Portnoy's Complaint Analysis

Jean- Baptiste Molière’s play “Tartuffe” is an unquestionably humorous comedy. The play defines the hypocritical acclaimed “Christians” we have in society. Daily, many people are blinded by admiration of religious figures who they believe are Gods disciples and can lead them to the gates of heaven. In “Tartuffe”, the author uses irony, satire, and tone to uncover a man follies of unreligious faith, the lust of women, money, and power.

His friend finds Jimmy’s joke to be distasteful to which Jimmy replies with, “ I told her to call me Babe Ruth . . . ’cause there must have been about 755 damn tumours inside me, (157)”. His

Holden on Phonies Holden Caulfield constantly contradicts himself in the novel, The Catcher in the Rye, this is best seen on his views towards phonies and he himself unknowingly being a phony. Throughout the book Holden mentions the phrase phonies several times as a way to describe someone who is fake, hypocritical, or pretentious. For instance, Holden thinks that Mr. Haas, the headmaster at Pency, was the most “phoniest bastard” he has ever met; Mr. Haas always puts on a act when he’s meeting parents (21). When people are phony it “drives [him] crazy” because he just wants people to be real (21).

He finally admits to Danforth that he has known Abigail “in the proper place where my beasts are bedded” , ultimately stating his confession about the affair he had with Abigail, committing a major sin in Puritan ideology (Miller 110). Proctor in confessing about his affair, he astonishes the court and making Abigail furious about what he had admitted to. However, Abigail attempts to lie to the court, denying any claims of any such event. Yet , Proctor exclaims “I have made a bell of my honor. I have rung the doom of my good name - you will believe me, Mr.Danforth!”

Over years he began to dislike tnad be ashamed of the Nazi party because he saw the way they were treating the Polish and the Jews (Hitler 's Children).

Judaism, born in the deserts of Israel, placed monotheistic religion on the map over three thousand years ago. As some of the oldest practitioners of faith, Jews represent a culturally and ethnically diverse people spanning across the world. Several works of literature feature Jews at the forefront as reflections of the people’s impeccable work ethic, humor, and religious devotion. Often times, writers skew the image of the Jewish people, however, by employing stereotypes such as greediness, the unmistakable “Jewish Nose,” or, to the extreme, the “perceptions of the Jew as a completely dehumanized diabolical being, sorcerer, poisoner, murderer of children, traitor, and more” (Arkel 196). Authors Arthur Miller, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and William

GEAS2103 Literary Appreciation Term paper Name: Lau Chi Yeung, Ben Student ID:15668495 Section:56 Title: Justice or forgive Introduction In most of the drama or fiction, the main character may facing betray. In Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Chris feel betrayed by his father Joe because Joe have hidden his crime and cause some soldier dead. In Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, Andrew also betrayed by his fiancée Natasha cheat with Kuragin.

In fact, the subsequent actions of the young prince seem specifically tailored to realize his desire for royal attention. It isn’t long after Hamlet’s pledge that Ophelia runs to her father Polonius, explaining that, “Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced, / Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, / And with a look so piteous in purport / As if he had been looséd out of hell / To speak of horrors-he comes before me” (2.1. 88, 91-94) . Some may argue that this erratic behavior Hamlet displays in front of people is just what it seems: neurotic and random.

“I myself am made entirely of flaws stitched together with good intentions” by Augusten Burroughs. Death of a salesman is written by Arthur Miller, The play is about this man named Willy who has a really big tragic flaw and tries to make his sons the same way that he is which is him being insecure. Willy’s tragic flaw makes himself insecure and wants his sons’ to listen to him meanwhile he’s going crazy. Willy’s intensity is demonstrated in his prideful behavior.

At the beginning of the novel we as the audience get to know him as the culprit. Antonio yells at Shylock, spits on him and calls him a dog and discriminates against Shylock because he is a Jew:” You call me a misbeliever, cut throat dog, and spit upon my Jewish gabardine”, (Shakespeare, I.iii.103-104:25). Shylock, also regards himself as the victim because of the way that Antonio treats him. As the play progresses the role of the victim and the culprit starts to change. Antonio needs money and borrowing money from Shylock is his only option.

In Night and MAUS, Wiesel and Spiegelman attempt to outline the impact of the varying reactions the Jewish population had about the same idea of fathers and sons. This can relate to society as a whole in the sense that decisions of people with the same morals and principals can not be compared in a setting as mitigating as such. However, the effect is just as great on the individual. Elie stresses the guilt he feels every day for being so inconsiderate for his father despite his plight. Artie alludes to the difficulty he has writing the book he intended for his readers.

As the speaker gets older, she starts to see her father in a new way. This new way is states as, “not God but a swastika” (46). She’s comparing her relationship between her father and her as a Jew and Nazi during World War II; this is shown as the speaker the victim and her father the tormentor. Her fear of her father is related to the fear between a Jew and a Nazi during the Holocaust. Because the speaker feels pain about her failure at getting freedom, her hatred increases.

Dr. Alex Karev is a pediatric surgeon in the television series Grey’s Anatomy. The story mainly happens in Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital in Seattle. Alex had it rough growing up. His mother suffered from a mental illness and his father was verbally and physically abusive to him and his mother. He decided to wrestle as a way to learn how to physically confront his dad which he did.