Nathanael West's "The Day of The Locust," tells the story of a man named Tod Hackett who moves to Hollywood to be a set designer. While in Hollywood he meets a slew of new people who intrigue and confuse him. In the first chapter of the book, he begins to create a distinction between the two types of people who live in Hollywood: "masquerades" and "the people who stare." Throughout the book, Tod notices details in each character which lead us to believe they fit into one of the two groups. As the story develops we discover how these two categories of people both aid and hinder each other. .
In the second scene of the book, Tod notices a few people who he finds to be quite oddly dressed. He notices a woman dressed in a yachting cap, only to be going shopping, not boating. He notices a man in mountain climber gear while leaving his job at an insurance office, not returning from a mountain. Finally he notices a woman dressed as if she had just left a tennis court, instead of the switchboard she had returned from. The elaborately dressed cluster paraded around town like mirages in a desert. Their dress indicated that they wanted to mimic a certain lifestyle that was not true to their own lives. Instead of following their dreams to find fulfillment, they simply dressed the part. For these images they embodied were not technically their own personal dreams, but merely projections they assumed would evoke the staring they yearned for. He referred to these people as "masquerades." .
Across from the high paced masquerades, he noticed a crowd of a different kind. Instead of flouncing around, looking for attention, these people lurked in the shadows and examined the masquerades. They were dressed modestly, almost boringly, and if ever their stares were mirrored they became enraged. The people who stare are disgusted yet fascinated by the masquerades. The starters realize that the charm of celebrity life is contrived yet still find themselves amused and almost jealous of the false happiness of which it projects.
The Great Masquerade The ideology of marriage is for a man and a woman to commit to each other as husband and wife. ... Her intimate desire is to be swept off her feet by a man, a real man, unlike her husband who is likened to an ignorant child. ... At the end of the day, when they must return to their matrimonial responsibilities, they dawn their mask and once again partake in the masquerade. ...
How a Linux IP Masquerade Server Works 174 million people use the Internet in America, states a July 12, 2001 article entitled Online Advertising: It's Just the Beginning of Business Week; and with the growing ease and necessity of getting computers, most households are not limited to just one. ... When using multiple computers on the Internet, having a Linux IP Masquerading Server can be useful. After building and using a Linux IP Masquerading Server for some time now, I wish to tell you how it works, and the benefits of having one. First, let's look at the basics of how a Linu...
It turns out, however, to be the keepers who were indeed imprisoned by the madmen, tarred and feathered and kept on a diet of bread and water. ... The story also demonstrates the nineteenth-century fascination with mental illness and its treatment Hop-Frog By: Edgar Allan Poe Summary The narrator of this story, a remote third person, tells us the story of two dwarfs, Hop-Frog and Tripetta, who are ordered to help the fat king and his seven fat ministers celebrate a masquerade at court. ... At the masquerade he drags them up into the air and burns them alive in the costum...
Financial Attacks are most often committed by people inside or close to the company. ... Who commits computer crimes? ... Various types of people commit computer crimes. ... A cracker is one who breaks the security on a system. ... Masquerading relates to software theft. ...
Some offenders are kids who commit the act as a prank. ... One of the most common types of personnel crimes is called masquerading. ... There are two types of masquerading: physical and electronic. ... They are easily cracked because most people pick passwords that can easily be guessed, and there is no easy way for the system to tell if the person who enters the password is the authorized user or a criminal. ... Many people also copy office software for use at home. ...
Normally there are three different types of drivers that fall into these categories of vehicles; sports car drivers who like a powerful car, SUV drivers who like a spacious vehicle, and luxury sedan drivers who like a nice looking vehicle that rides great. ... If you"re wondering what horse power is, its how the United Stares measures the amount of power a vehicle posses. ... This is why you normally see a lot of average working people driving a Mustang and wealthier people driving Lamborghini's. ... These vehicles normally appeal to the wealthier people, there is probably not that many...
Just the sight of this room was enough to scare people off. ... After the masquerade had begun, the chimes of the ebony clock could be heard everywhere in the castle. ... (Poe 269) Every hour, the clock would go off and the masqueraders would stop and listen and then carry on with whatever they had been doing before (Poe 270). ... All fear this form and hope that they aren't who he's looking for. ... The only thing they don't clarify is if the people in his castle are actually real. ...
During this time, it was known for wealthy people to lock themselves in their homes protected by gates and guards, to hide from the plague. Poe was a man who had experiences with a disease that killed many people in his lifetime. ... As people transition through different stages of their lives, there can be a transition of their attitudes and behaviors that are represented by the color changes in the chambers" (Gilbert). ... Takacs says simply "The clock interrupts the masquerade every time it chimes. ... In the short story the Red Death arrives at the masquerade dressed as its own ...
When Hitler came into the spotlight, masquerading as a saint of hope, people of course were oblivious. ... At arbitrary times, Nazis officers would come around knocking on random doors, ordering the older people out. ... Nazi officers aimed at killing the intellectuals- teachers, doctors, and lawyers- and the elderly who couldn't work. ...
