Thursday, March 24, 2011

The essence of hurt in Clear light of day

I think that the character who was most affected by hurt in this novel is Bim. Bim is forced to adjust to a lot of changes as well as to take up a lot of adult - like responsibilities at a very young age which resulted in her feeling her in the end. For example, Bim had to take care of Aunt Misra and her brother Raja at a very young age, this hindered her ability to have a normal free childhood although it didn't seem to bother he much and that she did so willingly. She still ended up getting hurt by Raja because of the mere fact that once he recovered from his sickness he left her immediately to live with Hyder Ali. Bim never really expected Raja to make such a move because in her mind they were gonna go after their dreams together and maintain the close knitted relationship they had. Bim never really had a close relationship with aunt Misra and Tara when compared to the one she and Raja had, but i do believe that she felt hurt when Tara got married and moved out of the house and when aunt Misra died. I think that it made her feel as though she was stuck in one stage of life and wasn't making any progress like her siblings. Everyone was moving on one by one and she was still in the old family house. She also felt hurt at the fact that Raja would ask her to pay rent after all that she had done for him when he was too sick to do anything for himself. Tara as well experienced some level of hurt during her childhood days, she was always the slowest in school and she didnt have much in common with Bim and Raja while growing which made her distant from the two. I think that this made her feel isolated and inferior from her siblings but she just never made it obvious that it bothered her. I believe that Aunt Misra must have felt hurt when Tara left the house and the fact that she never returned to see her when she was sick simply because Aunt Misra was the one Tara would confide in whenever she was troubled with a situation. I think that Raja as well experienced hurt in the novel because the relationship that he had with Bim was no more. Raja probbaly thought that going away to live with Hyder Ali would not have changed anything, he probably even felt that asking Bim to pay rent was a good thing but in reality it was actually a selfish and ungrateful act which just made the tension between him and Bim worse. I think that though Baba was mentally challenged he was still affected by hurt in the novel. Although he was satisfied just with his pebbles and playing his music i think he was still aware of the fact that the other children never really conversed with him much and he probably even questioned this but because he didn't really know better it wasn't something that bothered him much. It is evidently clear that each of the main characters in the novel experienced some level of hurt throughout the novel whether they expressed it openly or not it still existed.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Significance of Baba in clear light of day

Baba was the youngest of all the siblings in the Das family. I Think that his character is significant due to the fact that he was born with a disability his character managed to remain constant throughout the entire novel. For example some of the practices which he adapted to from an early age stayed with hi8m as he grew older, such as: his pebbles which he uses as a source of occupation to past the time as well as his musical instrument the gramophone. Unlike his siblings Baba refused to change or adapt to anything that he wasn’t accustomed to, he stuck with what he new. Baba can be seen as a symbol of an unchanging character in the book. Baba is also the quietest of all his siblings which signifies that he spends most of his time observing everything around him. It is evidently clear that Baba's signifance in the novel is due to his quiet and unchanging character as opposed to everyone else around him which makes him different.

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Death of a Salesman Biffs confrontation with Wiily

In this scene i think that Biff has finally come to the point where he cannot put up with his father constantly dictating him. He expresses the way he truly feels about himself and his father and the things that has been bothering for a number of years. biff feels as though he has been living all his life just to please his father and not his own self. i think that Willy Loman wants his children to live the of lifestyle that he never had the opportunity to fulfill and still hopes too. he wants them to help him to live the American dream. biff feels as though he is not appreciated and accepted by his father for what he is and is even more hurt because he was never given to the chance the explore the world in the way he wanted to or follow the dreams and career path he had himself. He feels as though he has made nothing and a nobody out of himself, he also thinks this about his father but accepts him nonetheless and just wants the same type of acceptance in return. this is a very emotional scene because thoughts and emotions are coming out about the character.

Death Of a Salesman scene Willy's Affair

In this scene Biff has come to the realization that Willy is not really the person he thought he was. He now sees that he cant confide in his father for help anymore because he is a fake and can no longer look up to and respect him the same way as before. Biff is very hurt to see that his father is having an affair with another woman, and as if he has not disrespected his mother enough he even gave the woman his mother's stockings. I think that willy is having this flash back because it is an indecent that really affects him and the relationship he once had with his son. i believe that it is one of the things from Willy's past which he regrets and is a constant bother and reminder to him because he wished things had played out differently back then but the reality keeps hitting him that there is actually nothing that he can do about the situation

Death of a Salesman Card Playing Scene

In this scene i see that Willy Loman is having another one of his flashbacks about his deceased brother. I think that Willy is stuck in a place where he doesn't want to be but doesn't have a clue or the will power to find away out. I think that willy is one of those people who formulate dreams and aspirations in his head but doesn't actually formulate a plan of how and when to achieve them. It seems as though Willy is hoping for some kind of miraculous big break or someone to give him a boost to help himself out of his situation, I don't see him actually trying hard enough to make something of himself. I think that willy keeps having flash backs about Ben because thinking about Ben takes him to a place of hope that there is actually a possibility that things might work out in his favour.

My view on if Willy Loman's family is responsible for his demise.

There are a combination of factors that led Willy to kill himself. Willy was consumed with his own conception of the American dream. He cannot initially come to terms with the fact that he is no longer a successful salesman, that his sons are not amounting to much, and that he has not been faithful even to the one person who loved him no matter what, his wife Linda. His decision to kill himself may have resulted from a combination of the above factors in his life. Willy is ultimately the one who kills himself, who makes the decision, who acts out of hopelessness and desperation. It is his inability to see past the materialistic side of his American dream that leads him to his destructive action, his inability to remember the preciousness of life. He decides that since he can no longer provide for his family and future, that ultimately he is worth more dead than alive. In fact money may be what actually caused his death, or the pursuit of money for the benefit of family and for the protection of his family's future.