David Lodge

In “Therapy” by David Lodge, Laurence Passmore, a middle-aged man narrates his experiences with therapy and his divorce. Laurence is a mediocre writer and the creator of a show called “The People Next Door,” who goes to cognitive behaviour therapy, physiotherapy, aromatherapy and acupuncture. Laurence has a habit of looking up words he says to “compensate for [his] lousy education,” (Lodge 33) but the words he looks up are not random; they are his subconscious way of putting his cognitive behaviour therapy to use. The words indirectly reference to something good about himself; meaning Laurence is attempting to cure himself by convincing himself that he should not be depressed. Laurence’s interest in diction seems to emphasise that he is not a good writer as well as illustrate the type of writing he does. However, his interest reveals that his depression cannot be cured by simply going to therapy sessions and attempting to get rid of his symptoms. Two words that demonstrate this are “gingerly” (Lodge 4) and “recession” (Lodge 85). The first word that Laurence draws our attention to is “gingerly” (Lodge 4) he looks it up to find out if the adverb has a different form to the adjective. The fact that he looked gingerly up is a surprise as Laurence is a writer and should surely know this and not have to…

David Lodges Small World works as a romance in two different aspects throughout the novel. Through Academia, and sex Persse and others embark on both conquests of love and academia. The following will over view the actions of Persse in his pursuit of love, sex, and passion while in the second half explain the importance of academia in the novel, the lack there of and a stronger importance on title to ultimately determine what makes Persse a romantic hero or not and concurring on how using the…

After Betty being gone all summer she comes back expecting things to be the same as they were when she left yet she was let down. Betty realized she realized she wanted more than just a friendship with Archie. Archie and Betty went to Pop’s, a restaurant that was very popular in Riverdale, to catch up considering they had been away from each other all summer. They were discussing the work they did for their parents over the summer when the new girl from New York came in, Veronica Lodge. Betty…

Novelist Stephen King centered on the theme of supremacy characteristic of white males over western native peoples masterfully in his book, The Shining. As a country yearning for new land, a young America stretched its borders into the West. While colonizing, white males believed that they were superior to the native peoples inhabiting the territory, and slaughtered hundreds of them to take over their lands. It’s been believed since those turbulent times in the colonial days of the United…

edge to find his killer, and the drama that is high school, slowly unfolds. This show, has all of the sterotypical high school characters that can be found in the Archie comic book series. From the egocentric rich girl, Cheryl Blossom, to the attractive male sweetheart, Archie Andrews, the good girl, Betty Cooper, the poor hoodlum,, Jughead Jones, the new girl, Veronica Lodge, and even the gay best friend, Kevin Keller. With more characters to guide along the plot, this television show depicts…

medical therapies as well as fulfilling the cultural needs of Native Americans. Historical trauma is the accumulation of emotional and psychological wounding that has occurred to a specific population over many generations. In understanding mental health, it is important to know what types of historical trauma the client may have undergone. Some historical traumas have occurred transportation issues due to relocation onto reservations in areas that are less than desirable locations. Native…

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The Lodges want to support Archie’s dad, Fred Andrews, to run for mayor. However, Archie doesn’t want his dad to be involved with the Lodges’ business, so he avoids campaigning with his girlfriend, Veronica Lodge, because he felt like that the Lodges are controlling both his dad and himself. He also told Jughead about the secret that Hiram Lodge has already purchased the town’s diner, Pop’s. He hopes that Jughead can help him by exposing Hiram’s plan to the public. However, Jughead refuses…

In most cases, Americans love a true underdog story. Movies that have a David vs Goliath-like plot, that culminates in a major battle that results in David overcoming all odds and concurring the Goliath-like antagonist. But the reality for most of history is that of tragedy and no heroic ending. This is the case the Lakota of the Pine Ridge Indian Agency fell victim to in the winter of 1890 when approximately 500 soldiers came to stop a ceremony later called the Ghost Dance. The horrifying…

Bethlehem. She feels that God had dealt very bitterly to her and wishes to be called ‘Mara’ which means ‘bitter, for she went out full and is now returning back empty. Naomi bids a tearful farewell to her two daughters-in-law. She tells them to go back to their people. Orpah kissed her and leaves but scripture says, ‘…Ruth clave unto her’. Ruth must have seen the faithfulness of Elimelech and Nomi. She must have seen their faith in the living GOD. She sees that Naomi trusts God to provide for…