Delirium Literary Analysis

Our human species is dated back to more than 200,000 years ago, now if we can attain a significant lesson that our ancestors have passed down to us, it would definitely be to keep learning and writing. Many past generations and societies have been destroyed by diseases, famine, and due to their lack of knowledge and their capability to reason. Considering the Egyptians were very intelligent, few of their inventions that we still use till this day are geometry, the pen, and papyrus, which is used as paper. But even so, they were wiped out by the thousands from diseases. However, humans have yet to reach their highest potential but by attaining knowledge through literature, one can endure lessons from the past without having to experience it.

Perspectives are like fixed telescopes looking up at the night sky, focused on a small sliver of the twinkling stars. Much alike to how one stargazes, people are unable to see beyond their own point of view and see the same part of a moment at the same time. William Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying reflects this idea through telling the story of the Bundren Family’s journey to bury their deceased mother in Jefferson by the account of multiple narrators. In doing so, each narrator retells the events in a different manner. The isolation the characters face in their perspectives as indicated by their contradicting details are acknowledged by Faulkner through his depiction of Darl’s descent into madness and his descriptions of various coins and

Power and control plays a big role in the lives many. When power is used as a form of control, it leads to depression and misery in the relationship. This is proven through the themes and symbolism used in the stories Lesson before Dying, The fun they had, The strangers that came to town, and Dolls house through the median of three major unsuccessful relationship: racial tension between the African Americans and the caucasians in the novel Lesson before Dying, Doll’s House demonstrates a controlling relationship can be detrimental for both individuals and The Stranger That Came To Town along with The Fun They Had show that when an individual is suppressed by majority they become despondent.

Lena says to Alex, “I want to run away with you. To the Wilds. Like we talked about.” (pg.374) Lena says this when she finds out that everyone lied to her about her mother killing herself because of love. The truth was that she was imprisoned in the in the Crypts. Left to rot there just because she had the disease. The reason this supports the claim is because she wants to escape because she’s in love and the government is holding them back. She wants to run away with Alex so they can be free forever. By the end of the book, she thinks, “Alex told me to run. And so I run.” (pg.440) She thinks this when she and Alex are running to the Wilds, and Alex helps her get past the fence and escape. However, this happens with the price of Alex being taken away from the government. This shows that love can’t be restrained because Lena was so in love that she defied the government and

In past years, as well as, in the twenty-first century, African Americans are being oppressed and judged based on the color of their skin. In, A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines, this is the primary conflict that plagues Jefferson’s as well as Grant’s everyday life. By pleading guilty to a murder that he did not commit, Jefferson has to choose to die just as he is, a hog in the white’s eyes, or die a man. On the other hand, Grant, who is his teacher, is faced with being looked down upon by his community all because of his race and status. He is graced with the challenge of turning Jefferson into a man before his execution date. It is only a matter of time before they both realize that they cannot change the past and they have

The second half of the novel Gone by Michael Grant portrays a more violent plot. The town’s newly created police attacks Bette and forces them to retreat to Coates Academy to plot another attack on the children of Perdido Beach. With the help of Caine’s powers, they use coyotes to attack and capture Sam and friends. They escape and return to Perdido Beach to plan a war against Coates. Sam and Caine battle within the town square and they both have their fifteenth birthday at the same time. Their mother appears before them and gives them a choice of whether they want to leave the FAYZ and they both choose to stay.

In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying by _________, the main character, Grant, is trying to console Jefferson. Jefferson has just been framed for a murder he did not commit, and many believe it is because he is black. Two drunk, white men went into a liquor store, already drunk, and attempted to shoot the owner who, in turn, shot back. In the end of the firefight, Jefferson was the only man standing. When at the trial to convince the jury Jefferson did not actually shoot the people, his attorney realizes his attempts at proving Jefferson’s innocence were futile, and says, “What justice would there be to take this life? Justice, gentlemen? Why, I would just as soon put a hog in the electric chair as this” (8). He is asking the jury to spare the life of Jefferson, by implying that Jefferson is no more intelligent than a hog. The attorney is white, and is voicing the common belief among whites that all blacks are animals. Throughout the novel, Jefferson becomes haunted by the

