The Inner Self in The Awakening, Wuthering Heights, and...

The Inner Self in The Awakening, Wuthering Heights, and Fences Does turmoil in people promote chaos in the world, or does chaos in the world create turmoil in people? To uncover a single answer to such a question is impossible. Therefore, those who seek a solution find themselves at a stalemate, and the query posed becomes rhetorical. Nevertheless, it initiates another inquiry worth thought and reflection: since the chaotic world is already well established, whether or not a product of human havoc, how is one to escape it and live uninhibitedly? Fences, by August Wilson, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, and Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontà « embody people who struggle against the chaos in the world to be rid of†¦show more content†¦With the culture bedlam dictating and often hindering his every progress, Maxson found consolation in placing the liability on the nations social order, thus escaping the blame for his lifes futility, leaving him with the soothing belief that his identity and own motivation (or lack thereof) had nothing to do with the emptiness that was his life. When Maxsons wife, Rose, attempted make him admit that the reason he was not playing in the major league was because he was too old, Maxson replied, What do you mean too old? Dont come telling me I was too old. I just wasnt the right color. Hell, Im fifty-three years old and can do better than Selkirks .269 right now! (Wilson 218) Troy Maxson persistently and constantly refuted the notion that his being himself---not as a black man or even as an old man, but as Troy Maxson, fifty-three years old---had anything to do with his life wanting for anything; he persistently and constantly blamed the rest of human existence for his providence, any human but himself. The denial of personal duty and his defiance against the government and all of civilization provided Maxson the inner calm he lacked. Maxson also struggled against familial quandaries, as was evident in his response when his best-friend Bono warned him against stra ying from spousal fidelity, You saying I dont measure up. Thats what you trying to say. I dont measure up cause Im seeing this other gal. IShow MoreRelatedEssay Prompts4057 Words   |  17 PagesAvoid mere plot summary. You may select a work from the list below or choose another novel or play of comparable literary merit. All the King’s Men King Lear Anna Karenina Madame Bovary As I Lay Dying The Mill on the Floss The Awakening Moby-Dick Billy Budd Mrs. Dalloway Bleak House Native Son Bless Me,Ultima One Hundred Years of Solitude Catch-22 Othello Crime and Punishment The Scarlet Letter The Crucible Slaughterhouse-Five A Farewell to