Intense Imagery in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is filled with intense imagery from many sources. The characters and setting don't seem to be part of a story. They are real, and therefore they seem real in the book. Berendt gives them a distinctive look and feel that could only come from life. He gives them personality. Savannah itself comes alive. Even the actions of the inhabitants of Savannah are given shape. The actions of the characters also add to the effect of the detail presented by Berendt. The people of Savannah are far from the proverbial "norm." They are a strange yet interesting group. Savannah is a very tranquil town that loves visitors as much as it loves parties; but it hates invaders. Many people have tried to come to Savannah and industrialize the city, or make it corporate in one way or another. They have always been immediately, though still politely, turned away. Even the driving in Savannah is kept tranquil. In fact, the citizens of Savannah have no choice about this. Traffic is not allowed in the squares that populate the town. Drivers have no choice but to go around. "So traffic is obliged to flow at a leisurely rate, " says Miss Harty. "The squares are our little oases of tranquillity" (29).
Berendt is more reserved and plays the part of the confidant when he is in the company of Williams. From their first meeting, Williams seems ready to open up to Berendt, and the reader gets the feeling that Berendt welcomes the role. He portrays Williams as an arrogant but decent enough type who is somewhat lonely and in need of a feeling of power. Williams's affinity for Nazi relics and weapons is one sign of his power fetish, as is his superior view of himself. Berendt takes all of this in stride and uses it to set up the foundation for Williamsí actions during the trials later in the book. During their meeting, Williams tells him many stories about Savannah and the people who live there.
The character of Curley’s Wife is very hard to unravel, as throughout the book, Steinbeck’s representation of women through characters such as George and Candy, is very harsh. This is because the sociological opinion at that time was that they were either, mothers, sisters, or prostitutes, as the audience soon see, George and other ranch workers refer to her as “bitch” “loo loo” and “tramp”. There were also a growing number of prostitutes during the Great Depression period, as they would offload their services to those whom were able to pay and have some decent income during the Depression. Other aspects that may make Curley’s Wife seem like a tart, is Curley’s “Glove Fulla’ Vaseline”. Curley literally keeps a glove full of Vaseline, in order to keep his hand soft, possibly for a sexual act. Curley boasts to Candy that the hand is for his wife, which tells us that she gives him consent to do these acts to her, and also, Curley’s nerve to inform fellow workers about his glove shows that he believes that his own wife is a tart, which is very controversial today, but back then, women were seen as nothing more than possessions, yours to do what you will. George informs Lennie to avoid Curley’s Wife at all costs, and not to talk to her, because of her promiscuous behaviour, he believes t...
One way the novel accurately interpreted the tragedies in the Civil Rights Movement is when it displays the Jim Crow laws. For example, in the book the Logans could not ride a bus to school because the white children were using it. One of the Jim Crow laws stated that African Americans had to give their bus seats up to whites. The book clearly illustrates the Jim Crow laws in
The most important binary operation in Faulkner's masterpiece is the projected idea of the rich versus the stark reality of the poor. Throughout the entire work, the scenes of the Snopes family are constantly described in detail and compared to the richness that appears abundant around them. For example, at the very beginning of the story, the young Colonel Sartoris Snopes is described as "small and wiry like his father" wearing "patched and faded jeans" which are later described as too small (Faulkner 1555). This poor child, with his tattered clothing, bare feet, and scared-to-the-bone look is juxtaposed against the wealth of the Justice of the Peace's borrowed courtroom--its "close-packed" shelves filled with cans of food, aromatic cheese, and "the silver curve of fish"--th...
As its name suggests, the Jeffersonian Republicans functioned under the leadership of Thomas Jefferson as well as James Madison. Jefferson was initiall...
“I was clueless as to what I was getting in to,” Temple said. “I was young and naive.”
Next let us consider the vivid scenery depicted throughout this specimen of literature. Compared to other attempts at re-imagining this piece of literature none of them materialized virtually close to the number of scenes in this film. First, amidst the introductory we are given the scene of Lena catching the public bus transportation system home from work, affording us the opportunity to view the magnificent city on...
...nserted two different kinds of dialogism “great dialogue” and “microdialogue”. This plurality as claimed by some critics contributes to the looseness of the structure of the novel as characters seem divergent and events fragmented. However, this essay refutes this claim. Instead, dialogism seems to reinforce the unity and cohesion of the novel mainly through the symbolic dimension. Each character is in interaction with other characters even implicitly. That’s what gives this novel its strength. Dialogism is not only meant to convey the stylistic dimension of the novel, it also portrays the pluralistic dimension of the southern society at that era. The South, which frames the whole novel, is characterized by conflicting, juxtaposed, and multi voices. This reflects the crucial issues dealt with by Faulkner such as racism, gender issues, religious fanaticism,etc.
3. Things that help me understand the book is taken every scene and thinking it clearly. When I envision this community, I see a black and white filter since citizens can’t see shades of color. Also every feeling that a character is experience I try to experience it myself to learn the surroundings of them.
...oing to raise. Its like climbing a ladder. Sooner or later your going to be higher up, your fear is going to raise and the roof is gunna seem like its lower. Its the same when you raise minimum wage. The wage is gunna get higher, cost of goods go up, and unemployment rate will raise
...cityscape provide a physical setting which serves to reflect the psychological state of the narrator, Marlow and the evils of life, as well as forgrounding the journey of the narrator - mentally, emotionally, and intellectually. The environment particularly that of the Congo and of Brussels, reflect death, hypocrisy and even human's "profound heart of darkness".
I don’t understand. My dear Stella lives in such a raffish flat! The place is in the middle of a slum and looks so rundown in the middle of the city. It was no better once I entered. There were only three puny rooms: the bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen; all were equally horrendous in condition. This flat is worthless compared to the grandeur of Belle Reve! The plantation was glorious with its great, green, and open rural lands. It is so magnificent and natural. This enclosed flat pales in comparison to Belle Reve. I’m appalled that she could even stand the thought of living in such a ghetto. Nonetheless, she told me that “It’s not that bad at all! New Orleans isn’t like other cities” (12), so somehow she is able to stand its foulness.
Macondo is constantly being subjected to outside forces which cultivates and imposes change to happen within the village. The changes range from military, economic, and religious. These invasions help move the reader along a linear time line. The town of Macondo seems to be regarded as its own character. As outsiders arrive and influence the townspeople, it affects Macondo as a whole, which shapes the way it is viewed and how it interacts with other characters. Even though these invasions allow the reader to experience the plot in a linear fashion, they repeatedly show that the townspeople are powerless, which is a recurring theme. The constant state of powerlessness functions to show that the townspeople do not contribute towards the development of the town. Therefore, the linear plot of Macondo, as a character, is separate from the plot of the
The "Heart of Darkness," written by Joseph Conrad in 1899 as a short story, is about two men who face their own identities as what they consider to be civilized Europeans and the struggle to not to abandon their themselves and their morality once they venture into the "darkness." The use of "darkness" is in the book's title and in throughout the story and takes on a number of meanings that are not easily understood until the story progresses. As you read the story you realize that the meaning of "darkness" is not something that is constant but changes depending on the context it used.
The next thing I found interesting was the behavior of the police. People rely on the police to protect their lives. The police in this play chose to give Henry a Rodney King style beaten.