Essays Tagged: "estrangement"

Alienations and "All Quiet on the Western Front"

o the Webster's New World College Dictionary, alienation is 1. Separation, aversion, aberration. 2. Estrangement or detachment. 3. Mental derangement; insanity.The theme of All Quiet on the Western Fr ...

(3 pages) 51 0 3.4 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Ceremony" by Leslie Silko

ame is Tayo and upon returning to the U.S., and eventually reservation life he has many feelings of estrangement and apathy towards society. The novel discusses many topics pertaining to Native Americ ...

(2 pages) 117 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

An esaay evaluating and explaining symbolism and rhetoric devices used in the novel The Stranger

al implications for him and his society. As is common in many absurdist novels, Camus discusses the estrangement - and later development - of an individual in a benign and indifferent universe, one in ...

(3 pages) 55 0 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

J.D. Salinger's "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" review and summary

have a true loving relationship. They constantly yell and tell each other what to do. This theme of estrangement with loved ones is common in Salinger's work. Seymour, the main character comes in here ...

(1 pages) 49 0 3.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Alienation in "Paul's Case" By Willa Cather

Alienation, as defined by the Webster's Dictionary, "is the act of estrangement or withdrawing affections" - www.dictionary.com. There are many factors that lead to th ...

(5 pages) 65 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

The Metamorphosis: Franz Kafka An exmaple of Magic Realism

insect and must deal with his present reality. The hardest part of being an insect for him was the estrangement from his family, which eventually led to his death. In reading this story, the differen ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Modernity - The change of a lifetime!

on and exhilaration, but also disparaging corollaries such as terror, dread and a sense of loss and estrangement. Modernism "creates new human environments and destroys old ones" (Berman, 1988, p. 16) ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Response to Rebecca Solnit's "The Disembodiment of Everyday Life".

hese alterations affect the human behavior and perception into what Rebecca Solnit describes as an "estrangement" to naturalness of biology.Writer Solnit's believes that the long time use of feet as a ...

(2 pages) 3226 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Pollution

d as the "black flower of civilized society" (1131). The prison is a symbol of loneliness and estrangement from the rest of the world. This "foreshadows the life that Hester will lead" eve ...

(5 pages) 1009 0 0.0 Jul/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

9 Stories

s suffer emotional hardship. "Salinger's short stories are all variations on the theme of emotional estrangement"(________ 290). In "Down at the Dinghy" (1949), Salinger shows emotional pain through t ...

(12 pages) 23 0 3.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Catcher In The Rye

im. He senses he is traveling on a road that he shouldn't to be on, a road where he doesn't belong. Estrangement shields him from being hurt. His hunting hat, one of his shields, gave him a sense of s ... nce like his cynicism. This was also a brick in the wall he built to shield himself. Ironically his estrangement was the basis for the majority of the pain he felt. Through all this isolation, he drea ...

(2 pages) 1051 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Unity in Diversity: Pentecost as the Fulfillment of Babel

usion of languages was also a curse: Men were disunified, disenfranchised, and marked by suspicion, estrangement, and hatred for, and of, anyone different than themselves. It was indeed at Babel that ...

(14 pages) 32 0 4.2 Jul/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Culpa Mia- The Fortunate Fall in Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter"

e soul, one that leads to his climatic revelation, the adulteress experiences misery through social estrangement. Either way, both the frail man and the misunderstood woman undergo a drastic metamorph ...

(6 pages) 9 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Kate Chopin: A Pioneer Realist in the Emancipation

late nineteenth century. Impressed by the literary work of her predecessors on the frustration and estrangement of women, Chopin started her writing career paying prominent attention to the immutable ...

(11 pages) 51 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

“The Three Brothers in the Snow” by Harrison

way of expressing his regret for letting the bond between him and his brothers' dissolve into total estrangement. I really enjoyed this poem in the sense that it can be enjoyed on two separate levels. ...

(1 pages) 1937 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

"The Da Vinci Code," "Rebecca," and Film Noir

e Da Vinci Code," elements of film noir manifest themselves through parallels in the alienation and estrangement of its main characters, including the Dark Hero, the Blocking Figure, and the Heroine. ... Keaney, 4)In the film "Rebecca," and also "The Da Vinci Code," the protagonists face alienation and estrangement due to circumstances which change their perception of the world surrounding them. The d ...

(7 pages) 17 0 2.3 Mar/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

Babe Ruth

ch of this was due to the young man's inability toadapt to the structured environment of St. Mary's.Estrangement from his parents led George, Jr. to find a father figure in Brother Matthias, the Prefe ...

(7 pages) 16 0 1.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies