THE STRANGER This book demonstrates how society judges individuals for doing something that is not the usual way to do things. Meursault displays many of these abnormal personality traits. He is not an emotional person and has a laid back attitude. Unfortunately people pass judgement on him becaus...
A stranger who is known to have attitudes and beliefs similar to those of the person is better liked than a stranger with attitudes dissimilar to those of the person. A stranger who is known to have attitudes similar to those of the person is judged to be more intelligent, better informed, more moral, and better adjusted than a stranger with attitudes dissimilar to those of the person. A stranger who is known to have similar attitudes on issues important to the person and dissimilar attitudes on unimportant issues is better liked and is evaluated more positively on the other four variables t...
The internal struggle that the narrators are going through in the poems, "Marriage" and "To a Stranger", help the authors get their points across. ... The internal struggle that the narrator goes through in "To a Stranger", by Walt Whitman, is a little different compared to the narrator in Corso's poem. The internal struggle the narrator goes through is this poem is one trying to quell the desire the narrator feels for a stranger that it passes on the street. This is best illustrated in the following quote, "Passing strangers? ... The narrator finally decides that next time he comes ...
It describes a child coming into women hood before her time when advanced upon by an older male stranger. ... The temptation in this story is the male stranger who just happens to be hunting for "birds" (a term for women) in the very same woods that Sylvia is walking in. ... In this work the male stranger, "the enemy" intimidates Sylvia with his age, demands and his shotgun, which is the recurring phallic symbol in this story. ... This ultimately signifies her own life/freedom, which she would have to give up if she were to become involved with the stranger which would begin by relaying the ...
I"ve gained, I"ve lost, I"ve found, I"ve cried, I"ve laughed, I"ve loved, I"ve hated, I"ve discovered, I"ve forgotten, these are what best exemplify my past year. The transition from high school to college was bigger then I could have ever imagined. Not so much academically, but emotionally. I think...
Jean Racine's play, Phaedra, arouses "pity and terror", in accordance with Aristotle's requirements of tragedy. In summary, Phaedra, who is married to Theseus, is overcome with a forbidden love for her stepson Hippolytus. Upon hearing and believing the rumor of her husband's death, she is convince...
Miriam Webster's dictionary defines friendship as "the state of being friends." The definition of friendship is as subjective and diverse as people throughout the world. Each person has a relationship with another person and that relationship is unique to that combination. Friendships grow and chang...
It was a sunny and windy day in late September with the prime traces of autumn beginning to pull the bright colored leaves from the trees. As I traveled in my car, heading to a mall, I could find myself thinking about life and how beautiful it is. Could it be more beautiful? Anything is possible an...
Fromm's solutions to alienation can only happen through an artfully union with others whether it is our family, our friends or just strangers who help us overcome our pain. Moreover, Wide Sargasso Sea is a magnificent novel where two strangers who get married become alienated when they familiarize with each other. ...
We will do anything and make sacrifices to please a loved one or even a stranger. ... Until she is face to face with this stranger after discovering where the great bird's nest is she unexpectedly becomes quiet: "she cannot tell the heron's secret and give its life away" (58). ...
But as soon as she arrives she is given a young child by a complete stranger. ... Due to her history of abuse and the willingness of her original guardian to give her away to a complete stranger, it is likely that Turtle would be dead without Taylor. ...
Michael O"Donovan, better known as Frank O"Connor, was born in Cork City, Ireland on September 17, 1903. As a young boy, he developed a special bond with his mother as a result of his father's abusiveness. He served as a member of the Irish Republican Army during the Irish Civil war. He later we...
The effect of friendship Although, others may disagree in the matter of the importance of friendship may have on someone's life. Notice that when we make friends with people that often we don't get the last name to. It seems unimportant and most only catch the first name, nor remembers suc...
This interpretation of Pride and Prejudice made claims that the readers are actually the ones making prejudices against misunderstood male characters, particularly the seemingly "arrogant- Mr. Darcy. Accordingly to the article, most readers tend to justify Elizabeth's prejudices because of t...
Rural, stubborn, and polite. These are only a few of the words that describe the novel Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns. This story tells about a young boy, an old man, and a coming of age town that experiences progression in the turn of the twentieth century. Everyone learns that nothing can st...
Frankenstein is one of the best books that I have ever read. The creature created by Victor Frankenstein has captured my attention since it has been presented by the narrator:" as his yellow eyes opened to stare at its creator". I choose to analyze this character for my essay because it fascinat...
The definition of a mother varies from person to person. My mother covers all variations. She is as diverse as a mother can be "a best friend, a mentor and sometimes a stranger to her only child. She has lived a life that I am just now being able to understand, and as the years have passed I have be...
An Old Friend Joyce Carol Oates writes "Where are you going, Where have you been" in a very symbolic way. The first time people read her story, they come away wondering what the story you have just read was really about. In the story, Connie, a fifteen year old girl is confronted with the real worl...
Sylvia Plath was an American poet who wrote many brilliant, yet controversial poems, including her well-known work, "Daddy." In the poem, Plath makes use of heavy, even harsh, words, conveying to her readers her literal hatred towards her father who had made her life miserable. However, during the ...
The play A Doll's House, by Henrik Ibsen, is concerned with the conflict between social distinctions and duty. This play is about women's need for independence and her obligations to family and society. The reader can easily recognize sacrifice and guiltlessness in the play. One can follow a theme t...
"Bag Lady Best Friends" I approached the homeless woman with caution and fear, not knowing what I would say to her. "Was this my former friend?" I asked myself. " Leisha?" I called out to the homeless woman with her back turned. Immediately her head turned around, and she quizzically replied ...
Hester's Isolation and Alienation in The Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale have committed adultery, an unacceptable sin during the Puritan times. As a result of their sin, a child is born, whom the mother names P...
Jane Eyre as a child is scrawny and different from the other children. She possesses an unnatural ability to see through people, to make grown adults nervous in her presence, and to buck tradition and social bindings. A little girl, who grew up in a wealthy home with several siblings, she spent most...
