Community and the Individual in John Ford's The Quiet Man Essay

In her book, “A Man Without Words,” Susan Schaller describes how the eighteenth century French philosophers continually exercised speculation as to how much of human nature was "given" and native, and how much was dependent on language and culture. She encountered Ildefonso, a Mexican Indian who lived in the most unique form of isolation, who was born deaf, and had never been taught even the most basic language. She set herself the challenge to make contact with this man, and introduce him to language. Ildefonso not only lacked any language but lacked any idea of language: he had no conception, at first, of what Schaller was trying to do, yet Ildefonso had a yearning to

The image of the train appears several times; including when Big Boy heads home for the final time. “Big Boy slowed when he came to the railroad. He wondered if he ought to go through the streets or down the track. He decided on the tracks. He could dodge a train better than a mob.” In this section, the train serves as the carrier of Big Boy’s adulthood. By staying on the tracks he believes he is still innocent; still hidden from the mob that is after Big Boy because he murdered—certainly a crime not associated with youthful innocence. Because Big Boy is black, he never really has true innocence. He has to be mindful of his surroundings at all times, knowing that whites are always out to get him. But whatever

In his short story, “The Strangers That Came to Town,” Ambrose Flack is showing that true freedom is about being accepted. It shows that true freedom is about being accepted because of the way that the Duvitch family is placed in a community where they are not accepted at first but then do become accepted. Mr. Duvitch didn’t talk much to anyone because of lack of freedom to be who he was, Mrs. Duvitch didn’t have the freedom to also be who she was because people talked about her and the Duvitch children to were quiet ones who didn’t have freedom in the sense that they couldn’t just go out and play with the other kids.

African American racial tension has decreased drastically, since the fifties our country has leaps and bounds towards equality. James Baldwin wrote Stranger in the Village, and he wrote about his experience living in a small Swiss village and how he was able to evaluate the American society and its issues of race. Baldwin specifically focused on African American racial issues. Baldwin makes arguments about how race is treated much different in Europe, he also argued how there are still a lot of problems with American society that need to be changed. I agree with Baldwin's thoughts however this essay is outdated and isn't completely relevant to our society today; however some of the broader ideas are.

In Tobin’s short story, “A Priest in the family”, a widowed grandmother named Molly, possibly in her upper seventies, has a priest of a son named Frank. The Irish culture is built upon three pillars: church, garda (state/government) and teachers (can be seen as leaders as well). Each pillar is tightly interwoven and have individuals some will say are role models. As mentioned earlier the church is a pillar in Ireland society, meaning priest are held in high regards, they are noble men who can do no wrong, and they are the individuals within their communities where its members come not only come to for reassurance, spiritual guidance, but also to confess their sins so they can be free of any of their wrong doings. Molly’s son was a priest who shattered this holy image. Frank’s mother can be quoted saying, “it is nice having a son a priest who’s very holy. He’s one of the old-school. But I can say what I like to you”. Throughout the story there is this sort of anticipation, and it begins when Father Greenwood abnormally visits the grandmother who immediately suspects the worst. Molly questions the priest as to whether it is about her daughters or grandchildren. The priest hesitantly discontinues and calms Molly down. In spite of the priest clearing Molly of any malignant thoughts, throughout the story Molly feels as if her day is off, she simply believes people in her community are becoming aware of her newfound interest in technology, however; shortly after her trip to the

“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” - Mother Teresa

Our Town is play written a while ago, but it relates to any time. Showing that routine is a part of everybody’s life. No matter what day and age you live in your going to have a routine. This play shows an example of two families and their daily routines. The whole play relates to routine even the different acts.

     There is only one thing in life that is really needed and that is friends. Without friends, people would suffer from loneliness and solitude. Loneliness leads to low self-estee. In the novel, Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, the characters, Crooks, Candy, and Curly’s wife all show some form of loneliness. They are curious of George and Lennie’s friendship because they do not have that support in their life. Through his novel, Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck demonstrates that many times, a victim of loneliness will have a never-ending search to fulfill a friendship.

an oath on August 9, 1974 which he said - "Our long national nightmare is

had an old dog at the beginning on the novel .He had this dog for a

In the novel O Pioneers! the author Willa Cather?s vision of Alexandra Bergson is consistent in character treatment with other authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne (Scarlet Letter), and Stephan Crane (Maggie: A Girl of the Streets). In each novel, all authors possess a central character that has an obvious tension between themselves and their community. Unlike the previous authors, Cather?s sympathies lie toward Alexandra. She makes Alexandra seem artificial because she has given a woman (also being her main character) strength and courage, along with power to overcome those who wish to pull her down.

In paragraph three of James Baldwin's 'Stranger in the Village' (1955), he alludes to emotions that are significant, dealing with conflicts that arise in the Swiss village. Of these emotions are two, astonishment and outrage, which represent the relevant feelings of Baldwin, an American black man. These two emotions, for Baldwin's ancestors, create arguments about the 'Negro' and their rights to be considered 'human beings' (Baldwin 131). Baldwin, an American Negro, feels undeniable rage toward the village because of the misconception of his complexion, a misconception that denies Baldwin human credibility and allows him to be perceived as a 'living wonder' (129).

He says to Lennie that he reads books all the time, but he also says “Books

In this excerpt from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, the repetition of silence creates an uncomfortable and tense mood. The word silent and variations of it are repeated throughout the passage. Our first instance of it is on lines 9 and 10 that state, “It was silent outside” (Steinbeck 9) and “The silence came into the room. And the silence lasted.” (Steinbeck 10). What we are already seeing is the impact of silence among the men- it lingers. Throughout the excerpt phrases like “The silence fell on the room again” (Steinbeck 16, 25) and “The silence was in the room again” (Steinbeck 39) are repeated which emphasize the uncomfortable feeling following the scene. This repetition also highlights the sounds that are present, like the mice under

The epigraph at the beginning of “The Man in the Crowd” brings up the interesting question of what it really means to be alone. While the actual definition of alone is “quite by oneself, unaccompanied, solitary,” (“Alone”) the story, through the narrator’s thoughts and the observations of the nameless man in the crowd, can serve as a different perspective on being alone if applied beyond the situation in the tale. The epigraph says how terrible it is to never be alone, and the story serves as a metaphor for Poe to comment on how he views someone’s ability to actually be apart from the crowd. The story goes to show how social norms, thoughts of others, and inherent desires limit someone from ever being truly alone. Poe seems to believe that