Lit Analisys 2 "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller

Death of a Salesman Literature analisys

General

11..       The play is about the Loman family in 1940s America. The father, willy, is a salesman and has been for many years. He holds beliefs in the American dream and about hard work paying off. Sadly though, despite all the appearances he puts up he isn’t. His sons aren’t successful. His son Happy although appearing to be largely successful really isn’t. His other son has failed to get a good job after a scandal caused him to lose his football scholarship. In the present he try’s to get biff to get a job but biff fails. Eventually he kills himself, by faking an auto accident, hoping his son biff will be able to become successful with the life insurance money. In the end though biff only wanted his father to love him, and didn’t care about the money.

22..       The theme s are the American dream and abandonment. Will believes that all a man needs to be succseful is attractiveness and likability. He pushes his sons to achieve the succsess he never had. The other theme is abandonment. Willy was abandoned by his father and left with nothing. Because of this he began to develop his faulty views but also wanted to not leave his sons with nothing.

33..       The authors tone shows how silly Willys ideas are, but also pays great attention to the emotional strain that is on his family as a result. It might seem like mocking but it comes off more as pity. It shows an even deaper irony as Willy would have hated to be pitied. 

44..      Foil: Willy’s neighbor foils him. He is successful but still thoughtful and generous. It shows how even more disillusioned will is.                                                                                                                        Flashback: There are many flashbacks throughout the story as Willy is living in the past. The first being the one where Willy's sons wash the car.                                                                                                      Motif: One would be the women's voice laughing. It happens several times. Only later do we learn it is Willy’s mistress.                                                                                                                                Imagery: “An air of the dream dings to the place, a dream rising out of reality.” (Page 4) Hyperbole: “They should’ve arrested the builder for cutting those down. They massacred the neighbourhood.”  (Page 9)                                                                                                                                                      Cliché: “Just try to relax, dear. You make mountains out of molehills.” (Page 9)                                  Synesthesia: “Sexuality is like a visible color on him, or a scent that many women have discovered.” (Page 10)                                                                                                                                              Forshadowing: “ ‘He’s going to get his license taken away if he keeps that up. I’m getting nervous about him, y’know, Biff?’ ‘His eyes are going’ ‘I’ve driven with him. He sees all right. He just doesn’t keep his mind on it.’” (Page 11)                                                                                                                     Diction: “That’s what I dream about, Biff. Sometimes I want to just rip my clothes off in the middle of the store and outbox that goddam merchandise manager. I mean I can outbox, outrun, and outlift anybody in that store, and I have to take orders from those common, petty sons-of-bitches till I can’t stand it any more.” (Page 14)                                                                                                                                          Simile: “I can park my car in any street in New England, and the cops protect it like their own.” (Page 20)                                                                                                                                                  Allegory: The story about the loved business man is an allegory.

Characterization

11..      Biff and Happy are often described as strong and attractive men. This is direct characterization. Indirect characterization occurs when you here Happy talk. He is very confident and loves his brother. It also occurs when happy and biff discusses their fathers senile ness. The author makes use of direct characterization so we have a clear idea of the characters and indirect in order to imbue subtleties to their personalities.

22..      The author’s syntax and diction changes with each character. The way Happy and Biff talk is much different than the way Willy talks.

33..      Willy is static. He never really gets over his distorted vision of the world. You can see it in his reasoning for ending his life. He wants his sons to be successful but doesn’t really think it out.

44..      I felt like I had met Willy. He is very distinctive and the author expertly portrayed him. He made effective use of the supporting characters. Almost everything they did helped characterize Willy even when it was completely unrelated to him. I was genuinely sad at the end and was caught up by the intensity of the climax.

Lit Anlisys 1 "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

Literature anlisys “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” By Hunter S. Thompson

General

11. .    The basic plot is that “Raoul Duke” and his attorney “Dr. Gonzo” go to Las Vegas to cover a big motorcycle race with a suitcase filled with narcotics. What ensues is a series of adventures in sin city with a narrator whose mind is gone.

22. .    The theme of the story is about chasing the American dream. Hunter S. Thomposon often gets philosophical is his doped out state thinking deaply about life, the law, and society.

33..    The authors tone is, irrational. Irrational almost isn’t the right word, because his mind is just clearly working differently do to the drugs. He has an interesting pacing, and jumps in different directions. “How long can we maintain? I wondered. How long before one of us starts raving and jabbering at this boy? What will he think then? This same lonely desert was the last known home of the Manson family. Will he make that grim connection when my attorney starts screaming about bats and huge manta rays coming down on the car? If so - well, we’ll just have to cut his head off and bury him somewhere. Because it goes without saying that we can’t turn him loose. He’ll report us at once to some kind of outback nazi law enforcement agency, and they’ll run us down like dogs. Jesus! Did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious” (page 5)                                                 “So I was not entirely at ease drifting around the casinos on this Saturday night with a car full of marijuana and head full of acid. We had several narrow escapes: at one point I tried to drive the Great Red Shark into the laundry room of the Landmark Hotel - but the door was too narrow, and the people inside seemed dangerously excited.” (Page 20)   “Where indeed? No flowers in this town. Only carnivorous plants.” (Page 27)

