The Pilgrim's Progress

absurdities in his life and his war experiences that all contribute to his mental withdrawal and deterioration. The horrors of Dresden, including death, senseless cruelty, and absurd injustice, make up the panorama of violence and inhumanity that defines Pilgrim’s world (Broer 70). All of this violence and death around him leads to his descent into schizophrenia and insanity. Billy becomes increasingly crippled by the psychologically damaging blows he receives during the war causing him to withdraw from

in front of the coal fire". The length of the lists also allows the reader to grasp the fact that Welty has been able to enjoy an enormous amount of books on various subjects, including "fairy tales-Grimm, Anderson...Robin Hood...a whack of Pilgrim's Progress and a long piece of Gulliver" and "the Columbia Encyclopedia, Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia, the Lincoln Library of Information, and later the Book of Knowledge". Furthermore, the lists give the reader the impression that there are

In the ex-president's speech, he refers to a few similar ideas assuming the reader has the same beliefs and opinions as he does. His use of enthymemes expertly displays a proficiency to convince others that his opinion is, and should be, the most accepted among citizens. Roosevelt only says the word, “liar,” once in his speech, even though that’s what the entire premise of his talk was about. Instead, he relies on the listeners to already understand that the there are liars out there in our world

Sinai. “Muslim’s make the pilgrimage to Mt. Sinai to see the mosque, Christian pilgrim’s make the journey to encounter the chapel and far and in between, Jew’s rarely make a pilgrimage to Mt. Sinai so that it will “remain surrounded by misty holiness.”” (Kessler, 1968) Christian pilgrims encounter a revolutionary Christian ideology through

Throughout her time at Thornfield, Jane’s class status becomes unclear once again. She is within the lives of the upper-class members, but because she a governess, she is still below them. Rochester’s party attendants even talk badly about governesses, saying “half of them [are] detestable and the rest ridiculous” (Brontë 334). As a governess, Jane teeters in a position of authority over her young pupil, Adele, and a social position beneath her. Throughout her time at Thornfield, Jane occasionally

regulate private and large industries to strengthen working conditions for both employers and consumers Progressivism was an important political and social reformation from 1890-1920 that aimed to make major political and social reforms in effort to progress society after the negative outcomes of industrialization. Transitioning from industrialism to progressivism, political leaders start to try to push out big businessmen who were industrialist and apply progressivism to politics and society. Progressivism

“[In 1944], Billy first came unstuck while the Second World War was in progress” (Vonnegut 18). This would reason out schizophrenia according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The manual states a traumatic event would not cause schizophrenia and common symptoms would include hallucinations, aggression

do not allow students to form their own opinions, for everything is presented as “fact”. This is exemplified through the way early American life is taught. For example, a controversial topic is the specific destination of the Mayflower during the Pilgrim’s journey to America. Some historians believe their arrival in Massachusetts was on purpose to be far from Anglican control in Virginia, while others believe violent storms lead them off track, or there were just navigation errors. The flaw then arises

media is type of journalism existed in US during the progressive era, it became popular due to the nationwide circulation of newspapers and magazines because of the urbanization. The origin of the word Muckraker is men’s name in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress. That term popularized by Theodore Roosevelt in 1907, to stand as a reference to journalists who investigate wrongdoing by the rich or powerful they also known as ‘’Watchdog Journalism’’, it also includes “mud-slinging” or politicians who

Thackeray’s language is a thematic revelation; the title Vanity Fair shows the novel is satire, being a phrase taken from Bunyan’s Christian allegory A Pilgrim’s Progress, which criticises materialistic obsession. The protagonist’s name, Becky Sharp, is similarly used. “Sharp” directly relates to Becky’s characterisation and liberation - Becky fights against the constrictions of her society with her cunning and