Deliverance is the story of four middle-aged men who go on a fateful canoe voyage in rural Georgia. In the wilderness they encounter hardships, challenges to their mental integrity, and the depredations of inbred hill-dwellers who accost and rape one of their members. Becoming paranoid and hostile, the four stumble into a series of mistakes and terrible situations that leads to injury, death, and permanent psychological scarring for every member of the expedition.
Sir Gawain and the Green Night Death is the permanent termination of all functions of life in an individual Death is about confronting the frightening manifestation of ones final tribulation In turn death is a part of life that many people do not want to experience Imagine a world in which there was no death no closure no growing old It would be like a movie with no ending a song with no chorus without death life would not be complete No one knows when death is creeping up around the corner awa
Rip Van Winkle was known to be the man who slept for 20 years Rips sleep caused him to miss the Revolutionary War and Americas transition from colony to nation When he awakens he finds out that everything and everyone has changed During his 20 year sleep Rip misses events such as the Revolutionary War in which some of his friends fought and died for Rip also missed out on Americas transition from colony to nation so that when he enters the village and yells I am a poor quiet man a native of the
The Love of Family William Faulkners novel As I Lay Dying tells the story of the Bundren family a lower class family of Mississippi The mother Addie is on her death bed while the rest of her family is basically planning her funeral She is married to Anse Bundren and has five children Darl Cash Jewel Dewey Dell and Vardaman Two of the five are not Anses children yet Faulkner does not reveal this fact to the reader initially It seems like the family is tending to Addie by preparing her coffin and
George Orwells 1984 A DISCUSSION ON THE ROLE OF THE PROLES IN THE NOVEL If there is hope wrote Winston it lies in the proles Placing this quote at the beginning of the essay was not accidental since the book left me feeling the same way as Winston Smith felt about those dumb masses who we habitually refer to as the proles The book compares the proles to the Party members on several levels First one mentioned might be the language They might be seen as the preservers of the language spoken befor
As seen with William Goldings Lord of the Flies composers of texts are not responsible for the interpretation of their works as the reading of a text is greatly influenced by the audiences personal beliefs and ideals Texts such as Lord of the Flies have been so greatly scrutinised since being published that it is impossible to contribute ones reading and interpretation of the text solely to the author Influences and beliefs such as those demonstrated from a Christian Marxist and Freudian viewpo
Shakespeares King Richard III abounds with religious spiritual and mystical references However in some cases this presents the audience with conflicting messages I feel that is the case in Act I scene iv where Clarence delivers a speech about his dream This takes place shortly before the murderers come to kill him in the tower Clarence begins to retell his dream or nightmare by stating that he is a faithful Christian man This was an instance where the audience or reader may take pause at the re
At first glance Raymond Carvers writing technique of Cathedral seems rather simplistic but after further analysis of the story one realizes that it surfaces many levels of complexities Carver striving to prove an optimistic view of human attitudes and attributes changes his characters ignorance and disgruntlement into self realization and eagerness Cathedral illustrates how the comfort zone of an introverted man can turn into fear and ultimately a prison Carvers character the narrator is caught
Life is packed of beautiful successes and filled with hefty obstacles Because of its simplicities and its difficulties life is the inspiration to many great authors of this world Solitude is known to be one of the greatest complexities of life It can be defined has a state of social isolation or a situation of being alone Penance sufferance and redemption are three state of mind inherent to solitude which are well reflected in both literature and in real life situations They are easily noticed