Travels With My Aunt. Essay -- English Literature

Travels With My auntie.In Travels with my aunt, graham flour Greene, the author, tends to evidence lessrespect that we would present towards some traditional values andinstitutions much(prenominal) as religion, Church, marriage, police and funerals.His attitudes towards traditional values lets us see some another(prenominal)wise points ofview, for example we wouldnt had laughed reading about a funeralwhilst reading Travels with my Aunt we did. total heat is one of the few characters which Graham Greene show with avenerating attitude towards many things. However he changes anddevelops his ideas as the days sink by next to aunt capital of Maine.I lead them into the dinning room this ack instantaneouslyledgment shows the respectful attitude Henry had towards the police at the beginning.Police production line of course, I said. What other business do you dealin?, this other quotation is showing Henry talking with less respectthan forrader and as he continues It was almost as t hough my aunt were harangue through me., we realise that Henry is changing his attitudebecause of Augusta, because he is now close to Augusta and as shehasnt got respect to the police Henry is starting to act the sameway.Aunt Augusta on the other hand has been during the book a characterwho showed no respect or very(prenominal) little towards the police, authorities.Shes a woman who lives her life as she likes and does not care aboutlegal or illegal attitudes.Graham Greene mocks the stereotypical character of an old lady, anexample is one of the main characters of the book, Aunt Augusta. Theaudience would use up expected her as a calm, sedentary woman, mayhapmarried plainly instead she is very active, shes very. The audience wouldhave expected her as a calm, sedentary woman, maybe married thati... ...pical old woman, we wouldnt expectwoman of her age talking freely about sex whilst Augusta is not shyand so dialogue freely and happily about sex, this quotation proves itI am en tirely for a little professional sex.Also Graham Greene mocks periodic life style and behaviours, an exampleis again aunt Augusta, shes very attracted to men whilst anstereotypical woman of her age wouldnt.I let them in, though, because they were well-mannered and one of them, theone in uniform, was tall and good-looking . This quotation provesthat Augusta is very attracted to men.In conclusion, Graham Greene writes about daily life things but thoughanother point of view, he stands out the curious, special, rare thingsthat could slip by in the most common occasions. Also Graham Greenemocks several pillars of respectability such as religion, law andtraditional morality.