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The Destruction Of The Human S
754 Words - 3 Pages.... the human spirit's motivation and vulnerability.
In the novel Frankenstein, Victor, the main character, is driven to insanity and death by his motivation, his own creation.He dedicates all of his time and knowledge to create a living human being from dead tissue.This "monster" becomes his motivation and influence throughout the rest of the novel.Victor blames himself and feels guilt for all of the crimes that the monster commits, and becomes sick and sorrowful.For example, the monster kills Victor's youngest brother William, and he takes the blame and feels the guilt for it.Another example from the novel is when the monster starts to become familiar with the little beautie ....
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"Beware Of The Fish" By Gordan Korman: A Review
300 Words - 2 Pages.... 'Macdonald Hall'. Their headmaster is a grim man named Mr.
Sturgeon(a.k.a 'The Fish'. A sturgeon is a kind of fish.) It all started
when Elmer Drimsdale, school genius invented somethingthat is sort of like
a television broadcaster. He didn't know it really worked!!!!
When Bruno and Boots found out their school was broke and needed
more money, Bruno began to think up schemes to put their school on the
map.All his attempts seemed to fail, so he vented his anger on the
television broadcaster, not knowing it actually worked. He accidently
broadcasted many announcements, declaring 'The Fish' will seek his revenge.
During these broadcasts, the video camera was focused on ....
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An Analysis Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
1185 Words - 5 Pages.... of the book, we must first understand
Huck. Huck is a character though whose eyes we see the ugly truth about
mankind. Huck is always on the run from people. In the beginning we see him
living a prim and proper life with the widow. He is then abducted by his
father, and for a time is relieved to get out of the moral trappings of the
town, and live sloppily, doing whatever he wanted to do. "It was kind of
lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day." (24) After some time, and
being unable to endure the abuse of his father, he runs away. Huck is as
dissatisfied by one extreme as he is by the next. Huck chooses not to take
sides on any matter, but instead be indifferent towa ....
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Madame Bovary: The Theme Of Fantasy
217 Words - 1 Pages.... to the real world. She spent most of her time yearning for a life
with passion, exitement, and bliss. She was blind to the world around her,
she longed for the romantic fantasy life she had dreamed about since she
was a child. She found her life dull and unfullfilling and was constantly
trying to change reality.
Emma wanted a dreamlover. She wanted a man to fullfill all her
fantasys, a man to rescue her from the life she was living and to take her
into her fantasy world. Emma went through many lovers, searching for the
one love that would last always. She wanted to live through her dreams,
never realizing that she would never find her dreamlover. Emma died
because ....
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
1054 Words - 4 Pages.... this life
style to become independent again.
When Huckleberry first moves into his new home with the Widow
Douglas, he first begins to realize what the meaning of restriction is.
Huckleberry is forced to go to school, church, do his studies, keep his
room clean, brush his teeth, and even go to bed at a certain hour.
Huckleberry knew when Widow Douglas spoke he had better listen, or there
would be consequences. He said, “When the Widow rung a bell for supper,
and you had to come on time. When you got to the table you couldn’t go
right to eating, but you had to wait for the Widow to tuck down her head
and grumble a little over the vicuals...”
Huck actually got u ....
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Black Like Me: Racism Is A Foolism Misunderstanding Of Man
781 Words - 3 Pages.... everything and John is now thrown into a new world that he
was in no way prepared for. He was no longer John, an average but respected
white novelist, he was a black man and that is all that mattered. Simple
pleasers like a drink of water or the use of a restroom become near impossible.
John, at first was puzzled by this, but soon realized that it was not his
personality, his age, but his blackness that made him a disgrace in the eyes of
an average white person. If he were white, a white store owner would have not
hesitated in the slightest to allow such privileges. How could these people be
so blind as to not see that a black person breathes the same air, eats the sa ....
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Red Badge Of Courage
384 Words - 2 Pages.... what Jim Conklin brings to the book. Jim never
complains about war and fights as good as the next man. Many of the
people look up to Jim because he is so strong willed. The regiments
almost look up to Jim in a spiritual way finding peace inside of them when
they think of him. It is a tragedy when Jim dies because of all of the
moral inspiration he gave the regiment. True to his character Jim dies a
quiet and peaceful death not distributing any of the regiment.
Wilson represents the two sides of human nature. In the beginning of the
book Wilson is a mean tough guy that no one liked. This outward act of
being tuff is just a cover of the true nature of Wilson. It is na ....
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2001 A Space Odyssey
644 Words - 3 Pages.... computer who never forgets anything – not even your birthday.
Your mission is of such importance that it has been surrounded by the deepest official secrecy. You are probing a fantastic frontier, following a trial that has led to the outer edges of the solar system. You are searching the stars for evidence that man is not alone.
On Earth-colonized moon, deep in the crater Tycho, a discovery has been made that has shattered the human concept of the universe. You are journeying toward something. You do not know what it is. You only know that it has been waiting for man to find it for three million years.
All of a sudden, in the middle of your mission Hal, the super s ....
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