat” a language created by Burgess, which combines English with some Russian words.

Comparison and Contrast- The Matrix and Harrison Bergeron- Hero Stages The Matrix, written and directed by the Wachowski Brothers, and Harrison Bergeron, written by Kurt Vonnegut, share a variety of similarities and differences. Both of these works follow Joseph Campbell's Hero’s Journey in different ways and depicts a corrupted future.

The other boys, in fear of the beast, have all sided with Jack, ganging up against Ralph to kill him. Mob mentality is everywhere in Lord of the Flies, and some of the most memorable moments are the most obvious examples of Mob Mentality. Mob mentality is portrayed many time throughout Lord of the Flies, for example, when Ralph is hunted, Simon is killed, or the choir follows Jack when he leaves the group. Reading these sections, the reader can easily understand Golding’s message about mob mentality.

My favorite book is Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, he was born in 1894 and died in 1963. Written in 1931. A futuristic society where humans are born out of test tubes and kept in rigid social classes. This may not seem like a humorous premise for a novel, but Huxley uses satire, which is a type of humor used to make a serious point. The humans in Brave New World learn through sleep teaching, Huxley calls this “hypnopedia”.

Consequently, the world of indulgence and self-entitlement lead people of power into a society in which rules have been suspended for them. Larry Josephs, a professor of psychology at Adelphi University places the blame on a phenomenon he calls the Caligula Effect in his May 17, 2011, Time magazine article. Much like the Roman leader, Caligula, who was also a world-class monster, a combination of narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy all play roles in this entitlement of these so-called heroes. Therefore, many of these individuals feel as though any act of behaving badly will merely be overlooked or covered up.

In the novel Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood’s exploring the scrutiny of the human psyche, in order to demonstrate that fear and desire are at the heart of human behavior and can’t be eliminated no matter what happen. Atwood’s explore the point in which human’s knowledge and survival instincts are psychologically driven by either fear or desire through the creations of Crake and Jimmy (snowman). In the novel, Crake, a brilliant student, become a mad scientist that spend most of his time living in his world of ideas. In the story Oryx and Crake, Atwood portray Crake as a smart young boy that shows no interest in love or friendship except with Jimmy and Oryx.

One way The Secret Life of Walter Mitty exposes imagination is through expressing creativity. According to the University of Malaysia Perlis, “Imagination is the ability to form mental images, phonological passages, analogies, or narratives of something that is not perceived through our senses”(Murray Hunter). The creativity in this film is expressed through Walter 's daydreams and how extreme they are. One particular daydream was a fight scene with his boss. Walter is bullied by Ted, his boss.

Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray depicts the depraved and patriarchal society of the nineteenth century England, but also the narcissistic, Faustian and hedonistic moral views that Dorian Gray, the eponymous character, goes throughout the novel. This essay seeks to demonstrate that various views on morality are present and paramount to the integrity of the narration that is The Picture of Dorian Gray. Wilde’s novel encapsulates the dysfunctional and perilous life that a young man begins to experience after he had his portrait taken. In the very beginning, Dorian Gray is described to be the embodiment of what, during the Victorian era, was seen as the ideal young man “...this young Adonis, who looks as if he was made of ivory and rose-leaves. Why, my dear Basil, he is a Narcissus”.

Patrick Suskind, the author of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, writes a riveting story about a wonderfully talented boy, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, and his tragic journey through life which is infused with psychotic episodes. Jean-Baptiste’s journey can be further investigated by applying Carl Jung’s concept of archetype in his theory of the human psyche where he believes that archetypes reside within the “collective unconscious” of people all over the world. One such archetypal situation is observed throughout the book, which highlights Jean-Baptiste’s Loss of Innocence, his Resurrection, which is ultimately followed by his Unhealable Wound. Jean-Baptiste is always seen losing a fraction of his innocence throughout the span of his childhood. He is borne of a mother who commits infanticide, at a

Struggle of Intelligence in Flowers for Algernon “... the victories and defeats of life might link human beings in a similar way, if only we could learn mutual trust and respect despite our differences” (Brynie). Daniel Keyes’ novel, Flowers for Algernon, centers around the struggle of a mentally retarded man, Charlie Gordon. Charlie learns how unaccepting society is towards his disabilities when he gains intelligence through advanced technology. Published in 1966, Keyes writes about the consequences of technology in a time where technology is quickly developing. Daniel Keyes expresses the evolving abuse of technology through recurring themes, symbols, and morals that affect the main character Charlie Gordon.

“The only person with whom you have to compare yourself is you in the past.” Sigmund Freud is considered one of the most influential psychologists in history, and many of his ideas and theories are continually changing how people and society view and perceive the world. One of his better-known ideas is that of the id, ego, and superego. These ideas can be applied to the characters in A Separate Peace, specifically Gene and Phineas. In addition, Gene utilizes many defense mechanisms, such as displacement and rationalization.