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However, by the end of the novel these values are healed through the effect McMurphy’s individualism has upon her dictatorship and the rest of the patients within the asylum and this is most accurately represented through the character of Chief… Continue Reading →

Within the novels of “1984” and “One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” both George Orwell and Ken Kesey use symbolism to explore a number of different themes and messages, however oppression and the effects of confinement are two which dominate… Continue Reading →

Like many of Ishiguro’s novels, Never Let Me Go focuses on one individual lost and adrift in their own existence. His characters navigate a world in which they are immensely familiar but in which they are so diligently oppressed they… Continue Reading →

In Marxist ideology a Capitalist hegemony describes the domination of a culturally diverse society dominated by the ruling class, who manipulate the culture of that society so that their world view is accepted and imposed as the cultural norm. This… Continue Reading →

I am currently on part 3 of Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Never Let Me GO” and I am no sure on my choice of Marxism as the theme my coursework will be based upon. I am particularly interested in the theory of… Continue Reading →

Currently, I am in the last remaining pages of George Orwell’s 1984 and in all honesty at the beginning it was very much a struggle, specifically in terms of interest. However once Orwell has fully introduced his new world upon… Continue Reading →

Currently, I am reading George R.R. Martin’s book “A Game of Thrones”, the first novel of the franchise which was used as the base of interpretation for the first season the hit HBO television franchise. On first glance a fantasy… Continue Reading →