Often in society do we see people treat others in a way that we learned at birth. In a way that make us seem lesser as a person in the long run. In the passage, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751) Written by Tobias Smollett, it shows many traces of emotion and of social propriety of this sort. This can be found in the beginning when Pickle and Gauntlet meet, While they duel, and what happens after the duel. Mr. Pickle, a rich and haughty man, encounters his lover’s elder brother, Godfrey Gauntlet. After a swift bit of bickering from the duo, we learn that Godfrey’s family is poor and thus seen as lesser to PIckle. In that right there, we most definitely see social propriety. Pickle is looking down on Gauntlet for something as petty as …show more content…
There is only the narrator telling the audience what happens as the duo doesn’t speak using dialogue. What does happen, however, is that Pickle claims that he’ll order his man to punish Gauntlet with a horsewhip. This, again, shows social propriety using simple diction. Smollett has pickle seem so uptight and Gauntlet so poor, that Pickle would have his man punish Godfrey instead of him doing it himself. The emotion in Godfrey at this was astonishment and anger. That was what started the actual dueling with swords. At Godfrey’s strength and Peregrine’s defensive pose, made it so Gauntlet’s blade broke Pickle’s. The sword simply snapped in two. Instead of killing Pickle, like what would’ve been normal after a duel, he simply drew away, claiming that Peregrine’s sword was not worthy to protect a man. He then told Pickle that if a man walked up to him in distress, he should treat them better. Gauntlet’s honor and emotion led to his grace and forgiveness for Peregrine. The social norm would’ve been to kill Pickle, but he didn’t showing that Godfrey was the good man here, whereas Pickle was a victim in the system. There were several uses of literary techniques that Tobias Smollett used that definitely helped this story roll along beautifully. Dialogue, Narrative Pace, Tone, and Diction all were major parts used. There were extremely strong emotions in this passage, not only of hate, but also grace. Social Propriety was at every
The narrator of the story seems to give off a biased opinion of the character and does so by using the literary devices of point of view and irony to contribute to the development of Clarence’s complex nature.
Harper Lee classifies the historical background of the 1930s current events which was exposed deeply, compared to the situations of the time the book was published, in the 1960s. She exemplifies these means of narrow-mindedness by building awareness of the partiality and segregation between the blacks and the whites. Racism is very common throughout the entire novel. A clear example of discrimination in the fictitious town, Maycomb County is, during Tom Robinson’s trial. Tom was a black man, who was accused of raping a white woman- Mayella Ewell; he committed a crime that would lead to a punishment of: death penalty. Regardless of the fact that there was coherent evidence to prove his innocence, he was still found guilty by the jury’s verdict.
J.R.R. Tolkien once said, “Not all those who wander are lost.” This quote illustrates that if people make their own decisions they will be able to find a path that suits their desires, not those of others. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Huck struggles throughout his adventures to find equilibrium between what he wants to do and what society wants him to do. Consequently, Huck tries to battle the inner conflicts that he has and not conform to society’s “accepted” values. Mark Twain identifies these struggles by using different stylistic elements throughout the three sections of the novel, showing the development of Huck as the novel progresses.
J B Priestly has used the naturalistic setting of an Edwardian dining room to produce an old fashioned morality play, and at the centre of all of his achievements is Inspector Goole. He is a plot device but he is also a moral policeman, an embodiment of the collective conscience and some kind of agent acting on behalf of the troubled spirit of a suicidal girl. He is not the same kind of character as the members of the Birling household, but if he had been more 'rounded' he would not have been able to play the many roles assigned to him.
Nelle Harper Lee’s Philosophy on the Proper Treatment of Human Beings in To Kill A Mockingbird
During the twentieth century, the gap between social classes was exponentially growing, making society more like a hierarchy system. Rather than applauding the efforts of successful businessmen, Doctorow sympathizes for the undervalued individuals that went unrecognized in society. Miners injured on the job or the homeless who camped along the street were being demoralized by the wealthy. The new social gap was a big change for people to accept. The wealthy didn’t see the poverty in the nation and continued their superficial lifestyles. It soon became “fashionable to honor the poor,” illustrating the higher class’ poor inability to sympathize with the lower class (Doctorow, 34). Doctorow describes the Poverty Balls that the higher class would throw:
These injustices have begun long before Tom’s trial, but it is his trial which epitomizes the problems with our society. The first witness was simply just a misguided fellow named Heck Tate who it seems didn’t have much to offer to the case. Next, Atticus Finch called Bob Ewell to the stand. When I saw Ewell take the stand such a fierce hatred rose within me that I began to shake and tremble. Ewell wrongfully accused Tom of raping his daughter Mayella, however, with the grace of God, Atticus Finch had shown that it was very possible that it was Bob Ewell who because he was a lefty could have beat Mayella. If it were not for great men like Atticus Finch I would have lost all hope for this world. As I watched Mayella take the stand I wondered how such a kind looking person could be someone of such poor character. Her words seemed to paint a picture of a sad life; one where a father neglects her and she has fallen under hard times. Atticus, after pointing out it was probably Bob who beat her, asked Mayella who it really was that beat her. Mayella made it clear it was Tom Robinson, upon which Atticus asked Tom to stand. To the astonishment of the court Tom was handicapped! Tom was then called to the stand where he laid open for all to see the truth, explaining that it was Mayella who came on to him (that treacherous woman!). Soon enough the trial ended and every one awaited the verdict of the jury. The next few hours were the most nerve wracking of my life.
