Eccentricity

Humans are sympathetic creatures. It is a fact that differs us from many animals in the sense that our emotions, our idea of the construct of feelings, are imprinted on all the things around us. Our impressions can go as far to be characterized in art and music - these types of messages may not at all appear human but still invoke an emotional response. This response is so strong that even in the face of inhuman or dangerous circumstances, humanity still attempts to imprint human emotion on a…

Love, anger and madness is a Haitian trilogy that reflect the cruel, discriminatory, and corruptive system of Duvalier. Marie Chauvet through this excellent novel reflects the barbarities that were committed by Papa Doc during his regime.She encourages Haitians to get united and overthrow the martyr that seem to be fighting with the white imperialism.But in reality Duvalier is destroying the country though his mulato economic elite and American business interests. Claire and Annette are two…

When everybody around a person tells one that one cannot succeed at what one is trying to do, one starts to lose confidence in oneself, stops questioning people’s judgement, and becomes convinced that this degrading opinion of one is correct. After this, it becomes extremely difficult for one to see oneself in a positive light. Although, the struggle towards regaining self-confidence is an uphill battle, once the battle has been won, the renewed self-belief is enough to propel a person towards…

Out of Job’s namesake book in the Old Testament comes a familiar story that is known for the grueling trials of one of God’s most devout servants. Job appears to be spared from no form of suffering; his children are slaughtered, his fortune dissipates, and his community ostracizes him. The man who earned his fame from pious actions and abiding by God’s word seems to have been paradoxically abandoned by his maker, initializing a deep agitation in Job’s previously secure philosophy. Although these…

Is there life after death? John Carter thought idly, leaning against the high brass railings of the rooftop restaurant. Why don’t you come and find out? the cold, dark abyss below him seemed to whisper, its seductive voice cold and impersonal. The railings gleamed like burnished gold in the last slanting rays of the westering sun; the metal surface cool and smooth to the touch. As daylight faded to black, the street below became an abode of deepening blue shadows interspersed by streetlights…

Amazed and concerned about Dill’s actions, Jem shows a sign of growth and maturity by informing his father about the situation. Although both Dill and Scout see Jem as a “traitor” for telling Atticus, the young man recognizes that he did the right thing. He says, “Dill, I had to tell him… You can’t run three hundred miles off without your mother knowin’” (161). Consequently, by alerting Atticus and seeking help from a grown-up, Jem proves to be a more mature character. He clearly puts adult…

The Surrealist Movement was a creative effort to established a new style. Prominent figures and influencers during this twentieth-century movement were Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, André Breton, and Max Ernest (Dickerson 213). As a way to diverge from previous writing and artistic norms, artists began to use the idea of the unconscious mind as a way to better exemplify one's own imagination and mind. In the works "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, and The Persistence of Memory by Salvador…

When most people first hear the name Van Gogh, they think of the Van Gogh portrayed by popular culture – brilliant, tormented, and driven to insanity by his artistic dedication. Yet this portrayal of Van Gogh fails to acknowledge his role as a social critic – a critic considerably influenced by his socioeconomic circumstances. Even modern-day art historians, those people deemed most likely to consider Van Gogh from every possible viewpoint, often reject this facet of the artist. They instead…

eccentrics, or even grotesques. Northrup Frye feels that Dickens has two types of humours characters, the genial, generous, and lovable ones, and the absurd or sinister ones.Typically the characters in the congenial society have amiable and harmless eccentricities, while the humours characters in the obstructing society reinforce the false standards and values of that society (Frye 56-57). Dickens novels can be seen as ironic tragic-comedies of deception. Dickens targets the injustices of the…

Bharati Mukherjee explores many facets of feminine consciousness and immigrant experience in her fictions. She has dealt with the ambivalence of their psychic and spatial identity and the trauma of dislocations at multiple levels. The impact of patriarchy on the Indian society varies from the one in the West and therefore Mukherjee has tried to evolve her own stream of feminism grounded in the truth of compulsory displacement that they recurrently undergo. Indian expatriate writers do not write…