Don Juan

Lazarillo de Tormes is a satirical portrayal of society and that focus on the lives of the lower classes. Lazaro, serves several masters over the course of his life; each master has a different social status and give an insight into the Spanish society. The novel criticizes the hypocrisy of the church and the ills of the society. This the first time we have a commoner as a protagonist; all the other literature works we have read so far main character were either a king knight or a god. Lazaro…

Viva La Vida is saying that a King used to rule the world. He once used he used to much of his power and he was overthrown and left all alone. The Count of Monte Cristo is related to Viva La Vida because Villefort abuses his power and makes mistakes which leaves him alone and corrupted. In Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte Cristo, the writer’s use of imagery and personifications portray the idea that abusing power leads to loneliness and corruption. Both Viva La Vida and The Count of Monte…

Miguel de Cervantes Spanish author was famous for one of the greatest novel of the Spanish golden age Don Quixote de la Mancha. Many cultural advances in the society of Spain had taken place such as paintings, music, Architecture, and literature. Even though Spain was at a peak in its cultural age there were still many create social issues at the time. There was a very strong line of nobility woven into the fabric of society. This created a caste system; many people aspired to be more then…

packaging or advertisements and almost never with their usefulness. There are aspects of the shopping experience that are hidden from the eyes of the average costumer but carry weight in the way in which they shape and guide our culture. The supermarket in Don Delillo’s White Noise is portrayed as a spiritual place where characters, like Jack Gladney and Murray, go to discover their identity and face their deepest fears. This is a critique of the culture of consumerism that measures the worth of…

Realness beneath the layers of cosmetic perception”. Here, DeLillo seems to be speaking passive aggressively to deliver a message to his wife that conveys that it could also happen to her, anyone to be exact. This could also be referencing the negative outcomes that accompany the desensitization of society. In the case of this sentence, it seems that the husband is instilling fear into his wife’s heart just to enjoy seeing her reaction. This somehow explains why people always have an undying…

White Noise, Don DeLillo’s so called “breakout” as well as noteworthy example of postmodern literature, pitches us through waves of seduction, intellectualism, humor, disaster, and the nature of human violence. The expiration of life accelerates the novel in its intended direction, of acceptance of the finite. Our narrator Jack, places power above everything, and in return is guaranteed protection from death. He duplicates Hitler from his desire of confidentiality from expiry, which in his…

whole. It can be difficult to distinguish between conventional and satirical novels if the absurdities the author intends to critique are presented in a subtle tone. An example of a novel that is subjectively a mockery of contemporary American life is Don Delillo’s White Noise. While the main characters of the book made be interpreted as arrogant and unintelligent by some readers, a non-literal look at the work can bring…

Morrison 1Kristen MorrisonDean FeldmanIntro to Humanities2 April 2016Miguel Cervantes’s Don QuixoteThe Spanish baroque period took place near the end of the sixteenth century. At thistime, the picaresque novel was being written by Miguel Cervantes. Picaresque meaning, aSpanish novel involving adventures of a rough and dishonest, but appealing hero. This novel,Don Quixote, may be referred as the very first great modern novel. However, according toHenry M. Sayre, in his book, Discovering the…

A hero is an evolution of character brought on by experiences and demands encountered by a person. In Cervantes story, “Don Quixote”, the main character imagines himself as an instant hero regardless of the fact that a true hero is a product of their environment, not their mind. In Don Quixote’s fantasies, he wants to become a legend in his own time. Quixote’s private world of fantasies, which he has created from his library, is interlaced with the world of reality that he encounters. At many…

culture as well as the impact their works had on literature, however, some works has bigger impacts than others and therefore are critical to be taught in a World Literature course. If I were a World Literature instructor, The Iliad, The Prince and Don Quixote would be the three works that I would have to include into my curriculum. These three works provide insight into their respective culture and their impact on literature. One piece of literature that we have learned about this semester…