Literary notes about dismissal (AI summary)
The word “dismissal” in literature has served as a versatile device, employed to capture a range of emotional and institutional nuances. In some narratives it conveys the subtle rejection of a person or idea, as when a character’s posture or glance suggests a quiet but firm negation [1][2][3]. In other contexts, “dismissal” speaks to the finality of organizational decisions—whether it be the bureaucratic termination of employment [4][5] or a decisive end to a personal or professional association [6][7]. Authors from diverse periods and genres have used the term not only to illustrate a moment of change or separation but also to underscore the interplay between personal sentiment and societal order [8][9].
- Whatever the words might be, the tone seemed like a dismissal; and quitting his leaning posture, he walked a little way towards her.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - Reading his dismissal in her eyes, he held out his hand with a gesture which conveyed something of this inarticulate conflict.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - And she walked quietly past me out of the window, with a cool little nod of dismissal.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie - The offices and trusts so earned will do away with arbitrary dismissal and develop employees and officials capable and cognizant of their duties.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal - Discipline very strict, 276 Power of dismissal rests with the Minister of War, 276 8.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - It was a dismissal, and the two men, a little confused, arose.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - It was Farfrae—just come from the dialogue with Henchard which had signified his dismissal.
— from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy - but she left within a quarter of an hour, tearfully thanking Gregor's mother for her dismissal as if she had done her an enormous service.
— from Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - This was my dismissal, and I reentered my stateroom.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne
