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readers unsatisfied because there is no clear moral to the story. Paradoxically, this ambiguous trait is a key reason readers come back to the grotesque tale of Marlow’s journey in the Congo and the Natives being colonized by the Europeans. This novel can be re-read and re-read with multiple critical lenses, and still, readers do not know the specific center. Of course, this is the main goal for every book out there. Unfortunately, in Joseph Conrad’s case, the full-on racism and hate crosses the…

Heart of Darkness, written by Joseph Conrad in 1899, is the account of Charles Marlow’s journey along the Congo River into central Africa to retrieve Kurtz from the interior, where he is trapped and dying. Heart of Darkness looks into the immorality of imperialism and the Congo Free State and the harm caused by the careless exploitation of the native people. The Europeans that Marlow associates with in Africa are motivated by self-interest only and their morals are questionable. The consequences…

McCarthyism is a term used to describe the actions of US Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House of Un-American Committee during the span of the Second Red Scare. Lasting from 1947 to 1956, this movement was characterized by political oppression as well as a campaign led by Senator McCarthy spreading fear that America was under serious influence from the Communist party. He convinced a majority of the nation that many of those in impactful positions such as governmental figures or even the local…

Every mythic hero or heroine’s journey can be traced through the outline of seventeen steps devised by Joseph Campbell. George Lucas’s Star Wars saga contains a unique blend of traditional elements of science fiction and the archetypal structure of a myth. The main protagonist of episodes IV-VI is Luke Skywalker, a boy from Tatooine who goes on an interplanetary journey and learns how to use the Force. Like any other mythic hero or heroine, Luke’s journey can be traced through the seventeen…

According to Joseph Campbell’s A Hero With A Thousand Faces, a hero’s journey is described as a “monomyth” that follows a narrative formula similar to the cosmogonic cycle, which is cycle of creation. The movie Up is one of the innumerable stories that fit the various stages of hero’s journey specified in Stuart Voytilla’s Myth and Movies. In addition, many archetypes and roles are clearly demonstrated in the story, such as Carl sacrifices and serves as the hero, the little boy Russell issues…

narrates the story as it follows the protagonist Liesel Meminger through her trials and tribulations between the years of 1939 to 1943. In The Book Thief, many elements are woven into the story, delving into a complex web of the character’s lives. Throughout this novel, plenty examples of symbolism are shown. The death of Liesel’s brother is where the story starts and her brother’s funeral is where Liesel steals her first book. The symbol of words is important to Liesel and in the story as…

Every story needs its hero, one that follows the path that we all have seen at least once. In this article Georgia Brown will be examining the features of the heros journey. The heros journey is the type of story which is well known and has been repeated over and over again all in different way but all still following that same path. These journeys usually entail of an unsuspecting hero facing their destiny. The hero is part of what we call an archetype. An archeypal hero is one that can be…

dictator, a pig who represents Joseph Stalin, takes control of the farm after a successful rebellion has taken place and the owner has fled. To maintain his power over the farm, the dictator rules by fear and manipulates the citizen’s to follow his commands and decisions. Through the development of characters throughout the story, Orwell demonstrates the theme that those who hold power will do anything to maintain it. A character Orwell develops throughout the story is a pig named Napoleon who…

land on the African continent. Conrad experienced both the rise and the fall of New Imperialism, and from it he drew inspiration and was able to create one of his more prolific pieces: “Heart of Darkness”. Published at the turn of the 20th Century, Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” explores a British Sailor’s recount of his time spent in the Belgian Congo, and the horrors that he witnessed within. Additionally, Conrad has used this piece to express and…

the play R.U.R.- Rossum’s Universal Robots, which premiered in 1921. That story, and many others, set archetypes used with the characters of robots, and many of interpretations of robots stem from the media. (Bartnech 64) Many of the robotic character used throughout the twentieth century include characters like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz, the Iron Giant, and Wall-E. One of the major archetypes used in modern stories is the portrayal of robots wanting to become human, and the characters…