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Rationalization             Rationalization affects our humanity. Weber (1958) defined rationalization as the increasing role of calculation and control in social life. It is a trend leading to the iron cage of bureaucracy. According to him, we have locked ourselves in an iron cage of rationality. Rationalization is our modern horizon. Technological design is believed to…

            Franz Kafka’s novel entitled “The Trial” is a depiction of immorality and unjust action of the society against people like Josef K. Josef K. is the protagonist in the story. The book describes the struggle of the protagonist as he conquers and faces the tragic situation of his life. The author also discusses the…

Foreshadowing in a novel can give readers an idea of upcoming events without directly revealing them. It is a valuable technique that avoids leaving events unexplained and causing readers to question the outcome’s effectiveness. In J.D. Salinger’s controversial 1945 novel “The Catcher in the Rye,” the eventual breakdown of the character Holden Caufield was foreshadowed…

Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage (1895) is a novel about the American Civil War. Being one of the greatest works of the world, especially of American literature, it presents the harsh reality of the war time and the psychological struggle of the main character who combats his problems and becomes a hero.  The…

The harsh realities of war force soldiers to undergo drastic personality transformations making them feel disconnected from their previous way of life. The war separates them from their past both physically and psychologically. In his novel All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque uses books, poplar trees, and butterflies to illustrate the life altering effects…

In the novel Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, suffering is anintegral part of every character’s role. However, the message that Dostoevskywants to present with the main character, Raskolnikov, is not one of theChristian idea of salvation through suffering. Rather, it appears to me, as ifthe author never lets his main character suffer mentally throughout…

Paulo Coelho was born in Rio de Janiero in 1947 and before his career as abest-selling author, he was a playwright, theater director, hippie, and popularsongwriter for some of Brazil’s leading pop artists. In 1986 he took apilgrimage along that Road of Santiago and this would be the center of theplot of the book, The…

The boy is then sent to a psychologist and the Director starts to discuss reproduction when he is interrupted by Mustache Mood, who is one of the ten World Controllers. Huxley creates a tone of irony which is tied to the novel’s theme of not assimilating to society’s norms and regulations shown by the use…

The main theme of A Prayer for Owen Meany is religious faith–specifically, the relationship between faith and doubt in a world in which there is no obvious evidence for the existence of God. John writes on the first page of the book that Owen Meany is the reason that he is a Christian, and ensuing…

The Rise of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil and Chile Economic Crisis The populist policies with which the Latin American countries of Argentina, Chile and Brazil had been experimenting during the decades leading up to the 1960’s held apparent benefits for the robust working class population that they contained (O’Donnell). While the working…