Brave New World and Equus and are both texts portraying societies that do not tolerate the individual; they demand spiritual uniformity. Similarly, T.S Eliot's poetry depicts spiritual desolation: of a Europe projected into turmoil after WWI. People could not reconcile their thoughts to a benign God that would allow mass slaughter. Brave New World is set in a dystopian future at approximately 2542 A.D. After a cataclysmic war, the society created is devoid of suffering to the extent that it has become
use to change the world.” said Nelson Mandela. This quote reflects one of UNICEF’s main values, making Mandela a worthy candidate of being the spokesperson of UNICEF. The current spokesperson, Alyssa Milano, is thinking of resigning from her position, and UNICEF needs a suitable candidate to fill her place. Nelson Mandela was relentless in fighting for freedom and equality for his people, and he will use the same dedication to fight for the freedom of children around the world through UNICEF’s myriad
can be found throughout various text types such as films, novels, poems and even songs. Specific examples of these text types include Randall Wallace’s “We were Soldiers”, Alfred Tennyson’s poem “The light Brigade” and Andrew Wright’s poem “Goodbye Brave Soldier”. In these various text types the creator has used a variety of techniques to create their different texts in which the life changing effects of war permeate through. Randall Wallace makes a strong case of the life changing effects of war in
the love between Dhritarashtra and Gandhari or Mira’s love for her Krishna or Rati and Kamdev love has been worshipped in all its forms in this country .We have respected love from times immemorial .Indians are one of the best businessmen in the world but
and oppression, so paved the way to revolution. Thus they managed to convey their message and make people feel the same way they feel. There are always these obstacles that hinder the resistance spirit such as ignorance, irrationality and the psychological fear of change. Moreover, Jean Paul Sartre says that “there are some people who escape from their freedom” (from
on the Western Front, written by Erich Maria Remarque in 1928, is a novel narrated by the book’s main character, Paul Baumer. In writing this story, Remarque was able to draw upon personal experiences as a soldier serving in the German army during World War I. The story is set on the German front lines in its war against France in 1918. Baumer gave readers a vivid view of how he lost his school friends one-by-one in what seems to be a senseless war, started by old men, and fought by naïve school boys
“Concept of alienation” in Art When we look into the ‘art world’, one can find innumerable literary characters who feel painfully alienated from the social institutions that encircle them. Characters like Jake Barnes in Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises (1926); Caddy Compson in William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury (1929); and Stephen Dedalus in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916). The alienation experienced by these characters sometimes goes beyond, and feel alienated
By the middle of the 20th century in the USA, the population was growing and urbanites were seeking to escape from the intolerable urban conditions. In order to accommodate the flood of humans seeking a shelter, trees were chopped down and rows of prefabricated houses popped up like mushrooms on the outskirts of the cities - “modern suburbia was born, in which there were neither the values of a rural community nor those of an urban environment”. Cities grew at rapid speed and once accessible by
During World War 1, the total number of innocent civilian casualties was over 37 million; over 17 million deaths (7 million of them were innocent civilians) and over 20 million were wounded. It has evolved into human nature, from a form of survival instinct, for many of us to believe that the means of warfare and military combat (a form of conflicts) can resolve problems. The focus of the four chosen texts analyzed is to explore the theme of conflict to varying extents. The overriding idea from the
castle (1962) is an alternate history where the Nazi Germany and the Imperial Japan won World War II. Another example is Isaac Asimov’s short story What If which talks about a couple who can explore alternate realities. 4. Military Science Fiction A science fiction work set in a military background is called a military sci-fi. There are major conflicts between nations, planets or states that result in a condition of war. The story is usually told from the viewpoint of a soldier. Such kind of stories