Literary Analysis Essay Topics For The Antagonist
ISU Essay
In Lynn Coady’s The Antagonist, the pressure Gordon Rankin experiences from his dad, hockey coach, and college roommate influence him to make decisions which change his character and lead him through the loss and regaining of his identity.
Gordon Senior places expectations on Gordon to protect the shop which causes him to regretfully fight and later results in more incidents because of his desensitization to violence. Gordon Senior pressures his son Gordon to be menacing and shapes him into something he does not want to be. Ultimately leading Gordon to feel untrue to his character. A drug dealing teenager named Mick Croft is causing trouble in the family's restaurant parking lot by loitering. Gordon senior despises of him and …show more content…
He reads the book and finds it to be outrageous. Gordon immediately proceeds to write emails to his old roommate in response to his thoughts on the book. He expresses his anger directly, “The biggest pisser? The fact that the cliche of me was all you really took, you boiled an entire life, an entire human being, Adam , down to the most basic, boneheaded elements. Good mom plus bad dad hinting at the predictable Oedipal( oh give me a fucking break) background of-- voila-- Danger Man! One seriously messed up dude”(9). Gordon’s experiences, his family, and his character are part of his identity. Adam simplifies Gordon’s identity into “the most basic, boneheaded elements” which cause him to feel at loss. A cliché is not original or unique as it expresses a common thought or idea. Gordon portrays a cliché which means he is not unique and ultimately alluding to the fact that he shares the same identity as others. The betrayal he experiences from a person who is once a friend is heartbreaking for him. It evokes his emotions as he is at a loss of his identity due to the betrayal he
In Lynn Coady’s The Antagonist, the pressure Gordon Rankin experiences from his dad, hockey coach, and college roommate influence him to make decisions which change his character and lead him through the loss and regaining of his identity.
Gordon Senior places expectations on Gordon to protect the shop which causes him to regretfully fight and later results in more incidents because of his desensitization to violence. Gordon Senior pressures his son Gordon to be menacing and shapes him into something he does not want to be. Ultimately leading Gordon to feel untrue to his character. A drug dealing teenager named Mick Croft is causing trouble in the family's restaurant parking lot by loitering. Gordon senior despises of him and …show more content…
He reads the book and finds it to be outrageous. Gordon immediately proceeds to write emails to his old roommate in response to his thoughts on the book. He expresses his anger directly, “The biggest pisser? The fact that the cliche of me was all you really took, you boiled an entire life, an entire human being, Adam , down to the most basic, boneheaded elements. Good mom plus bad dad hinting at the predictable Oedipal( oh give me a fucking break) background of-- voila-- Danger Man! One seriously messed up dude”(9). Gordon’s experiences, his family, and his character are part of his identity. Adam simplifies Gordon’s identity into “the most basic, boneheaded elements” which cause him to feel at loss. A cliché is not original or unique as it expresses a common thought or idea. Gordon portrays a cliché which means he is not unique and ultimately alluding to the fact that he shares the same identity as others. The betrayal he experiences from a person who is once a friend is heartbreaking for him. It evokes his emotions as he is at a loss of his identity due to the betrayal he