The Grotesque

it would come, and perhaps he no longer cared” (Fitzgerald 161). Additionally Gatsby was finally opening his eyes to reality and it devastated him as he, “…looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is…” (Fitzgerald 161). Contrarily, Lurhmann actually allows for a phone call to be made moments before Gatsby’s death and as the phone’s repeated ringing reaches Gatsby’s ears, his stern expression gradually transcends into a…

Flannery O’Connor’s works were known to be grotesque and often was very critical of humankind. However, she argued that her works were realistic, but that people refuse to accept reality when it is not ideal towards them. In A Late Encounter with the Enemy, O’Connor visits them flaw of man to believe a dishonest past, usually done to make oneself appear better and to spend life trying to keep the image of the dishonest past seem truthful. The general, who in reality was just a foot soldier,…

Contrary to the common depiction of women and men the roles were reversed with the women being amazed by the war and the men being cowardly. O’Brien describes both himself and the Vietnamese soldier he killed as opposed to war, against the entire grotesque nature of it war. Both of the soldiers were described as dainty and skinny which are common diction used to describe woman not…

The bizarre director-actor duo of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp unfailingly concoct odd, and often grotesque, movie masterpieces. Chock full of dark humor, strange dialogue, and unusual, yet intriguing, characters, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is, without a doubt, another extraordinary creation of the outlandish pair. This film will take you on a journey into the chocolate factory of eccentric candy man Willy Wonka through the eyes of poverty-stricken Charlie Bucket, who, by a string of fate,…

On January 31st, 1865 slavery was abolished in the United States. Nearly 153 years later, this unjust and clear violation of human rights still continues to take place across the globe. Millions are affected and treated with the worst possible conditions. Countries including India, China, and Pakistan are all affected by modern day slavery. Imagine being in the shoes of one of these slaves. Everyday the same work routine. Everyday barely alive. Everyday being treated like garbage. Communities…

the intent to keep the awful events and memories of the Vietnam war alive, but written in a beautiful way the readers can still understand. In O’Brien’s book he writes, “The truths are contradictory. It can be argued, for instance, that war is grotesque. But in truth war is also beauty. For all its horror you can’t help but gape at the awful majesty of combat.” pg.80. This exemplifies In the chapter, How to Tell a True War Story, O’Brien tells the story of Curt Lemon being blown up by a…

is considered normal to others. Concept of Deviance As stated in the textbook, “it is not the act itself but the reactions to the act, that make something deviant” (Henslin, 2014). If one didn’t consider what they saw/witnessed to be odd, grotesque, frightening, or inappropriate, they would consider it normal. It doesn’t matter how significant; just that it is different from what they consider normal. Years ago people thought that men and women should be married before they had sex or…

references. Conspicuously, demons persisted being linked to malformed persons described as goat or demon monster babies. Plato and Aristotle mention these deformities in their writings. Bother philosophers discuss such phenomenon as humans producing grotesque children that resemble animals instead of their parents called terata. Moreover, the ancient Talmud mentions unnatural malformed babies or gruesome beings that came from demons. Other text reference aborted fetuses that had serious…

allowing her husband to be with different women and petrifying the corruption and incorrect actions that he does. Not only her husband becomes a challenge in her life, but the relationship with her son Michimasa, who is not other than a slacker and grotesque character. For Tomo having both most important man in her life, as selfish, hypermasculine and unemotional man-makes seek for ways to avoid her grandson to become like them. As well as she stays on her house, to not only maintain the name of…

Artist Pat Ward Williams believes “that essentially all art is propaganda. It is an artist getting you to think about those things that are right and true” (Curtis, 2016). As a degreed artist, Williams realized that to convey the messages of things that were “right and true,” her camera alone was not always able to adequately capture information that extended beyond the documentary photochemical capabilities of photography. Concerned about the loss of connection between the camera and the…