Daniel Terziev 20th century novel

       The conclusion of Meursault's case ended with the result of the death penalty by guillotine, which although I expected still left me frustrated. Meursault is without a doubt guilty and should be punished for his crimes, but I don't think that the death penalty is a fair punishment given the mental and emotional state he is in throughout the book. During the actual murder, for instance, he is clearly in a very chaotic mental state due to the physical distress he is experiencing, but just because it seems like a crazy explanation to the court it is completely discounted. Again when he is questioned about whether or not he feels remorse for his crimes, or sadness at his mother's death, the jury makes judgments based off of their idea of a typical person, which is not fair to do as Meursault is far from a typical person. He should not be judged for not feeling these emotions, as he seems almost physically unable to. Of course, I am not saying his actions should go...

The central conflict of Hemmingway's Novel “The Sun Also Rises”, is the relationship between Lady Brett Ashley and the protagonist Jake. Its ending however is left very open, and much like Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway”, we have no idea what will happen with these characters after the story ends. With the information we do have, however, we can at the very least get an idea about what direction their relationship might head into next. Here are some of the possibilities: Nothing Changes- at least notably. The events of this novel are very cyclical, so it would not be surprising if things just continued as they have been. Both the beginning and end of the book leave them in very similar places, with parallels such as Brett talking about how miserable she is and the car ride. Brett is still caught up on the idea of what she and Jake could have been, and overall I would say that she is not much better than she was at the start of the book. So the only way for Brett and Jake's cyc...

  One of the most striking passages in Mrs. Dalloway to me was her initial walk to go and pick up flowers. Particularly, I was fascinated by the way that Virginia Woolf was able to lay out all of Clarissa's thoughts and indirectly tell us so much about what type of a person she is in such a short amount of time. We get to understand Clarissa’s struggles, fears, and regrets, what makes her happy, and most interesting my opinion, we get to see her try and convince herself that she made the right choices in life. The style of narration that Woolf uses here is perhaps why this introduction works so well. We are not some 3rd party watching Clarissa nor is she narrating, rather we have sort of just popped in and are along for the ride while she goes on with her thoughts, unaware of our presence. This gives a really raw feeling to the insight we get. It is not biased, and we are able to tell when Clarissa is intentionally not going through the rabbit hole of a certain thought, or reaf...

Milk and Change in the mezzanine` Howie's analysis throughout “The Mezzanine” paints a picture of someone who is very clearly obsessed with innovation, however, there are also times when innovation is forced to battle with Howies unwillingness to change. One of the moments where Baker best displays this part of Howie's character is in the section talking about the change from using milk delivery services to buying milk from the store. I think this passage brilliantly displays the sad feeling of change we have all felt, through a very analytical character such as Howie, and shows how he responds when his emotions get the best of him.  In chapter 6, Howie describes how the deliveries started out being three times a week with the Onondaga Dairy company, however, as time went on they dropped to just two times a week. Furthermore, milk packages from different companies started arriving each week as company after the company went out of business. The quality of the milk drops a...