Analysis Of The Sound Of Silence

As Benjamin transition out of adolescent, he constantly struggles with the decision regarding his future and to find the best way of becoming a man. Ironically, it is his relationship with Mrs. Robinson that helps Benjamin transformation

We see the same act of unconfident behavior again when Benjamin is reserving a hotel room for the two of them. Undoubtedly paranoid, Ben manufactures an extravagant lie to hide his personal misconduct after the bell hop, referring to business matters, asks if “[he] is here for an affair.” However, after many awkward instances and Mrs. Robinson’s continued gratuitous behavior, Ben foolishly leaps into the affair. After countless secret meets Ben begins to realize that the relationship is cold and emotionally empty, counter the initial promising thoughts of being with an older woman. This due to Mrs. Robinson’s abilities to belittle Ben and get what she wants, regardless his opinions. Yet because the fling had no positive affect to his self confidence, when Ben try’s to obtain more from the affair he finds himself in awkward and uncomfortable conversations that Mrs. Robinson has no interest in discussing with him. In one case Ben catch’s himself in a discussion about the imperfect fabricated marriage she has with her husband, and how she only married him because she became pregnant with their only daughter, Elaine.

Benjamin learns a great deal about life and society through the story. Such as learning to deal with judgement and comments from society and also learning more about himself as a person. This made me realise that I should also focus less about what others judge me on and focus more on how I can challenge myself and grow bigger as a person.

When he gets off the plane at the beginning of the movie, he is moving in the opposite direction of everyone else. This indicates the fact that Ben feels isolated from society and has not yet found his role in it. Everyone around Ben has such high hopes for his future, but he does not seem to care about it. Instead, he is going through life the opposite way of others after graduating from college by lounging by the pool all day and being involved with a married woman. Ben is very weak and indecisive and cannot seem to figure out what he wants to do with his life since graduating. All of the choices that Ben makes seem to be very irrational and not very thought out. For example, he drops everything and goes to Berkeley in hopes of marrying Elaine after only going on one date together. Also, he brushes off advice concerning his future like when the guy at his party tells him that he should invest in plastics. However, he seems to have no interest in becoming successful or going to graduate school as he appears to be lost and traveling in the wrong

His son Ben has leaved the home and went to the east side by himself. The father wants him come back and finished his college degrees. In his own imagery, his son is doing all those kind of bad things with his scoundrels friends in the east side. As he pictures it, “Ben, now lies around on the floor in lots and four-story walkups on the Lower East Side, eaten by lice and aphids, smiling pot and having visions of the Oneness go the hip life”(280). This quote shows Parker worries about his son is doing something bad, but he could not do anything to help him. Parker as a father wants to help his son solve the problem. But on the other hand, he is a old man that has an different opinion to solve the problem compare to a young adult. His temperament can show by his habit and as he said “I can’t go into any kind of barbershop. It has gotten so I have an actual, physical need to have my hair cut in that kind of barbershop”(281). He is the kind of man, when he got used to something and it’s hard to change it again.His stubborn temperament foreshadowing what he will do when he meets his

Paranoid Personality Disorder is an additional disorder for Ben. Paranoid Personality Disorder is a type of disorder where they constantly believe that people are trying to hurt or harm them. This influences the way he interacts with those around him, unable to form close relationships. Although he lives in a safe and comfortable neighborhood, he “admits to carefully checking all of the locks on his house at night” because the young people in the neighborhood dislike him, therefore, may break into his house. He also disconnects his phone at night to avoid potential threatening calls. This shows that even though he should feel safe and secure because of the paranoid personality disorder that he may be diagnosed with he is worried and always alert.

This chapter begins in a rough spot, Ben's mom needs to explain to the boys their need to catch up in school, and how they would accomplish the task. Ben speaks about wanting to know his mother's decision, however at the last minute; he becomes worried and decides he would rather not hear the verdict.

The novel can be explains as Janie's attempt to find voices, that can speak for her. The conflict of being silenced by another is most illustrated in a relationship between Janie and her husband Jody. Janie leaves Jody because he wont listen to her. As you can see as Jody's power gets bigger and bigger, he forbids her to talk , Janie's silence increases power. This silence function has the process of gaining self awareness for Janie.

