The Overcoat

Through the novel 1984 every person, society, group have something to fear,a phobia that make them think or act different than they used to. a phobia that determines what their actions say Everyone in the novel has their own version of a rat; the people live as rats, the novel 1984 the rats symbolize Winston's fears and the reason he loved Big Brother, Big Brother way to survive, manipulate and dominate the people and the power. In other words Big Brother IS the rat,. It is the Party’s…

Who am I? One of the simplest and most common questions a person asks, yet it may be the hardest question to answer. The sheer complexity of it is enough to discourage anyone from even attempting to find an answer. Despite that, many will embark on a journey to discover themselves, whether it’s a twenty-one year old recent graduate who doesn’t know what they’re doing with their life, a man in his eighties whose contemplating the life he lived, or a young girl who has been sheltered away in a…

The novel “Lolita”, written by Vladimir Nabokov, focuses on two central characters: Humbert Humbert and Lolita, a 12 year old nymphet that Humbert falls in love with instantly. In order to stay closer to Lolita, Humbert goes to any length, including marrying Lolita’s mother, Charlotte. Humbert Humbert is a European man who moved to America, and is attracted to minors. In American culture, certain paraphilias are considered extremely taboo, with pedophilia being the most hated of them all.…

Henry also expresses the love that James and Della have for each other. Della doesn’t just cry when she realizes that she doesn’t have the money for a great gift for James, she howls. She greatly hugs him when he returns home and gets to his flat. After cutting her hair and receiving the money to buy his gift she was so ecstatic that her sacrifice seemed to not bother her until she got home and looked at it, and even then she was only worried that James wouldn’t like her without hair. She…

When arriving at Countess Olenska’s house, Archer notices that “on the bench in the hall lay a sable-lined overcoat, a folded opera hat of dull silk with a gold J. B. on the lining, and a white silk muffler” and takes no time to suggest these costly articles as the “property of Julius Beaufort”. While Archer desires to maintain his social status by abiding by…

Guilt is the tread that fastens grief to a criminal, as if it were a button to an overcoat. As time goes on, that string is worn from stress, making it more susceptible to snap. Just like a string, all guilt has a snapping point. Joe Keller is the protagonist in Arthur Miller's play All My Sons, who is consumed by the guilt of killing innocent World War II pilots. The guilt of this tragedy is unbearable for Keller, as it drives him to insanity and ultimately compels him to commit suicide.…

Emma Goldman was a person of many qualities including: a writer, a great influential speaker, and a feminist. Her most important quality is that she was an anarchist. Her anarchism is what really defines her because she was not a common anarchist. She had her own definition that she followed: “Anarchy, to this particular anarchist, did not signify chaos, whether on the international, national, or personal level. Rather, it meant living one's life without external restraints.” (Chalberg Prologue…

The jackets were white or grey and double breasted. The jacket had the same number of button as the officer’s undress coat. Officers were to wear their shoulder straps on the shoulders of the jacket. Officers also had the option of wearing a grey overcoat. This coat had the same number of buttons as the officer’s regular coat and the appropriate shoulder straps. On this coat, there was no buttons on the pockets. Confederate Navy: Summer Dress When it was warm or the officer was in a tropical…

Loneliness is designed to help you discover who you are, and to stop looking outside yourself for your worth. The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri first novel, written in September 2003 and later directed into a film by Mira Nair in the year 2006 develops her concept of loneliness. The Namesake is a great book, which accurately highlights characters transformation as a result of indisputable loneliness. The theme is depicted in many ways throughout the movie and the novel. Loneliness is an important…

Ashima and Ashoke Ganguli moved to a small town in America shortly after they became husband and wife. Not only was the move a culture shock to Ashima but the idea of assimilating into the American culture was about as foreign as she was. Throughout her novel Lahiri paints the picture of what it was like for a Bengali foreigner to try and hold onto their culture in America. Along with trying to raise a Bengali family surrounded by ever pressing American influence. In the novel The Namesake by…