Hey leute
ich möchte keine Umstände machen aber hat jemand die Geschichte Prisoner of the Republik für mich als Doc oder per e-mail ? weil wir haben sie nicht gelesen und ich würd sie vll auch gern einmal lesen . Leider hat mein Lehrer diese Kurzgeschichte nicht .
oder kann mir jemand sagen wie ich an die Short story rankomme?
habe bei Google gesucht und womöglich nicht die original story gefunden.
Ich wäre um Hilfe sehr Dankbar . Vielen Dank im Vorraus
ich möchte keine Umstände machen aber hat jemand die Geschichte Prisoner of the Republik für mich als Doc oder per e-mail ? weil wir haben sie nicht gelesen und ich würd sie vll auch gern einmal lesen . Leider hat mein Lehrer diese Kurzgeschichte nicht .
oder kann mir jemand sagen wie ich an die Short story rankomme?
habe bei Google gesucht und womöglich nicht die original story gefunden.
Ich wäre um Hilfe sehr Dankbar . Vielen Dank im Vorraus
Hallo Leute 
kann mir jemand gaanz drinegnd helfen?!
Ich muss Nummer 5 in dem Buch mach:
"Examine the influence of religion, alchol and self-pitiy in this story, and explain to what extent they might be considered typically Irish."
Danke schon mal im Vorraus!
kann mir jemand gaanz drinegnd helfen?!
Ich muss Nummer 5 in dem Buch mach:
"Examine the influence of religion, alchol and self-pitiy in this story, and explain to what extent they might be considered typically Irish."
Danke schon mal im Vorraus!
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Vielleicht hab ich da was passendes:
Alcohol, religion and self-pity all play a major role in the story. Religion is the cause of the conflict in the plot; the repressive and pervasive Catholic Church has a strong influence on the lives of the Irish. Religion can be understood as a “narcotic” in that it allows individuals to give up a degree of personal responsibility and to avoid having to find their own answers to complex and difficult questions. Bagnall (and his colleagues) have a very bitter and despairing attitude towards religion; he points out to the woman at the polling booth that “God doesn’t give a damn” (p. 38, l. 29), which implies that the whole religious debate is a human power struggle.
One of the effects of this massive intrusion of religion into everyday life is that many people feel like the “victim in a repressive society” (p. 44, ll. 1–2). There is a constant atmosphere of defeat and self-pity in the story – Bagnall calls his colleagues “human wreckage” (p. 32, l. 42), and Thackerberry feels the defeat in the air (p. 38, ll. 8–9). This becomes most apparent later in the story, when Bagnall and his colleagues Janie and Skerrit feel delight in the fact that the “Irish disgraced themselves again” (p. 42, l. 19). The strong sense of “self” as a victim, and the resulting self-pity, seems to provide a kind of protection against complete despair. Even if they lose everything and are repressed into complete submission to Catholic law, they can still hold onto this self-identity; pitiful losers.
In order to understand the self-pity displayed in the story, one must remember that Irish history is in many ways a long series of defeats at the hands of the “other” (the British occupier), which creates an expectation of defeat. As the Catholic Church was the only institution the Irish could hold on to as a badge of their identity in the struggle against the Protestant British. When Irish independence came, the Irish took many years to free themselves from the certainties of the Church.
One of the most widespread clichés about the Irish is their love of alcohol. This is painfully apparent in the story. Bagnall dives into alcohol out of despair and hopelessness – he doesn’t want to have to face his pain and tries to escape in drink. Alcohol is everywhere, the city seems to be one long string of pubs, and everyone is drunk or getting drunk. Within these pubs there is social contact that helps people avoid the moment of solitary despair. But Bagnall himself can see the hopeless, pointless nature of the search for comfort in alcohol: listening to the bubbling of a fresh glass of beer, he hears the sounds of “souls in purgatory shouting for water” (p. 39, ll. 4–5).
Alcohol, religion and self-pity all play a major role in the story. Religion is the cause of the conflict in the plot; the repressive and pervasive Catholic Church has a strong influence on the lives of the Irish. Religion can be understood as a “narcotic” in that it allows individuals to give up a degree of personal responsibility and to avoid having to find their own answers to complex and difficult questions. Bagnall (and his colleagues) have a very bitter and despairing attitude towards religion; he points out to the woman at the polling booth that “God doesn’t give a damn” (p. 38, l. 29), which implies that the whole religious debate is a human power struggle.
One of the effects of this massive intrusion of religion into everyday life is that many people feel like the “victim in a repressive society” (p. 44, ll. 1–2). There is a constant atmosphere of defeat and self-pity in the story – Bagnall calls his colleagues “human wreckage” (p. 32, l. 42), and Thackerberry feels the defeat in the air (p. 38, ll. 8–9). This becomes most apparent later in the story, when Bagnall and his colleagues Janie and Skerrit feel delight in the fact that the “Irish disgraced themselves again” (p. 42, l. 19). The strong sense of “self” as a victim, and the resulting self-pity, seems to provide a kind of protection against complete despair. Even if they lose everything and are repressed into complete submission to Catholic law, they can still hold onto this self-identity; pitiful losers.
In order to understand the self-pity displayed in the story, one must remember that Irish history is in many ways a long series of defeats at the hands of the “other” (the British occupier), which creates an expectation of defeat. As the Catholic Church was the only institution the Irish could hold on to as a badge of their identity in the struggle against the Protestant British. When Irish independence came, the Irish took many years to free themselves from the certainties of the Church.
One of the most widespread clichés about the Irish is their love of alcohol. This is painfully apparent in the story. Bagnall dives into alcohol out of despair and hopelessness – he doesn’t want to have to face his pain and tries to escape in drink. Alcohol is everywhere, the city seems to be one long string of pubs, and everyone is drunk or getting drunk. Within these pubs there is social contact that helps people avoid the moment of solitary despair. But Bagnall himself can see the hopeless, pointless nature of the search for comfort in alcohol: listening to the bubbling of a fresh glass of beer, he hears the sounds of “souls in purgatory shouting for water” (p. 39, ll. 4–5).
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