The main character Charlie, is a young teenager who is shy, socially awkward, and an introvert who is ready to begin his freshman year of high school. Charlie struggles with his new transition from middle to high school, and he is uncertain what to expect as he prepares to enter this new life event. His social circle is minimal to non-existent while he is dealing with the suicide of his best friend earlier in the year. In addition, he also seems to struggle with the loss of his aunt who was killed in a car accident when he was a young boy. While he does appear to have good family support with his mother, father, older brother and sister. He also appears to

Benjamin’s prudent manner, however, is thrown off guard when Boxer is sent to a glue factory, which provokes Benjamin to speak his mind for once in a effort to save Boxer, but to his consternation he fails in his efforts. Benjamin, soon after, regresses back to ill-tempered, mute self. Benjamin’s twisted sense of humor and sagacious manner ultimately preserves his soul from the toxic reign of the

Robinson’s offer and sees her in a hotel. This marks Ben’s loss of innocence as he thought that’s how he frees himself from his parent’s restriction and goes into manhood. As he enters the hotel he is again bombarded by people talking and not letting him express his opinion. The bright light on Ben’s face as he’s talking to the old ladies from the wrong party shows the sweat on his face symbolizing how nervous he is. Later, the waiter ignores him symbolizing that Ben can’t seem to have authority of any sort, rather he is always the one subjected to authority.

"Mrs. Robinson, you are trying to seduce me," says Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman). The Graduate, directed by Mike Nichols in 1967 is an influential satire/comedy film about a recent East Coast college graduated who finds himself alienated and aimless in the changing, social and sexual general public of the 1960s, and questioning the values of society. The theme of the film is of an innocent and confused youth who is exploited, mis-directed, seduced (literally and figuratively) and betrayed by a corrupt, self-indulgent, and discredited older generation (that finds stability in “plastics”) that I found to be quite clear and understanding, while also capturing the real spirit of the times and allows America's youth to perceive onscreen

Ben appears to have a strong identity, however, he tends to get addicted and internalise fanatic pursuits - which leads to him manipulating himself. We all have our own opinions and decisions, right? In The Wave, Ben is referred by his colleagues as “naïve and over-zealous.” (p.6) He is completely different from all the other teachers and most of the students are very interested in his teaching styles. The novel says “If they were studying the political system, he would divide the class into political parties.” (p.5) This highlights the fact that Ben isn’t fearful of what others would think of him; he has his own way in teaching his students. Furthermore, Ben’s wife, Christy states that “Ben was the kind of person who got involved in things. Not just involved, but utterly absorbed in them to the point where he tended to forget that the rest of the world existed.”(p.31) This demonstrates that Ben can get addicted to things very easily: showing that he is essentially manipulating himself. The Wave initially makes Mr. Ross a worse teacher and a worse husband. He becomes self-centred, focused only on the glory he will achieve when he sees how The Wave improves his students' academic performance. However, the experiment and his strong identity eventually humbles him and makes him understand the important principles in life. This strength is highly relatable in society today: teenagers should be able to resist any manipulation whether it is from someone close or even the public. This novel talks about some of the vital values in life; clearly proving that The Wave should win the literary

Like myself, Ben was a person who wasn’t born with a silver spoon. He didn’t grow up with many opportunities. Ben grew up poor and was raised in a single parent household (BenCarsonForPresident 3). There were many times been felt like the statistics were not in his favor (BenCarsonForPresident 3). Ben once said I came from a school in Tulsa, I came from a single-parent home and I thought I was the admissions mistake (Samuels 1). As a child Ben’s frustrations started to get the best of him. His anger begin to spare out of control. Ben described his violent behavior as a child as uncontrollable pathological temper. (Glover 2). Throughout Ben’s childhood there were many accidents. The accidents were proof of how bad Ben’s anger really was. For example Ben once tried to hit his mother with a hammer because of a disagreement they

Motionless, like a wounded prey cornered by its predator, I finally understood the definition of fear. To be victimised as the villain of the story. To be discriminated as the plague behind all creation’s problems. To be stereotyped as the face of the oppressors. The fear was so overwhelming and overpowering, as if my stomach was rotting away, with whatever dignity that remained of me being eaten by blood-thirsty parasites. I could only pray for the Earth beneath me to crack wide open and swallow me into an eternal abyss- away from this trembling terror.