Through the use of juxtaposition, Stephen King contrasts the Torrance family to the Overlook, using a feminine depiction of them to heighten the masculinity of the hotel. When the Overlook hotel is just in sight of the Torrance family as they travel, King writes that “the Bug,which moved upward more surely on the gentler grade… [Danny kept] affording occasional glimpses of the Overlook Hotel, [and of] its massive bank”. The word “Bug” has connotation of something unimportant, fragile, and small. In addition, since the Torrance family is essentially “inside” this bug, King furthers their connection to this “bug” by portraying them as physically a part of it. Conversely, King describes the Overlook Hotel as “massive”, which has a connotation
Thornton Wilder was born on April 17, 1897, and died on December 7, 1975. He was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Amos Wilder, an American diplomat, and Isabella Wilder. Thornton Wilder started writing plays in The Thacher School in Ojai, California, and graduated from Berkeley High School in 1915. He served in the Coast Guard in World War II. After the war he attended Oberlin College, then Yale University where he earned his B.A. in 1920. His writing was honed at Yale where he was a part of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity which is a literary society. In 1926, he earned his M.A. in French from Princeton University. Wilder won Pulitzer Prizes for The Bridge of San Luis Rey in 1928, Our Town in 1938, and The Skin of Our Teeth in 1942. He also won the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1957, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963, and the National Book Award in 1967 for his novel The Eighth Day.
Disney’s 1998 film, A Bug’s Life sheds light on the continuing inequality and injustices among social classes within a society at the meso level. The film's story focuses on a colony of ants rising to their potential and taking a stance against their long time bullies, the grasshoppers. Flick, the protagonist, is an ant that sways away from the norms(rules of behavior shared by members of a society and rooted in the value system), he carries out tasks in nonconventional ways, and as a result he is isolated by the rest of the colony. This is quite a normal reaction as the colony is held together by mechanical solidarity(social cohesion and integration based on the similarity of individuals in a group, this includes beliefs and values). In societies
In “A Considerable Speck”, Frost utilizes personification of the bug in order to establish symbolism. He describes that it is “suspicious” and pauses until it returns to “drank or smelt” allowing readers to develop the theme that often, it is imperative for individuals to establish their own opinion through experienci...
Voices of guests in the ballroom, and the past caretaker that killed his wife and two girls, haunt the Torrances. Danny becomes a target for the voices that only he hears, and people that only he can see. Day by day, Jack starts to go mad. Soon, he turns violent. Its up to Wendy to save Danny and escape the hotel, with one problem: with snow enclosing the hotel, there is no way out. If they could get out, the hedges would get to them before they could escape. They are stuck inside, with a former family member, now murderer, hunting them.
In order to understand the entirety of a society, we must first understand each part and how it contributes to the stability of the society. According to the functionalist theory, different parts of society are organized to fill discrete needs of each part, which consequently determines the form and shape of society. (Crossman). All of the individual parts of society depend on one another. This is exhibited in “A Bug’s Life” through the distinct roles the ants and grasshoppers play in their own society. The two species are stratified in such a way that they each contribute to the order and productivity of the community. In the movie, the head grasshopper states that “the sun grows the food, the ants pick the food, and the grasshoppers eat the food” (A Bug’s Life). This emphasizes social stability and reliance on one another’s roles. The grasshoppers rely on the ants for food, while the ants rely on the grasshoppers for protection. This effective role allocation and performance is what ensures that together, the ants and grasshoppers form a functioning society to guarantee their survival.
The protagonist, Holden Caulfield, interacts with many people throughout J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, but probably none have as much impact on him as certain members of his immediate family. The ways Holden acts around or reacts to the various members of his family give the reader a direct view of Holden's philosophy surrounding each member.
The names of characters often suggest something about their personalities, either straightforwardly or ironically. Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, Prudencio Aguilar is neither "prudent" nor "eagle-like" (aguila means "eagle" in Spanish). Repetition of names and behaviors is another technique of characterization. Certain character types, e.g., the contemplative, stubborn man, or the impetuous, forceful man, the patient and nurturing woman, and so on, are represented by more than one individual in the several generations of the Buendia family. All the Jose Arcadios, for example, are assumed to have at least some of the traits of the original Jose Arcadio Buendia (impetuous and forceful), and all the Aurelianos have something in common with Colonel Aureliano Buendia (tendency toward solitude and contemplation). The repetitions are not exact, but the use of similar names is one way to suggest more about a character than is actually said. There are also repetitions of particular behaviors, for example, secluding oneself in a room for experiments or study.
Bugs are everywhere. They swarm and wiggle around on the floor and the walls. Their appearance is grotesque, almost horrifying, yet they have an undeniable allure. It isn't fear that holds my gaze but a curiosity of power. I stand over insects, whose lives are short, nearly meaningless. I often wish they would all die. These house bugs aren't proactively going after their environmental duties, they will die in this building serving no purpose other than to leave their skeletons in the corner. This opinion is lent to insects outside too, I don't care for them even when I come across them in their rightful environments. Humans are often compared to insects.
The ways the characters portrayed what is supposedly masculine and feminine was when the author wrote about the type of clothes the grandma is wearing. She is wearing
The stand was written by Stephen king in 1978, and published in september 1978. The book was published by Doubleday. The Stand consists of 823 pages. The Stand is a post-apocalyptic horror/fantasy novel. It marks the first appearance of Randall Flagg.
In The Metamorphosis Kafka illustrates a grotesque story of a working salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking up one day to discover that his body resembles a bug. Through jarring, almost unrealistic narration, Kafka opens up the readers to a view of Gregor’s futile and disappointing life as a human bug. By captivating the reader with this imaginary world Kafka is able to introduce the idea that Gregor’s bug body resembles his human life. From the use of improbable symbolism Kafka provokes the reader to believe that Gregor turning into a bug is realistic and more authentic compared to his unauthentic life as a human.
Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” presents the audience a twisted tale of a man named Jack Torrance and his wife Wendy and son Danny, who spend a few winter months in isolation as caretakers of the Overlook hotel. This is no typical horror movie. Viewers are slowly lead though a slow film journey following the Torrance family in their moments of horror and insanity with help from bizarre events connected to the haunted Overlook Hotel.
Gone With the Wind, written by Margaret Mitchell, inaccurately portrays time period during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and Reconstruction Era (1865-1877). Set in Clayton County, Georgia and Atlanta, Mitchell falsely depicts the rise of the feminism through Scarlett O’Hara, for it did not exist at the time. In addition, although she accurately maintains the historical background of the novel by providing details about the war and important figures, the portrayals of several key characters in comparison to those who lived in the actual time period are not realistic. Overall, especially because the novel is written in a biased point of view of
Throughout this course, we have discussed various novels, from a psychoanalytic point of view, and we have been able to deconstruct many of the characters according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theories. Ironically, in The White Hotel, it is those theories that allow the reader to be misguided, and not realize the important symbolism of Lisa’s symptoms.
The novel explores gender roles through the characters of Mrs. Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay, and Lily. Each of these characters embodies different views in regards to gender roles. The readers are taken into their minds and thoughts and are allowed to see what each character views is the role of his/her gender.