Change In James Baldwin's Mr. Chips

Every work of literature – whether long, short, humorous, or frightening – enables all readers to experience a certain set of emotions from the passages within the text; but what do these emotions imply? In How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster clarifies that these reactions closely associate with symbolic meanings. He specifies how “every reader’s experience of a work is unique” in order to explain that almost everything stands as a symbol and carries various ideas – depending on the reader’s emotional interpretation (Foster 110). Foster also mentions the concept of intertextuality in which pure originality is impossible, thus resulting with authors influencing one another. Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest stands

For example in chapter 1, page 25 when Ralph says," Better Piggy than Fatty" he said at last, with the directness of a genuine leadership,"and anyway, I'm sorry if you feel like that. Now go back,Piggy, and take names. That's your job. So long"(25). Even though he doesn't show his kindness throughout the book he pretty much treats Piggy fair and not differently. Also, Ralph is "defending" Piggy by saying his name is Piggy instead of fatty when Jack was making fun of him. Jack is mean because in chapter 5, page 91 when Jack says," and you shutup! Who are you anyway? Sitting there telling people what to do. You can't hunt, you can't sing-" " I'm Chief. I was chosen" " why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don't make any sense-"(91). Jack is getting fed up because Ralph is trying to reinforce the rules and Jack can't really do anything so he tells him to shut up. Which pretty much tells us that he is jealous of Ralph's

So much is wrong in this world ruled by humanity. Genocide, racism, bullying, slavery, rape. The list could go on forever but no matter how overflowing the list gets, it`s alright because humanity makes mistakes everyday. In no way am I saying that killing for pleasure is alright. And whether you believe in God or not, I feel he creates us to make mistakes but to also learn from these mistakes. People know what greed and hatred is. Everyone has felt one or the other at least once in their lives. No one can fully say that they are pure in the heart because they're not. The feeling of want is inside us all, and sometimes it can be good. Wanting to be a doctor and setting goals for yourself is good. Wanting to get revenge is bad. They are both feelings of want but different outcomes, depending on the person. I believe that it is the raw emotions we create within

“Effective leaders need to be flexible, and must adapt themselves according to the situation.” The book Lord of the Flies by William Golding is about a group of british boys that get stranded on a island and they have to figure how a way to govern themselves. Jack’s effective leadership throughout the novel led to great triumph.

In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the symbols of good and evil through the Lord of the Flies and Simon. In order to convey the underlying message, that the fear of the unknown brings out the evil in humans. William Golding's fictional piece, evil is symbolized through the lord of the flies because he represents the loss of civilization and innocence. This quote shows that the character Lord of the Flies gets into the boy's thoughts, “There isn’t anyone to help you, only me. and I’m the beast fancy to think you can hunt and kill. You knew, didn’t you? I'm part of you. Close, close, close! I’m the reason why it’s no go? Why these things are the way they are?” (Golding chapter 8). This quote proves, that the Lord of the Flies are trying to get into the boy’s heads and they are slowly becoming less civilized.

Few novels encapsulate such a unique view of the world as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. While the majority of the United States was in turmoil (the Cold War and the Vietnam War), Ken Kesey was working in a psychiatric hospital. Based on his experience as a night aide, Kesey wrote his first novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1962.

Literary elements play a very important role in literature discussed in How to read Literature like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster. It adds richness to a novel helping convey complex concepts. In One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, Kesey loads the novel with insightful literary elements that bring dimension to his story. The book is also jam packed with literary devices that range from Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When It’s Not), to Chapter 14: Yes, She’s a Christ Figure, Too in Foster’s book. Focusing on Chapter 12: Is that a Symbol? , Kesey fills One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with several dynamic symbols that make it facile for his reader to analyze, interpret and connect to his work.

In the convoluted mess of the botched colonization of Mars in The Martian Chronicles and the horrors of mental institutions in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest arise many intricate similarities and differences. Both The Martian Chronicles and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest have characters who oppose change, strive for freedom, and oppose the status quo; however, in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest the maintenance of current norms is portrayed as evil while in The Martian Chronicles it is painted as an act of heroism.

Ken Kesey and Tom Schulman explore the struggle for independence by adopting similar setting, plot, and contrasting characterisation in their respective pieces, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Dead Poet’s Society. The two works share an exaggerated institutionalised setting, wherein the internal community is repressed by overbearing authority figures. However, as the media format varies, the portrayal, imagery, and symbolism of the setting differs. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and Dead Poet’s Society contain parallel plots. Both involve the introduction of a ‘wildcard’ figure into the microcosms of the institute. The character’s idealistic preaching of freedom inevitably leads to disaster at the climax of the novel. Although both preach independence, the definition of independence greatly differs. McMurphy finds independence in escape, while Keating conveys the importance of independent thinking, however within the limitations of the institution. By methods unique to each piece the disruptive figure is neutralised, concluding in the regression back to the establishment’s version of ‘normal’.

Throughout One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey often uses fog as a symbol. Although fog may have been used as a symbol in other literary works, they do not hold a candle to the fog’s significance in Kesey’s piece. While reading One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, two major interpretations can be made for the symbolism of fog. For one, fog is symbolic of the waste that our mechanized society produces, and it pollutes the way we live naturally. In one instance, Chief and his inmates were asleep while the Combine were inspecting the ward (Kesey 90). During this time, Chief was afraid of them, the fog, and the mechanized society in general. On the other hand, fog symbolizes the fog of the mind -- after all, chief is schizophrenic -- and it

Ken Kesey was born in La Junta, Colorado in 1935. He and his family moved to Springfield, Oregon where he went to public school and then graduated from the University of Oregon. He competed in athletics and drama throughout his college career. As a champion wrestler, he almost scored a spot on the U.S. Olympic team. Kesey then married Faye Haxy, his high school sweetheart, in 1956. They had three children together. Two years after their marriage, he began to study creative writing at Stanford University.

Hook: In the wake of WWII William Golding reminded us that though we were horrified by what the Nazis had done in the Holocaust, “every single one of us could be Nazis.”

In this essay you will be learning about a certain character by the name of Jack in the book called Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The book is basically about some students who got stranded on an island and are trying to survive but at the same time deciding who will be the leader. Then along the book some people switched on each other and ended up trying to kill each other. But this book is basically based on who is worth being the leader and who will be the chosen one.” I thought I might kill” said Jack.

While the novel itself is portrayed as an odd depiction of the struggle of power in an unrealistic setting, there is a purpose for the information included in the novel, which is full of symbolism. The novel by Ken Kesey was written around the children’s rhyme previously stated and symbolizes the plot. The beginning of the rhyme is displayed as “Ting. Tingle, tangle, tremble toes, she’s a good fisherman, catches hens, puts them in pens” which also depicts the novel because the fisherman is Nurse Ratched, who “catches hens”, or mentally ill patients and “puts them in pens” by incarcerating them in the psychiatric hospital. The rhyme then continues with “… three geese in a flock, one flew east, one flew west, and one flew over the cuckoo’s nest.”

Hilton portrays young Chips as lacking in confidence.  During an interview, Chips, a schoolteacher in his early twenties, admits to Wetherby, the head of Brookfield, that disciplining young boys was not one of his strong points at