.... The existential principle remains apparent within these works. The themes of existentialism vary, but one main focus is that man appeases himself by acting on his desires. Ignorance and hollowness penetrate human existence, creating anxiety, reverence, and dejection (Moore & Bruder 503). And man faces, as the most prominent fact of human existence, the need to decide how he is to live within this “absurd and irrational world� (Moore & Bruder 504). “Macbeth� employs many existentialist concepts. Macbeth’s murdering of Duncan to obtain his kingship displays a basic existentialist philosophy in that he eliminated his obstacles in order .....

.... in they Rye’ is almost like an autobiography for Salinger. He is using Holden as his persona to let us, the reader, dive into his thought pattern and find out some of the thoughts that he kept locked up in there. Salinger’s view of the world is lived out thought Holden – his persona. The novel is Holden’s steam of conscience as he is talking to a psychoanalyst “what would an psychoanalyst do…gets you to talk…for one thing he’d help you to recognise the patterns of your mind”. At the start of the novel it is addressed directly to us “if you really want to hear about it”. This .....

.... he was black, which really shows the amount of injustice during the time the novel was set in. Through the whole trial, he did not retaliate at the white people, he did not get mad because he was improperly accused, he just showed the level of respect which everyone deserves. He handled the injustice with a manner reserved only for gentlemen, which is a good description of what he really was. The third person to suffer injustice in the novel was Boo Radley. Many accusations were claimed about him even though they were untrue. Just because he didn't leave his house, people began to think something was wrong. Boo was a man who was misunderstood and .....

.... secret convention for old detectives and Tuppence takes off to find the house that is painted in the book. Tuppence comes to a town that is called Sutton Chancellor where she finds the house and a numerous amount of interesting characters. She meets two gossipy old ladies, a child’s missing grave, and a caretaker of a church. She finds out a lot of information about the house and is planning on returning home the next day but, she finds the child’s missing grave and is about to uncover a secret she is knocked out and falls hard onto the concrete tombstone. Meanwhile Tommy has returned back from his conference and is waiting for Tu .....

.... lives. A monstrous squid, 15 times the size of a normally larger squid, emerges and destroys the living quarters of the scientists. Now they are forced to live in the spacecraft with all communication lost with the outside world. Killer shrimp, fire, and internal floods follow the introduction of the squid. Barnes is eaten alive by the gigantic squid. After the climax and many deaths the few people left discover whoever enters the Sphere is granted the power that everything they think or imagine happens or is created. Either it's conscious or subconscious, while they're sleeping or awake, or even if they really want it to happen. They al .....

.... relates to how Torvald feels about her at the time. He tends to treat her views and opinions as less than important or trifling. Torvald doesn’t want Nora spending too much money at Christmas. Nora wants to borrow against his upcoming promotion and subsequent raise in salary. Torvald states on page 1565 ‘Are your scatterbrains off again? What if today I borrowed a thousand crowns, and you squandered them over Christmas week.’ On the rare occasion when Torvald gives her money, he is concerned that she will waste it on candy and pastry. Nora asks Torvald what her most sacred vows are and he responds ‘And I have to tell yo .....

.... seems to have a totally different point about survival on the island. His points focus on the fact that they are going to stay there for a while, and need to hunt. Simon is different than the others. He seems to have some common sense, but does not speak up. He is also one of the bigger kids, but does not have enough self confidence in himself to become a leader. Overall Piggy would make an excellent leader, but his appearance and age would make the others questions his orders. Journal II Living on the island was an inner battle. Other boys on the island found it hard to obey my orders. One of the bigger boys, Jack, formed a hunting gro .....

.... states that Captain Vere loves books. He especially loves those that have stories and details about the treatment of man. His own officers say that he acts "like the King's yarn in a coil of Navy rope." I believe that quote says that he is a puppet of the King. All of these aspects of Captain Vere seem to make him a "robot" of the King. The King says and the robot obeys. When Billy kills Claggert, Captain Vere has to decide whether or not Billy should be punished and if so, how he should be punished. He decides to hang Billy. Then the possibility of a revolt on the ship comes up. This revolt would probably cause the death of the Captain and his offic .....

.... she gave Richard some more money and told him that he could not come back in the house unless he got the groceries. So he went walked back to the store and met the same group of kids. Once again, they took his money and beat him up. Richard then went back home, and begged her to let him in. All she did was give him some more money, but this time, she handed Richard a stick. Richard, scared and terrified, went back down the street to the store and saw the same group of kids. Richard started to swing the stick like a crazy man and hit those kids in the head. His mother showed Richard how to stand up for himself and that anything is possible. Anot .....

.... of finding the source of the loud noise. All of the boys agree that in order to survive on the island, they must have some sort of leader. Jack and Piggy were the obvious leaders for Jack was bold and Piggy intelligent. "But there was a stillness about Ralph as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch" (Golding 21). The boy who had blown the shell, the one who had successfully brought the boys in a state of order was, in the boy's view, the most comprehensible leader. They based his leadership skills on the fact that he had congregated the boys toge! the .....