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English 45C, Things Fall Apart - Achebe: In this novel, Okonkwo is an…

- - - - In these novel, Septimus and Quentin are "prisoners" of the past and struggle to actively live in the present. This struggle eventually forces both to believe their only escape is death. Gogo and Didi are also prisoners of the past because they seemed to be stuck in an endless loop of time. Gogo also has an incredibly fragile sense of time because his memory seems to be limited thus not allowing him to remember what has happened in the past.
      - It could be argued that in Bartleby the narrator develops an obsession with Bartleby due to his constant projecting of his own anxieties about routine. This is similar to how Quentin develops and obsession with Caddy and her "purity" because he projects his own fears about traditional morals.
        
        Much like these two novels, in The Turn of the Screw the Governess also develops an obsession with the children she's supposed to take off. In the novel the Governess becomes obsessed with the children and preserving their "innocence" this is seen when she tells the children "There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you." It's important to note that her obsession is also likely due to her own projections and fears.
        
        The narrator in The Man of the Crowd also develops an obsession with the man he sees and spend a day or so just chasing after him.
    - - Both texts explore the idea of endless waiting for something that won't come or occur. This results in a tone of dread for both where the characters in both texts seem to be living in a meaningless world without purpose.
    - - Both text touch on the idea of the "loss of innocence." In The Turn of the Screw theirs an emphasis placed on the innocence of the children and how the ghosts might be curropting their innocence. In To Elsie, Elsie's innocence is corrupted due to the situation she lives in. In both texts innocence is affected or corrupted by external forces.
      - The Turn of the Screw explores gender roles as the Governess is stuck between playing the role of submissive caretaker (the role she's expected to play) or being the savior of the story where she has a desire for autonomy and knowledge.
    - - Both The Man of the Crowd and The Turn of the Screw have highly unreliable narrators where their mental state and focus is heavily influenced by psychological instabilities.
      - In The Man of the Crowd the narrator places the people he observes in different categories based on the details he observes about him including their attitudes and how they present themselves through things like clothing. He often places people in these categories based on social classes such as businessmen, laborers, and beggers.