The Seek for Imperative Life in Sidney Sheldon's
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Scholarly Journal of Scientific Research and Essay (SJSRE) Vol. 4(4), pp. 66 -69, April 2015 Available online at http://www.scholarly-journals.com/SJSRE ISSN 2315-6163 © 2015 Scholarly-Journals Review The seek for imperative life in Sidney Sheldon’s Memories of midnight, if tomorrow comes, the other side of midnight: An existentialist approach Ume Sumayya and Ume Amen Department of Business Administration, Iqra University, Pakistan Accepted 30 March, 2015 The paper deals with the exploration for significant life as reflected in Sidney Sheldon’s Memories of Midnight, If Tomorrow Comes, the Other Side of Midnight. This study aims at exposing the internal structure of the novels and exploring the philosophical values of human’s existence about searching the meaning of life. The primary information is taken from the novel itself whereas the secondary information is taken from totally different sources like’s comments and criticism toward the novel. The tactic of knowledge assortment is library analysis. The approach uses is existentialist theory as a way of research. The technique of knowledge assortment is descriptive qualitative. The end result of the reading is as follows: first off the structural components of the novel gift an honest unity. The novel exposes the rummage around for meaningful life as mirrored by the foremost character that uses the facility as a treatment to succeed in it. The theme of the novel issues within the uncontrolled power that leads one to failure in checking out meaningful life. Secondly, the results of existentialist analysis show that the novel represents one amongst the necessary reflections of the author’s concern in his criticism concerning life. The author critic the existentialist who proposes that power is everything. Sidney Sheldon was rarely accused of writing great literature, but many of his works were wildly popular. His protagonists were usually women, and often had libido in mind. His books were called 'trashy' or 'melodramatic' by critics, but were always best-sellers. In The Other Side of Midnight a woman spends years plotting vengeance on a man who betrayed her; in If Tomorrow Comes a woman seeks revenge after being convicted of a crime she did not commit; in Rage of Angels a female attorney is falsely accused of being involved with organized crime. Sheldon also wrote page-turning thrillers like Windmills of the Gods and the Sky is Falling, and even tried science fiction with The Doomsday Conspiracy. Key words: Philosophical values, existentialist theory, descriptive qualitative. INTRODUCTION: A Sidney Sheldon novel typically contains one or more heiress or two; skeletons in lavishly appointed closets; usually many more of these ingredients: shockingly shadowy international cartels, communists and lawyers; beautiful women, square-jawed heroes and fiendish globe-trotting ambassadors, supermodels and very bad villains; fame, fortune and intrigue; penthouses, villas and dogs; forced marriages and amnesia; naked ambition and the jet travel these entail; plutonium, diamonds and a nakedness in general; a great deal of vengeance; and as touch of botulism; rape, sodomy, murder and suicide; The New York Times Book Review described it in 1989, mysterious accidents and mysterious disappearances; an “a pastoral coed nude rubdown with dry leaves.” Though Mr. Sheldon jetted to exotic locales to research his books and lived in homes brimming with art and antiques, his life had little in common with those of his *Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected]. characters at least, to hear him tell it, in one crucial Sumayya and Amen 67 respect. The means of life is that necessary things which Overview of Sidney Sheldon philosophy in his writing will be modified from time to time and might be found within the real experiences of the everyday life as a tenet Sidney Sheldon was rarely accused of writing great from the human activities and created it the goal of life literature, but many of his works were wildly popular. His (Bastman, 1997:52). During a vital state of affairs peoples characters were usually women. The author doesn’t show will still be consistent to search out and make the means us the interior of characters in details. Mostly he of life. However, in another state of affairs individuals will describes the events and how an ordinary person fail in looking in meaningful life. behaves in this or that situation. The language of the Frankl (Koeswara, 1987:43) extends concerning the books is simple enough. While reading I gathered the failure to look through around for meaningful life, known impression that it was told by a simple story-teller. Here as associate degree existential frustration. It wills the we can find lexics from different spheres: law, official, individuals to