Throughout history literature has been used to convey the realties and hardship of life. Dystopian novels warn the reader about what might happen if they where defer from this message. As seen in 1984 by George Orwell, On the Beach by Nevil Shute and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, when characters have a lack of a key concept of reality and life there is a new margin for error presented. Especially when key characters are displayed placing attachment to another over one’s better interest can be self-deprecating. As seen in most dystopias, when people pursue their attachment to significant others over accepting their reality.
For example, in On the Beach, characters must deal with the looming death from a nuclear explosion. To cope with this situation, many characters find connections with in each other in the attempt to distract themselves for what is inevitably to come. For example, the character Mary constantly burrows herself into her family. Her attachment to her husband Peter and her daughter Jennifer cause her to do irrational things. Such as, “happily planning their garden for the next ten years"(4.3). Mary uses this garden as hope. Hope that if she cares for this lovely garden that one day she will see her daughter reach her 10th birthday even …show more content…
In Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon have just been through a tragic war, which the reader can assume is World War 11, and are waiting for their friend Godot. Estragon” ESTRAGON: I’m going. /He does not move.” (1.67) This commentary between the two men is another example of how the attachment of a person can be detrimental to a person. The men dependency continues through out the progression, still believing that one day Godot will come and confirm their ideals. Though when he never comes, the author makes a point of saying that the only person we should be attached our
For example, in On the Beach, characters must deal with the looming death from a nuclear explosion. To cope with this situation, many characters find connections with in each other in the attempt to distract themselves for what is inevitably to come. For example, the character Mary constantly burrows herself into her family. Her attachment to her husband Peter and her daughter Jennifer cause her to do irrational things. Such as, “happily planning their garden for the next ten years"(4.3). Mary uses this garden as hope. Hope that if she cares for this lovely garden that one day she will see her daughter reach her 10th birthday even …show more content…
In Waiting for Godot, Vladimir and Estragon have just been through a tragic war, which the reader can assume is World War 11, and are waiting for their friend Godot. Estragon” ESTRAGON: I’m going. /He does not move.” (1.67) This commentary between the two men is another example of how the attachment of a person can be detrimental to a person. The men dependency continues through out the progression, still believing that one day Godot will come and confirm their ideals. Though when he never comes, the author makes a point of saying that the only person we should be attached our