During the actual act of attacking each other, this a common act during this time period. This was a way to assert dominance without letting their emotions shine. Ironically, how fast paced the fight is, Smollet uses long drawn out sentences to build up and show the extent of the fight. Then using strong and disturbing vernacular to describe the fight shows the true pent-up anger the two men had against each other. In the manner the two men fight shows the relationship between emotions and societal propriety by how their emotions are hidden away in the societal norm of
As Ms. Gates, Scout’s third grade teacher, is explaining to the class about Hitler persecuting the Jews, the hatred she feels for him is fueled because “over here we don’t believe in persecuting anybody” (Lee 329). This dialogue is ironic because they hate a man across the world for persecuting others, but then prosecute Tom Robinson, a well moraled black man accused of rape, because of the color of his skin. Maycomb County is blind to the social injustice occurring within itself and prosecuted Tom Robinson to save the last ounce of pride the “white trash folks” have for themselves. Another situation Harper Lee exemplifies irony is when Lula, a black woman in Calpurnia’s church, confronts Calpurnia about bringing “white chillun” to their church, referring to Jem and Scout, and how “they got their church, we got our'n” (Lee 52). Lula being racist towards the white children in a black community is ironic because in the South during the 1930s, white people were mainly racist towards blacks. It shows racial injustice between social classes and how it turns people against each other. Maycomb County has pitted each race against each other and neither of them are able to mix freely. Dolphus Raymond’s “drinking problem,” when he actually drinks Coca-Cola, is an excuse to give racists a reason why he enjoys the company of blacks more than
In the passage, “The adventures of peregrine pickle”, the author Tobias uses dialogue between Mr. Pickle and Godfrey Gauntlet. The author states that the two main characters confront their own and control emotions. Mr. pickle and encounters Godfrey Gauntlet brother of his beloved Emilia by using literary techniques. Godfrey has bad emotions about the way peregrine disrespects his sister Emilia. In a matter of the dialogue between the two characters they use politeness when speaking with each other.
In part one ‘London’ when William is ferrying the supercilious gentry, whom he had a strong sense of ‘hatred’ for, back and forth the river Thames, a women exposes the bottom of her leg sensually teasing William. The surge of anger he feels as the ineffectual man flaunts his wife, shows the rigid class system that condemns William to a life of poverty and backbreaking labour. Furthermore the dichotomy between upper class and lower class is evident through Thornhill’s boss Lucas when ‘Thornhill squints up into the brightness where Lucas looked down upon him’. Although, Thornhill might’ve felt a sense of power and superiority when he was assigned convicts Ned and Dan because he has people working for him and consequentially is now on the ascent up the social order, Captain Suckling’s treatment of him, as ‘he shooed Thornhill away with both hands as if he were a dog’ enforced that Thornhill would always be the felon from England many years ago regardless of his present
What role does gossip have in society? What significance does it have in the formation of both disputes and disclosures? Gossip is commonly believed to be a cause of conflict between individuals in society; however, one can assert that it can also be beneficial via means of influence. In being influenced, people can harness the gossip for their benefit. Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility approaches gossip in a way that shows how it can both resolve and initiate conflicts within the novel’s plot. By exemplifying gossip from this approach, Austen’s novel encapsulates it’s both detrimental and beneficial uses. Gossip exacerbates emerging conflicts because of the both positive or negative influences it has on characters’ perceptions of each other. I will argue that the novel uses conflict-causing and conflict-resolving properties of gossip as a device for moving and turning the plot, demonstrating that to understand the novel, we have to also understand that social conversations, even the most idle and frivolous ones, are what push the plot; the things that are most important in Austen’s world — reputation, marriage, social relationships — are extremely vulnerable to influence by gossip. In this essay, I will analyze three moments of gossip that exemplify consequences of conflict-causing, conflict-resolving, and both, respectively.
...rough experience and suffering that social standing is not indicative of a person’s character and goodness. The common-born Pip’s love is far deeper and more meaningful than the highborn Drummle’s desire, no more than skin-deep, for a possession to boast about. Life is full of people that express genuine feelings and ignoble actors that utilize sweet, but fake, talk. Choosing the one that seeks to live as much for their partner’s bliss as well as their own can mean the difference between a shattered or complete existence. Judgment should be based on quality of character and purity of intentions. The ugly duckling just might turn out to be a swan. Estella’s dealings with the higher classes have left her with all but scars and painful remembrances. The higher rungs of the social ladder do not work well with lower ones, and Estella was born in the lowest caste of all.
Social class has always had an intangible presence in society; it often predetermines the lifestyle of an individual. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, it is Emily’s inherited social class and family name that gives her a higher social status. Alternatively, in Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party”, it is both Laura’s family and wealth that allow her to remain in her high-class position. Social class is an important theme in both “A Rose for Emily” and “The Garden Party”, through both Emily and Laura it is evident that belonging to a higher social class provides them with an accustom to the finer things, and a greater level of respect from their community.
Thesis: In Charles Dicken's social commentary novel David Copperfield, the lower classes are treated with disdain and even disinterest by every social class that is above them. While Dicken's riled against class inequality, the caste system, which was in place in 19th century England, caused social classes to strive for survival at the peril of the lower class.