Elitism

Alongside love and tragedy, class is one of the key themes in both Atonement and The Great Gatsby. Whilst there are some clear holes in Briony and Nick’s narrative reliability, readers can still gain an insight into the portrayal of class. Ideas such as class segregation, the rich’s hollowness, and class consciousness are presented through numerous techniques. These include narrative bias, metaphorical settings, and character foreboding. Fitzgerald and McEwan alike reflect their narrators as…

ABIR LAL BISWAS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR MRS. SWETA ANTONY MASTER OF ARTS ENGLISH (PREVIOUS) SEMESTER II 13 APRIL 2015 CULTURE AND ART: A CRITICAL CROSSOVER The origin of the very word “Culture” comes from the world of ‘agriculture’ from which it developed a metaphorical meaning in the eighteenth century for culturing the mind rather than crops. And in this sense gradually it became associated by the early nineteenth century with the knowledge of Greek, Latin and the fine arts. The acquisition…

The United Empire Loyalist talked in distinct way, in regards to talking with British white male superiority in mind. This idea of elitism was present with the Loyalist they were supportive of the monarchy, conservative, keeping the British monarchy in power. This is shown through multiple types of literature and over one hundred years. In a book called “The Canadian Brothers” by John…

Economic interest groups are ubiquitous and the most prominent in all countries. There are literally thousands of them with offices in national capitals from London to Ottawa to New Delhi to Canberra. There are several different kinds of economic interests: business groups (e.g., the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the Confederation of British Industry, and the Nestlé Corporation, headquartered in Switzerland and with operations throughout the world), labour groups (e.g., IG Metall…

4.2 Etiquette, Courtesy and Behavior A good man does not argue. He who argues is not a good man. – Lao Tzu, Father of Taoism, a sixth century B.C. Chinese philosopher. Life is short. But there is always time enough for a simple courtesy, a small talk or a little etiquette. Etiquette is a nice little art. One can forgive you for the murder but not for your impoliteness. A man is known by the way he behaves, with people especially with people at perceived lower rank than he is. It is a common…