The Hairy Ape, The Zoo Story, And A Silver Dish

Throughout the course there has been authors who have displayed their characters that battle with their individual freedoms starting from mental to class structure. The three works that I’ve chosen are The Hairy Ape, The Zoo Story, and A Silver Dish. The search for freedom for each character has a different alternative; one might find it through a carefree life, death or even having the power to control others. The idea of freedom is mental states one may be caged in or even have all the freedom to live as they please. However, none can escape the ultimatum of self-destruction. Compared to the first two works by Eugene O’Neill and Edward Albee did not just explained that the characters were suffering from depression or had a control issue, but used settings to give an idea in which the characters were suffering internally. However, the last reading written by Saul Bellow A Silver Dish, a man so wrapped in his own personal gain and does not care about anyone but himself. Shows that he has more freedom than O’Neill and Albee’s characters combined.
Personal freedoms are classified into societal groups, wealthy, upper middle class, working class, and the poor. All types of people are born into each of …show more content…
Bellow created Woody to be a reliable character for Pop even though at times Pop was only around so he could use Woody for his own person gain but he knew Woody would always be there for him in all the scenes for example not ratting his father out when he knew where Mrs. Skoglund dish actually went. Knowing that by not telling would throw away any shot of him getting a college education. As for Yank, he was a lone ranger throughout the entire story. When he was thrown in jail and beat by mafia members he realizes he will not find his safe haven. The Jail for Yank was a place of loneliness and as for Pop and Woody being in Mrs. Skoglund house being