Communication is Key In the short story A Perfect Day for Banana fish a young World War II veteran takes a gun to his right temple and pulls the trigger without any hesitation This young man was clearly troubled May it be from the war his present life his love life or even maybe the people around him He either had to release his troubles through killing himself therefore emptying himself from the mortal world or fight through whatever was gnawing at his mind J D Salinger paints a picture that s
Alienation is so destructive in society that it forces and individual to an unthinkable escape The story A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J D Salinger explores this idea fully Seymour Glass a young World War II veteran has just been released from the military hospital and is having difficulty adjusting to normalcy in society Seymour is in a loveless marriage to his wife Muriel He cannot connect with her due to the fact that she is more interested in herself than her own husband while on their va
Private Lives by Noel Coward Critical Diary Upon approaching reading Private Lives for the first time one could feel sceptical regarding the subject matter or the intellectual value contained within the play However upon researching Noel Cowards personal life and beliefs it becomes apparent that he had a way of communicating his thoughts and arguments in a way which can come across as wit and satire but at their core these instances could be thought of as reflections of Coward as a person Cowar
In 1946 Priestley put pen to page and began to write a very important and meaningful play An Inspector Calls He set it in 1912 to give himself a very clever advantage over his very nave characters and a strong persuasive hold on his future audience too His characters were completely oblivious to the two devastating world wars ahead where as the audience were not which cleverly creates strong dramatic irony that brings the play to life He embedded himself into the play by becoming the character
The Picture of Dorian Gray Revealing the Poison In the classic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray published in the Victorian period of England in 1890 a young heir Dorian Gray is heavily influenced by one Lord Henry Wotton which leads to the downfall and poisoning of his entire life The Picture of Dorian Gray captures the nature of human beauty and the harmful consequences of manipulation Lord Henry is a character enthralled with ideas of philosophy that challenge normal societal ideas He is a we
The Purpose of Art as a Mirror It is the spectator and not life that art really mirrors 4 The Beginning of Oscar Wildes book The Picture of Dorian Gray is filled with oxymorons and other statements meant to give an insight on the ideas of art and the spectator Basil the artists creates a portrait of the seeming perfect Dorian Gray Dorian has a very unique relationship with the portrait whenever he experiences a certain emotion the portrait also changed as well Just as the beginning quote states