Criticism

Sylvia Plath’s writing is a haunting memory of her ineluctably tormented and thoughtful mind. The Bell Jar is a perniciously brutal story of a young woman struggling to handle the pressures of academia, sexism, career uncertainty, insomnia, depression. These factors had a synergetic effect on her ability to get through life. Essentially, the events in the book are autobiographical. Truly, one would be incapable of creating such a gruesomely emotional novel without experiencing the same internal…

The author is trying to teach us that it is due to human nature that we try to change others to fit our own personal standards, and the consequences may be severe. In “The Scarlet Ibis”, the narrator presents this theory in a number of ways. In the beginning of the story, Doodle finally learns to crawl. His brother is genuinely pleased by this feat, and his reason being is typical. “For the first time he became one of us” (1). At this point, Doodle is only two years old. Despite this, the…

The Things They Carried: Literary Analysis Men and women that went to Vietnam came back plagued with gruesome stories of all the things they did and some never came back at all. The Vietnam War was the most unpopular war the United States had ever been involved in. Unlike WWI, WWII, or the Korean War the veterans were not welcomed home. They hid their involvement from the war to stay away from the judgement they would have received from some members of society. The soldiers normalized death and…

Jackie Molloy Mrs. von Schiller English 11 Honors May 4 2015 Eudora Welty, a Pulitzer Prize winning author, successfully portrays a feminist perspective in a southern society through the role of the female protagonist Laurel by using imagery and symbolism to relate to the domain of women’s experiences in her last autobiographical novel, The Optimist’s Daughter. Eudora Welty encapsulates her feminine experiences through symbols and images. Welty’s last novel, is known to be one of her most…

(Steinbeck 102), as the impoverished tinker abandoned her flowers and only wanted money. As mentioned earlier, there is more to the written word than what is on its surface. Whereas biographical criticism refers to examining a literary work by relying on information about the writer, historical criticism focuses on analyzing the cultural and social issues in relation to the time that story was produced. Steinbeck’s influences behind the setting and characters’ traits revolves around not only how…

Social Criticisms and Ethical Considerations in Marketing The world of business is one that continues to generate a lot of ethical concerns with regard to business practices. Due to increased competition and the need for maximization of profits, some businesses have been seen engaging in unethical practices which ignite social criticism. The practices range from marketing activities such as pricing, promotion and advertisements, to violation of privacy rights among customers. These unethical…

Mills criticism of nussbaum Nussbaum develops a theory based on capabilities to achieve justice for all men and women. The capabilities she selects are stemmed from the issues she saw with the discrimination and the mistreatment of women all around the world. Women are falling behind men politically, socially and economically all around the world. They are unable to achieve the same level of equality and freedom that men have in a society that looks to tradition to justify women’s unequal…

A Grandmother’s Criticism In my life, I have learned that there are two options when accepting criticism from grandmothers. One is to take it to heart and try to change, and the other option is to simply let it go through one ear and out the other. The relevance of the critique is the defining factor. While most people believe that nobody is perfect, my grandmother seems to believe the contrary. There is one regretful occurrence of her unsolicited and hypercritical advice that always comes to…

worldview, which can be defined as schools of criticism such as Marxist Criticism which asks about the distinction of classes and the interaction between members of different classes, Feminist Criticism which asks how female characters are created and treated, and Psychoanalytical Criticism which asks if the author recognizes innate human desires and about the psychological being of the author. Although someone who belongs to a certain school of thought or criticism could generally be thought to…

Critics: Movie Criticism People from children to adults criticize many things as they get older. In the world of film production, criticizing movies happens daily. Whether a viewer decides to dislike a particular scene to disliking the entire movie, critical approaches in literature will help us determine what type of criticism is taking place. In the movies such as Halloween, 300, and Frozen, criticism is done through description of scenes and by the judgement of the viewers. In Halloween, the…