How Does Cool Hand Luke Symbolism

Allusion is a powerful tool many authors use to elicit emotions of the reader by relating two texts. This is one of the many tools Ken Kesey uses in his novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Throughout the novel, Keses alludes to the most popular text of all time, the bible. Kesey uses the allusion to create depth in the characters and elicit the emotional connection that many feel with the text of the bible. Kesey’s allusion to Jesus is found in the struggle of Mcmurphy against Nurse Ratched. In the process of their struggles, both heroes become martyrs and are immortalized into legend. By using an allusion to a religious text Kesey is able to bring to the surface powerful emotions and feelings creating a connection between the text and the

In the book of “Luke” in “The Holy Bible” Jesus is crucified and while on the cross he also calls out to his father, which is God. 7 After Luke is let out of the hole he goes back to his bunk, he returns ” broken by his tormentors and stripped of the respect of worshipful inmates”(William Web). They were disappointed because Luke finally gave into the bosses and they offer Luke no help at all. The other inmates appear sad and some are even trying. This is very similar to how Jesus was forced to carry his cross, and did not receive any help from his disciples, whom had followed him for years. His disciples only act sad and cry from the sidelines. 8 Dragline and Luke escape in the end and we see them hiding out in an orchard. Drag ends up selling out Luke’s whereabouts to the bosses, because he believes they will go easier on him. One of the saddest stories in ”The Holy Bible” is the story of how Judas betrayed Jesus and sold him out to be crucified in exchange for 30 pieces of silver. Jesus and Luke were both sold out to one of their closest and most reliable followers. 9 After Dragline betrays Luke, Luke is shot and killed by the man with no eyes. One of the last scenes depicts Dragline surrounded by inmates

Many authors who write of religious, philosophical, or moral issues frequently use symbolism and allegory to spark the reader’s interest. This style of writing builds on the emotions of the reader. It creates a visual image making the story real and believable.

Cool Hand Luke The film Cool Hand Luke, written by Donn Pearce, directed by Stuart Rosenberg and released in 1967. This film is taking place in a prison and it talks about the main character, Lucas Jackson, played by Paul Newman, which is a former soldier but sent to prison for two years since cutting the heads off parking meters while drunk. This setting of the film is petty irony a soldier was sent to jail because destruction of public property. Through the character of the Boss, Luke, Dragline (George Kennedy) and other prisoners, the film Cool Hand Luke demonstrate the social psychological themes of obedience to authority, conformity, and non-conformity.

Luke’s goal was to challenge the establishment (to which he seemed to think was unjust) and make an example of hope for his fellow men in that they wouldn’t have to bow down to Dragline. Interestingly enough, after this fight, Dragline becomes acquainted with Luke and becomes very friendly.

In the film Cool Hand Luke, the director Stuart Rosenberg used many different techniques to make the main character, Luke Jackson ( Paul Newman) appear like a savior. This was a quick turn in the plot of the film considering the first scene that opens up with Luke intoxicated as he is carelessly removing the tops of parking meters. After this scene then the true theme of the movie begins to come into play. Soon after Luke removes the top of a parking meter, two police officers show up and arrest him. He ends up being put in a prison and sentenced to two years. As soon as Luke arrived at the prison he was looked down upon. This was until he showed everyone, prisoners and officers alike that he did not intend on allowing anyone to tell him what to do. The prisoners began to change their view of Luke as they looked up to him, but the officers grew more dislike for him because they

symbolism and foreshadowing are both used to clue the reader into the eventual fate of the

Memory, symbol, and pattern affect the reading of literature greatly by the way we interpret the piece. These three things contribute to the way a character is portrayed or the way weather, setting, and objects impact an overall outlook on the plot completely. In the book The Chronicles of Narnia (2010) I was able to recognize symbolism including many Christian parallels from the Bible; such as when Alsan died but came back to life. This connects in the Bible to when Jesus died on the cross but then came back as an astonishing figure.

The first example of symbolism that was found in this text was, the painting that was being painted in the beginning of the story. That was supposedly symbolizing the way that they were living. The next example is the title it is also a big part of the story, it is the number that you are supposed to call if you want to volunteer to die. So, it represented a lot of death.

In order to achieve effectiveness within one's writing, the author must change the way the audience views the piece. In the speeches, “A Letter from Birmingham Jail” written by Martin Luther King Jr. and “Sinners in the Hand of God” written and spoken by Jonathan Edwards, an extreme Puritan, they both dramatically affect the audience in a way that moves their perception. While scripting these pieces, both authors have to use a multitude of stylistic techniques to achieve the effect they have been longing for initially. Both King and Edwards use specific approaches to affect their audience, but in order to get a more in depth perceptive one must analyze both pieces and their techniques.

This story uses metaphor to mention lots Christian symbols and the different actions between religion-religious people and non-religious people.

Readers of the Gospel of Luke often try to identify Luke’s intended audience. Understanding Luke’s intended audience can provide insight into how Luke used current culture to strategically spread the word of God. Specifically, we can look at the period of Hellenization, along passages, to interpret Luke’s Gospel as intended for a Greco-Roman audience.

In literature, symbolism can take many forms. Usually, it is when an object represents another to give a completely different meaning that is more significant. In “As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner the author uses significant symbols so that he can develop his characters that do not communicate their feelings properly with other characters.

Another comparison to the Bible is the death of Guido to save his son. At the end of the film, Guido is forced by a German soldier to proceed to the place of his death. As he goes there, Guido passes by the crate in which Joshua is hiding. Instead of running from the guard, Guido marches on to amuse Joshua. Similarly, after Jesus was condemned to death, soldiers led him to the hill where he would eventually die. Jesus did not resist. As Jesus marched to his death, he comforted those who wept in sorrow and sadness. Again, Guido acts as Jesus Christ acts in the Bible. In the Bible, Jesus saves His people by giving his life for them. Similarly,

Vivid images, from visions, to detailed explanation and accounts of places and events, to symbolic imagery used to explain parables, or teach and encourage the first century churches are driving forces within the Biblical text. Metaphorical language, by virtue of the fact that it preserves the literal meaning of the symbol, while intending an analogical secondary meaning, is able to communicate profound truths about reality, mainly by creating an alternative, symbolic way of seeing and understanding the world. (Liubinskas, Susann. 404) Throughout the New Testament of the Bible the most commonly used images are the: body of Christ, and vine imagery. These images work together to create a powerful example of the necessity for unity among individual believers, and that unity tying them Christ.