Peter Goldsworthys coming of age novel Maestro discusses the implications of lost dreams deep regret and human limitations but also delivers a message of encouragement and hope The protagonist Paul Crabbe is raised with a sense of self entitlement and a predestined career as a concert pianist but is forced to deal with an inability to attain perfection or concert glory The high hopes of his parents eventually give way to the realization that their son lacks the rubato and musical flair for a pe
1984 The Reflection of George Orwell On each landing opposite the lift shaft the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU the caption beneath it ran Orwell 4 Nineteen George Orwells Nineteen Eighty Four presents a negative utopian picture a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big B
War is peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is strength In George Orwells 1984 a light is shining on the concept of a negative utopia or dystopia caused by totalitarianism Totalitarianism is a form of government in which political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life and any opposing political and or cultural expressions are suppressed Having lived in a time of totalitarianism regime Orwell had a firsthand account of its horrific lengths and negative affec
On each landing opposite the lift shaft the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU the caption beneath it ran Orwell 4 Nineteen George Orwells Nineteen Eighty Four presents a negative utopian picture a society ruled by rigid totalitarianism The government which Orwell creates in his novel is ruled by an entity known as Big Brother and consists of three branches
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
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
James Joyces Development of a Young Artist As an account of the formative years of ambitious author Stephen Dedalus James Joyces A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man suggests by the title that the focus covers events in Stephens life relevant to his development as an artist On a moral spectrum Stephens development ranges from devout Catholicism to the depths of sin and as the driving forces behind this moral ambiguity shift him between the two Stephen eventually puts himself in the center of
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most admired Afghani authors of the 21st century He is best know for works such as The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns that explore the hardships of living in Afghanistan during the Soviet Invasion and Taliban regime This paper will discuss the life and work of Khaled Hosseini with special emphasis on the effect on women in Afghan society in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4 1965 He is the eldest of five children and wa
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely in Antigone Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely said Lord Acton generations ago In the Greek tragedy Antigone written by Sophocles there was a character named Kreon the antagonist who was the king of Thebes Thebes was an autocratic state where Kreon had absolute power Throughout the course of the play Kreon abused his privilege of absolute power and this caused him to suffer greatly even though he was warned by a few people of his bad deeds W
The Defiance of God from Jonah and then doing what God had order him to do and Captain Ahab life nearly getting taken by Moby Dick and still wanting to capture it causes him to lose his life it shows how people try to fight against fate but to no avail end losing to fate And what is fate When a person does something they would feel strongly about it but when the outcome isnt good they would think its fate that it wasnt a good outcome But when the outcome is good they would think it was fate tha