For this final project, the two pieces of literary work that will be analyzed are This Side of Paradise and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. This Side of Paradise is the first novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald that propelled the then twenty-four-year-old author into the limelight. The brilliant novel was published in 1920 (Lost Generation) and revolves around Amory Blaine, who seems to be loosely inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald himself. Amory Blaine is a poise, narcissistic and avaricious young man who looks for validation from everyone primarily through the women he goes after and “fall in love” with. This Side of Paradise is divided into three sections Book I: The Romantic Egotist, Interlude, and Book II: The Education of a Personage.
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The novel is narrated by a patient in a mental institution name Chief Bromden but revolves around Randle McMurphy another patient at the institution who is out of control. Chief Bromden, who seems to be an observer gives play by play on what’s taking place in the with him, other patients, primarily Murphy the craziest of them all who has turned the mental institution into his playground. Mildred Ratched a cold-hearted cruel nurse that he later tries to strangle is the target of Randle’s hostile behavior. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest showcase two major things what goes on in mental institutions from the type of patients are admitted. Secondly, how some of the patients are treated as we can see through the oppressive authoritative figure Mildred Ratched who uses language to control the …show more content…
First, the sentence structure is peculiar contributing to the narrator, Randle McMurphy and the characters either speak using in incomplete sentences, jargon or in odd ways. The word choice is interesting as well and that’s one of the main reasons I selected this book it’s different from anything I’ve ever read. More importantly, I looked at the time both literary works were published. This Side of Paradise was published in the Roaring Twenties and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest during the Civil Rights Movement. When deciding on what literary works that will be selected for the final project the year each novel was taking into consideration. In the 1960s, many authors began to experiment with their writing and didn’t shy away from controversial topics. All in all, when looking for books I saw the stark difference in the language during these time
The novel is narrated by a patient in a mental institution name Chief Bromden but revolves around Randle McMurphy another patient at the institution who is out of control. Chief Bromden, who seems to be an observer gives play by play on what’s taking place in the with him, other patients, primarily Murphy the craziest of them all who has turned the mental institution into his playground. Mildred Ratched a cold-hearted cruel nurse that he later tries to strangle is the target of Randle’s hostile behavior. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest showcase two major things what goes on in mental institutions from the type of patients are admitted. Secondly, how some of the patients are treated as we can see through the oppressive authoritative figure Mildred Ratched who uses language to control the …show more content…
First, the sentence structure is peculiar contributing to the narrator, Randle McMurphy and the characters either speak using in incomplete sentences, jargon or in odd ways. The word choice is interesting as well and that’s one of the main reasons I selected this book it’s different from anything I’ve ever read. More importantly, I looked at the time both literary works were published. This Side of Paradise was published in the Roaring Twenties and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest during the Civil Rights Movement. When deciding on what literary works that will be selected for the final project the year each novel was taking into consideration. In the 1960s, many authors began to experiment with their writing and didn’t shy away from controversial topics. All in all, when looking for books I saw the stark difference in the language during these time