44..    Simile: “I got a good Vida Blue faitball grip on the fucker - and just as “Whit. Rabbit” peaked Ilashed it into the tub like a cannonball.” (Page 28)                                                                                 Amplification: “Yeah, there’s no choice. I wouldn’t dare go to sleep with you wandering around in this condition - with a head full of acid and wanting to slice me up with that god - damn knife.”  (Page 29)                                                                                                                                                        Foil: His attourney foils him. As the both are extremely drugged up, they will go through different experiences, and react to eachother, highlighting eachothers highness.                                                        Stream of Conscious: “So I figured, well, just get this bugger back to Malibu, and it’s mine. My risk - my gun: it made perfect sense. And if that Samoan pig wanted to argue, if he wanted to come yelling around the house, give him a taste of the bugger about midway up the femur. Indeed. 158 grains of half - jacketed lead/alloy, traveling 1500 feet per second, equals about forty pounds of Samoan hamburger, mixed up with bone splinters. Why not?” (Page 32)                                                                                                    Conflict: “So I figured, well, just get this bugger back to Malibu, and it’s mine. My risk - my gun: it made perfect sense. And if that Samoan pig wanted to argue, if he wanted to come yelling around the house, give him a taste of the bugger about midway up the femur. Indeed. 158 grains of half - jacketed lead/alloy, traveling 1500 feet per second, equals about forty pounds of Samoan hamburger, mixed up with bone splinters. Why not?” (Page 33)                                                                                                      Personification: “The lead story was a screaming blue headline across the top of the page” (Page 33)                                                                                                                                                           Point of View: “I knew” (Page 1) First Person                                                                                Unreliable Narrator: “I couldn’t remember. Lacerda? The name rang a bell, but I couldn’t concentrate. Terrible things were happening all around us. Right next to me a huge reptile was gnawing on a woman’s neck, the carpet was a blood - soaked sponge - impossible to walk on it, no footing at all.”                 Allusion: “No. But I told him we had a Vincent Black Shadow. That scared the piss out of him.” (Page 13)                                                                                                                                                   Imagery: “I couldn’t remember. Lacerda? The name rang a bell, but I couldn’t concentrate. Terrible things were happening all around us. Right next to me a huge reptile was gnawing on a woman’s neck, the carpet was a blood - soaked sponge - impossible to walk on it, no footing at all.” (Page 13)

Characterization:

11..    The most direct characterization there is is when Raoul describes his attorney and the boy they pick up. Most if not all characterization is indirect. Two examples are unecsary because the entire book is indirect characterization. Its about Raouls journey so his reactions and thought patterns are all indirect.

22..    Yes the syntax and diction greatly effects the characterization. As the character is on an ever changing regiment of narcotics, the syntax and diction, is ever changing yet hyperbolic. He’s very meticulous in his descriptions and uses, sometimes oddly specific words.

33..    The protagonist is dynamic and round. He is volatile in nature, and ponders deaply the phyisophical meaning of living in America. His mind constantly is jumping in different directions and I would say wisdom is gained by the end of the book. He makes revelations about life that change him.

44..    I feel like a had met a person. Raoul is so unique and interesting and is indirectly characterized so it felt like I got to know him as opposed to read about him. “The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’dget into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station. We had sampled almost everything else, and now - yes, it was time for a long snort of ether. And then do the next hundred miles in a horrible, slobbering sort of spastic stupor. The only way to keep alert on ether is to do up a lot of amyls - not all at once, but steadily, just enough to maintain the focus at ninety miles an hour through Barstow.” (Page 4)

Anyway explanations

These lit anlisys's have actually been finished for a while. I just couldn't get onto blogger and kind of forgot about it. I was rummaging and found the paper I had my information written on which was awesome. I was worried I would have to make a new blog.

Vocab sentences and stuff 4( I just realized i saved this as a draft not a post)

apostate: a person who forsakes his religion, cause, party, etc.

effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.
impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape.
euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence.
lugubrious: mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner.
bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.
consensus: majority of opinion
dichotomy: division into two parts
constrict: to slow or stop the natural course or to contract or shrink
gothic: noting or pertaining to a style of architecture, originating in France in the middle of the 12th century and existing in the western half of Europe through the middle of the 16th century, characterized by the use of the pointed arch and the ribbed vault, by the use of fine woodwork and stonework, by a progressive lightening of structure, and by the use of such features as flying buttresses, ornamental gables, crockets, and foils.
punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.
metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance, as transformation
raconteur to tell
sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor; something essential
quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable
vendetta: any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention
non sequitur: an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises.
mystique: a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning
quagmire: anything soft or flabby
parlous: perilous; dangerous

Just Random thoughts

Its occured to me I dont post much........... Yeah...... I think Im gonna post more

Deconstructed Epic

The story I would like to deconstruct is the Karate Kid.
It starts off with Daniel-san moving to a new school. He makes friends with a girl who happens to be the ex girlfriend of this socio path from Cobra Kai. A martial arts school that is clearly corrupting the ancient traditions. He gets into a fight with the guy from Cobra Kai and is utterly beaten as he has very weak Karate. This is what pushes him to advance. He needs to learn to protect him self due to the bullying. Enter Mr. Myagi, Daniel-san's mentor. He teaches daniel-san karate so that daniel-san can defend himself. Mr. Myagi goes to the Cobra Kai headquarters to try and get the cobra Kai master to call off his goons. He refuses. Mr Myagi negotiates a temporary peace treaty so that Daniel-san can train and have the final showdown in the big Martial Arts tournament. He learns karate threw mysteriouse and abstract training methods that daniel-san dousn't understand at first. When he gets to the tournament, he douse great, at first. The head of kobra kai forces one of his students to use an illegal move that will injure daniel-san so he will be weakened for the final fight and have an unfair disadvantage. In the final fightt daniel-san puts forthe his best effort but it looks like his injury will be too much. In a last act of effort he makes use of a very difficult and advanced technice, the crain kick. His opponent dousn't understand at first what is going on, and when daniel son uses the kick he beats his opponent in one move. Cue 80's celebration music.

First lit analisys choice

The book I have chosen is "Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson. I've seen the movie with johnny depp which was fantastic and sense the book is always better the the movie I can only conclude that the book will be awesome