For instance, he uses humour and caricatures to promote tolerance to the theme of fate.
Literary devices Toole has employed a number of literary devices that bring out the theme of fate. Consenting that Fortuna is the reason he fails, not one’s own incompetence is accepting fate. I am not especially anxious to mingle” (Toole 22). However, Ignatius believes that his position is voluntary and informs his mother he wishes to “be an observer. It is unfortunate for Irene, a lower class mother to boast of such a son in such circumstances. However the vulnerable black workers maintain their jobs. He is with a master degree but cannot secure a sustaining job. Although the blacks are vulnerable to injustice and ill treatment, they are not influenced or moved by Ignatius.
For instance, the factory workers who were black denounced Ignatius’s plight to boycott their duty and as a result, Ignatius is fired from the factory (Toole 45). The minorities and majorities had different lives and concerns. Toole picks up a discussion of minority culture and minority rights in relation to the contemporary times. Toole attempts to create an atmosphere of tolerance with his humour and caricatures. For instance, the African Americans are represented in Jones, Mattie’s Ramble Inn, and the factory workers at Levy’s. This diversity takes the form of race, religion, sexual orientation, and politics. Setting The setting of the novel reflects the cultural diversity that was prevalent in the 1960s. This will involve analysis of the settings, literary devices as well as the characters in the novel. For instance, concrete illustrations will be portrayed on how Ignatius regards his fortunes as originating from the favours of a goddess rather than his behavior.
This piece of writing seeks to present in details fate as one of the major themes in the novel, A Confederacy of Dunces. Ignatius is an image of an individual living a fiction, a lifestyle no one can be proud of and elicits sympathetic applause from the readers. Through Ignatius, Toole seeks to presents a character that represents the locale in the most sufficient manner. He is involved in hilarious adventures of job seeking where he exposes his incapacity to be a responsible employee with a respectable work ethic. Although armed with a master’s degree, his inadequacy to adopt the status quo cost him a decent job and highlights his character as a snob. Toole illustrates Ignatius’s obsession with literature demonstrating how that condition sets him apart from the world marred with perilous challenges. A Confederacy of Dunces presents a vivid image of the city and lays out the alterations between romantic and vulgar indulgence.
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