Scott McCloud

Within Catcher in the Rye, without a doubt the theme of alienation is prominent throughout. The Webster dictionary defines alienation as “a withdrawing and separation of a person or persons affection from an object or position of former attachment”. This explanation helps the reader to set the scene for the novel and the isolated presence the main character Holden withholds throughout the course of the story. The negative energy Holden Caufield displays automatically at the beginning of the…

World War I was very tragic time, and only a few novelist captured the true lives of people who lived during that time. Ernest Hemingway, an english author who was in the Italian first aid during World War I, is one of the novelist who show an aspect of life during World War I in the novel Farewell to Arms. Hemingway tries to show what people had to deal with during those times. A man named Fredi, who is an american in the Italian first aid, meets a woman who he falls in love with. He tries to…

The Great Gatsby comparison and contrast between the book and the 1974 movie. The difference between the ways the book expresses and shows the characters then in the movie, but the movie helps you understand the plot and storyline better. The 1974 movie uses vision to show the characters filled with emotion while the book uses dialogue. The Great Gatsby plot and setting in the movie and book are mostly the same. Most of the movie used things from the book, but some things were changed. The 1974…

The Pursuit of False Americanization to Alienation Entirely adopting a country of your own in search of the better life seems risky, but embracing a movie’s depiction on a country in open arms solely through seeing it from a movie is idiotic. In Greg Sestero’s The Disaster Artist, the character Tommy has completely missed the mark in America because of his false stereotyping of Americans and the nation itself, leading to hate, conflict and agony for the casting crew. Through mannerisms,…

Where to find the best Happy Hours on the Vegas Strip There is no doubt that Las Vegas is a place for unlimited fun alongside eating and drinking. But does it mean that you have to spend big. Well, the answer is no. Vegas is rightly named the sin city. Each and every activity in Vegas involves blowing up the hard earned money when not opted at the right time. Drinking at Vegas can be very expensive. But don’t worry, when it comes to Vegas, there is always a way out to enjoy the same exotic…

The 1920s, conventionally referenced as the Roaring Twenties, was an era of great change and a time of exuberance in many regions of society. The world had just concluded the most immense war in history, World War I, and the United States of America was left virtually unharmed by the war. The U.S. was able to experience a decade of tranquility and prosperity succeeding the war. During this decade, America became the wealthiest country in the world. The denizens of the United States went through…

Following a little while, Pat recuperates from his wounds, and in the wake of accepting a letter, consents to meet Tiffany. Pat clarifies that he requested that his sibling Jake drive him to see Nikki, and watched her from a far distance, at last acknowledging she has another family and is cheerful, and hence acknowledges it as the completion of the film of his life. Tiffany gives Pat a tardy birthday show: a cloud diagram, and they lie on the ground and watch the mists together. Pat pulls…

Introduction: THE ARGUMENT The works of the picaresque are abundant, especially since no one seems to know categorically what is picaresque and what is not. The term is extended to envelop any form of prose fiction which sends its hero or heroine on a journey, or has him, her engaged in the service of many masters; the protagonist or antagonist may range from a completely foolhardy person to a well educated young man or woman, who is pushed by conditions to spend time with lower classes. Such…

moral debts, the feeling of guilt, the pursue of self-redemption. "I heard that you lost a lot in the crash." "I did," and he added grimly, "but I lost everything I wanted in the boom." (F.Scott Fitzgerald, 1931) Those are the first two lines of S. Scott Fitzgerald’s Babylon revisited, and as we continue reading the story, we realize that it is not merely the dialogue that opens the narration but the essence of the whole tale condensed at its very beginning: guilt, disappointment, the pursue…

Staying at Dublin’s Grand Dame of Luxury Hotels, The Merrion 5 Intro Along a tony street of fine 18th century Georgian homes in the posh and stately area of Georgian Dublin, , there is a door man in green suite with a top hat and tail. Fashionable guests come and go with some dressed in bespoke business suits while other are dressed in more casual, yet spiffy attire. With each coming and going the door man bids a cheerful greeting in that lovely sing song Irish accent. The outside of the…