A Long Way Gone shows how over time one’s character can be changed completely due to circumstances. For example, A Long Way Gone gives an understanding of how the most innocent children can become the most outrageous killers. Survival plays a very huge theme in the book because of the situations Ishmael had to go through. . Ever since Ishmael escaped from the chaos that was happening in Mattru Jong, Beah mainly had to focus on his survival every single day. Such an incident happened in Chapter 4. “Things changed rapidly in a matter of seconds and no one had any control over anything. We had yet to learn these things and implement survival tactics, which was what it came down to,” (Beah, 29). In Chapter 10, the boys are given meat at night

Delirium and Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver are two amazing books part of a series. Delirium is the story of Lena Haloway who lives in a dystopian society where love is forbidden. It is the deadliest of all things in their world. In the begining Lena starts out a good girl who follows all the rules, is scared of love and believes everything that shes been told about love. All until she meets Alex. Once she meets Alex, everything changes. In Pandemonium Lena lived in the wilds and has been through so much hardship that it has roughened her soul like summer time roughenes your feet. She is now is living in New York City and returned from the wilds.

The book, As I Lay Dying, written by William Faulkner, tells a story of how a mother named Addie died and now the children of the family are coping with the loss of their mother and then setting off to a journey for her burial located in Jefferson. Throughout the story, each character has their way of coping with loss and by doing so, reveals more and more about themselves. Thus, there are many elements in the story that express unconscious desires or inner feelings of characters that show the psychoanalytic viewpoint in the story.

In William Faulkner’s novel, As I Lay Dying, trying to find and express your identity and individuality amongst a large, dysfunctional family can prove difficult, especially with a society that forces its standards and expectations on you as well. Addie Bundren possessed qualities and viewpoints most others did not. She found words useless while actions are what held real meaning, yet her whole life had seemed to be made up of words. As her dying wish, she asked her husband to perform an action – taking her to Jefferson to be buried. Darl Bundren was considered the queer one among the family.

Throughout William Faulkner's’ novel "As I Lay Dying", he portrays a Mississippi family that goes through many different hardships and struggles such as death, poverty and existence from different character's point of view. Faulkner uses imagery to illustrate existence and poverty among these characters and how they are perceived by outsiders. From the first monologue, one can see that everything is in relation to an animal, natural force or human nature. As each character progresses, a pattern of the natural forces often becomes correlated with events throughout the novel. Although Addie Bundren dismisses the word love when used by her husband, Anse, as "just a shape to fill a lack," her other relationships are not as empty (Faulkner 172).

In his novel As I lay Dying Faulkner explores the connections between a family with a history of violence and mistrust while they attempt to fulfill the final wish of their matriarch. Throughout the story the family gradually become macabre caricatures of their former selves and attempt to improve their meager positions in society by fighting one another at every opportunity. As the journey unfolds the audience is given insight into the past of the female characters Cora Tull, Addie, and Dewey Dell who are uniquely portrayed as both victims and the perpetrators of violence in this already highly dysfunctional family unit. This archetypal characterization reinforces the themes that persist throughout the novel, and demonstrates

This proves that Lena is daring because she crosses into the Wilds and just barely makes it. Although, she faced countless challenges she did not give up, she kept on going despite all that she had went through. Additionally, Lena’s emotions and thought prove that she is daring because she was thinking and planning of permanently moving to the Wilds with Alex right before she was supposed to get the Cure. Her thoughts of her Aunt Carol and Uncle William knowing that her mother was not dead angered Lena, “I’m filled, suddenly, with white-hot-anger, a blaze,” this soon led Lena to want to revolt against this society and go to the Wilds (Oliver 374). This illustrates, that Lena’s thoughts triggered her change in heart; she now wanted to oppose the government because of what they did to her mother.

Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor and critic. He is mainly known for his trilogy that investigates, using fiction, the history of Nigeria. The trilogy begins with Things Fall Apart, followed by No Longer at Ease and ended with Arrow of God. Furthermore, in this critically analytical essay, through a feminist perspective, a chapter of his second novel, No Longer at Ease, published in 1960, will be discussed. The setting of the novel is Lagos, Nigeria and Umuofia, Nigeria during the 1950s, before Nigeria attained independence from Great Britain. The novel, No Longer at Ease begins with Obi Okonkwo on trial, charged for accepting a bribe. However, using flashback, the author takes us back to the point before Obi’s departure