Bruce Jay Friedman

And yet, when Winston returns from the woods, his awakening does not effectively translate into action. The novel that opened with a man’s bold words of dissent, “DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER,” —closes with the same man’s declaration of love: “he loved Big Brother.” How does this radical transformation occur in Winston Smith—and moreover, what can it tell us about the power of language in totalitarian states? To answer these questions, let us turn, once again, to Hannah Arendt. In The Origins of…

Title- What is it significance? The Great Gatsby is a man named Gatsby who went from being poor to being able to gain a large amount of wealth. Throughout the book, his qualities that are shown could be seen as great. Gatsby was known for throwing huge parties to attract the love of this life Daisy as well as being able to maintain his humbleness even when he became rich. The title can actually be ironic because Gatsby wasn’t even his real name and he became wealthy through illegal…

Almost every character of the play can be placed with or opposed to Lear’s rule. Likewise, the people who clash with the king have motivations that are largely incomparable to those of, for example, Edgar and Cordelia. Interested only in material wealth and power, the various antagonists of the play deceive their way through life whilst the main characters that the audience would most likely emphasise with are motivated only by good virtues such as personal insight, honesty or charity.…

Chaucer himself remarked on the language of a thousand years before him a famous passage from Troylus and Criseyde, (II.22-28) expressed that men long before spoke in so different manner from his contemporaries. Ye knowe ek, that in forme of speche is chaunge Withinne a thousand yer, and wordes tho That hadden prys now wonder nyce and straunge Us thenketh hem, and yet thei spake hem so, And spedde as wel in love as men now do. ‘You know also that there is change in the form of…

In this chapter, I here analyze economic aspects of Lee Child’s novel Tripwire. Here, I analyze Jack Reacher and other major characters. This thesis deals with American lifestyle and culture which offers different perspective to the field of literature. The perspective of my analysis is economic contract theory or in another word “Behavioral Economics”. I also focus on exploring evils of capitalism by discussing the ideology of “Economic Man”. Behavior of an individual is always mapped through…

When Kubrick unleashed his final cinematic work Eyes Wide Shut in1999, like all his previous films, it was grievously misunderstood by audiences and critics alike. Based on Arthur Schnitzler’s 1926 novella Traumnovelle (Dream Story), Kubrick upholds a psychoanalytic parallel between the two, as the source story heavily borrowed from Freud’s theory of life (Eros) and death instincts (Thanatos). The task of transporting the overall…

You may have read Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman at some point in your life. Whether it be in your youth, when your high school thought it'd be educational, or in your adult life when you've run out of things to read. At any age, Death of a Salesman sends a clear message on the American Dream, the idea that from any origin, with proper work and dedication, one can achieve anything. The titular salesman, Willy Loman, finds himself grappling with this very concept, and whether or not it still…

The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald Chapter 1 1. What sort of man is Tom Buchanan? 2. What do we find out about Tom and Daisy’s marriage? 3. How does Fitzgerald build up interest in Gatsby through the chapter? Chapter 2 1. What does Myrtle do as soon as she arrives in New York? In what ways is this significant? 2. How does Fitzgerald sustain our interest in Gatsby in another chapter in which we do not actually meet him? Chapter 3 1. How do the rumours about Gatsby contribute to the general…

Rayaan Chowdhury Film and Lit Professor Prestridge December 8th, 2017 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Literature has always been regarded as the mirror of the community/society. The content used in literary writing is inspired by the environment in which the author is placed. Thompson is not an exception because he uses the environment in which he was placed to air his views about the American society. Hunters uses his creativity in the narrative to reflect on America. In his book, he…

Americans are the ultimate ideal for advertising companies. We like to be the best, stand out, feel important, different, and advertisers know exactly how to use our emotions against us in order to will us to buy their products. Perfection is an ideal set by oneself, and all the advertiser has to do is tweak a person’s view of perfection, and then offer a method to reach the new height. Many different companies with a wide variety of products make the consumer feel as though they are one step…