"Readers of Main Street today must be struck by its masterful depiction of a fundamental truth" stated Paula Cohen in her essay "Return to Main Street: Sinclair Lewis and the Politics of Literary Reputation," which is "that no matter what roles we occupy and how well we have balanced multiple, traditionally competing roles, we have not achieved satisfaction and that satisfaction is fated to elude us." She further states that the main character, Carol Kennicott, represents this "fundamental truth." However, Cohen makes an incorrect assertion through only taking Carol's attitude into consideration when making her claim. Carol essentially exhibited a pessimistic point of view, which kept her from being happy. More so, other citizens of Gopher Prairie apparently led fulfilling lives in their own eyes even if they were observed to be unhappy by Carol. Finally, if Carol's perspective were simply changed she presumably would have found happiness. .
Happiness has a range of definitions by different people. Some people may perceive happiness as living a quiet, relatively uneventful life. Others may pursue happiness by attempting to make some sort of impact on society. Carol seems to match the latter description through her actions within Main Street. On the other hand, the other citizens of Gopher Prairie give the impression that they are happy with their unexciting lives. Cohen clearly didn't take both of these points of view into consideration when making her assertion. This mistake by Cohen resulted in an incorrect generalization of what happiness is by defining happiness with relation to Carol only. .
It is apparent that Carol was a pessimist even from the start of the novel, which contributed to her unhappiness, contradicting Cohen's claim that unhappiness is destined to everyone. Without any evidence Carol concluded that Gopher Prairie needed reform simply because it is a small town. Carol's hasty conclusion was the start of her unhappiness as Carol took an impossible task upon her shoulders: to reform a town that did not want change.
Freud argues that civilization has its good and bad points. ... Freud states that humans are not secure in their civilization itself. ... Freud says that man created a god like figure. ... In Conclusion, Freud states that there are many reasons why Civilization is discontented. ... These reasons combined could make society un-live able in Freud's eyes....
Freud Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud was the first to develop the idea of psychoanalysis. ... (Grolier) In Freud's psychoanalysis, Freud believed that all humans were born with instincts which drive a person to act the way in which they do. ... Freud had only added to this method treatment. Freud did the same thing as Breuer, but Freud changed the procedure a bit. ... Alder's studies were a branch off of Freud and Jung. ...
Freud was now and still is the man of the hour. Sigmund Freud (1856-38) was the father of this new movement. ... Freud's most well known theory is of his topographical model. ... According to Freud, he sexual instincts are already present in every newborn. ... Freud did most of his studies and writing with a consideration for the male. ...
On May 6, 1856, Sigisimund Freud was born in Freiburg Moravia, which is now known as the Czech Republic, to Jacob and Amalia Freud. ... This gave Freud a large influence in developing research in psychopathology. ... Freud also studied the "mental mechanisms of repression and resistance". ... Dream analysis helped Freud to discover the Oedipus Complex. ... Sigmund Freud died on September 23, 1939. ...
Sigmund Freud, Rene Descartes, and B.F. ... Freud believes that the individual is helpless to his/her animal instincts and primal desires. ... Descartes" ideas on the individual are quite the opposite of Freud's. ... Freud's perspective of religion expands his views on the self. ... Skinner does not approach the subject of religion as directly as Freud and Descartes do. ...
Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was born in what is now known as PøÃbor, Czech Republic on May 6, 1856. ... Freud studied what is called psychoanalysis. ... Freud came up with the name Triebe for these tendencies, which means "drives-. ... Freud also had many theories on how to treat neurotic patients. ... Freud had one of the biggest impacts on psychology. ...
Freud supports that, "There is no golden rule which applies to everyone: every man must find out for himself in what particular fashion he can be saved" (Freud 34). ... Freud objects to its validity. ... (Freud 36). ... Freud replies to the situation by explaining that, "If the loss is not compensated for economically, one can be certain that serious disorders will ensue" (Freud 52). ... Freud traces all actions and instincts back to "sexual instinct" or what Freud refers to as libido and "aggressive instinct" (within the individual). ...
Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was born on May 6, 1856. ... With Freud's studies of hysteria, he began shifting his interests to psychopathology. ... In 1891, Sigmund Freud published, " On Aphasia", his first piece of work. ... Freud was fascinated with psychological instead of physiological reasons for mental illness. ... Freud discovered traces of evidence for mental mechanisms of repression and resistance. ...
Freud grew up with this attitude built in by his culture. ... "(2000, Introduction to Freud, October 29). Freud did not see this attitude as a problem, or cause for any problem, in women. ... Freud broke down the development of men and women in to stages, but women are given less stages thus making them inferior, as Freud tried to prove. ... That is how Freud developed his understanding of women as inferior beings. ...
Sigmund Freud was born on May 6th 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia, which is now in Czech Republic. He is the eldest of eight children born to Jacob and Amalie Freud. ... Freud called that time his "period of splendid isolation". ... Freud explains his theories, about how the human mind works, in many books. ... But Freud suggested that these are the smallest parts! ...