recompense in style of self-escape like conversational lexics, literal language. The narrator tells alcoholism, drug, sex, and gambling. Searching of which us a story in the form of monolog and all the means of life doesn't continually represent the faith conversations are shown in the form of dialog in his downside however it typically constitutes the philosophy books. of life that have lay characteristic. what is more Frankl Based on the existentialist analysis of Sir Philip Sidney says that, “Human being will notice the means of life, not Sheldon’s Memories of Midnight with existentialist solely from faith or by realization of non secular prices concerning the checking out meaningful life will be however conjointly from realization of human values conclude that, philosopher proposes his perspective enclosed of artistic value, aesthetic price, moral price, usually that the human’s life is meaningful if it fills 3 and experiential value” (Koeswara, 1987:40-41). It aspects namely: the desire to power and morality. implies that person finds or creates the means of life. In Memories of Midnight Constain Demiris may be a Frankl in Koeswara (1987:41) extends concerning the 3 major character that has the desire power as a treatment ways which will create meaningful life. First, one thing is to succeed in the meaningful life. Demiris is mirrored as given to life (creative works). Second, one thing is taken someone has associate degree ambition to be a strong from life as well as the wonder, truth and love. The last, man. Burdened by the suffering throughout his youth, his associate degree perspective is given to certainty of fate life is incredibly poor and therefore the business partner that would not be modified. From those there ways in that causes his ambition raise ever deceives him. He which, the endeavor of man to succeed in the meaning of feels his life is meaningful once he becomes a ruler of a life is incredibly significant. In fact, individuals continually fiefdom massive and a lot of powerful that a lot of face varied issues, one amongst them is to wage war countries have in them. He’s one amongst 2 or 3 against him, it implies that individuals should be ready to wealthiest men within the world and his influence is management and manages himself. uncounted. Though he had no title or official position, he Considering all of these, I’m interested about frequently buys and sells prime ministers, cardinal conducting a study on completely unique novels. He had ambassadors and king. He can do everything to urge the created many works within the style of novel. One wealth and a lot of to carry the facility. amongst his novels is Memories of Midnight in 1990 by Nietzsche said (Arifin, 1987:54) someone’s life in Warner Books Inc. New York with the amount of pages is significant if he's ready to reach the Ultra human. It 404 pages. happens in major character; conjointly finds the goal of Memories of midnight may be a fashionable novel. The his life by reaching the best satisfaction and become the story is straightforward to grasp as a result of the ultra human. There are 2 needs to succeed in the ultra language is straightforward and uses the straightforward human namely; humans as creators should produce and grammatical structure. Thus it simple for the readers to alter the values system and should base on the own grasp the messages extended by author. The message ability. In Memories of Midnight, major character extended thought this work will be hampered as a result determines his life by making justice, values and roles by of the author is accepted nevertheless by the society and himself. He confronts the principles of standard men. It is conjointly shopping for power of society continues to be done by him as a result of his life is stuffed by the low. sensation of hates and grudge within the past. Thus he This study describes the search around for meaningful should struggle and brave to commit the games of death. life in Sir Philip Sidney Sheldon’s Memories of Midnight The illustration of major character’s life seen from by giving limitation to her concern on the foremost morality he categorized into the master morality. He character’s effort to make the meaningful life by using reach the meaningful life with becomes a person who has Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s existentialist in views master morality. He determines the own direction, brave because the primary approach. This can be a reason to to face his life, to carry the sport of life and death decide on the title “The seek for imperative life in Sidney manipulate the weak peoples for his importance. But in Sheldon’s memories of midnight: an Memories of Midnight, Demiris mirrored as someone who existentialist approach for this analysis. includes a master morality, that ready to occur his Scholarly J. Sci. Res. and Essay 68 morality within the sure proportion.