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Frankenstein : Morality
<view this essay>.... and even
his family. The monster angrily said to Frankenstein, "I can make you so
wretched." (pg. 162) Trying to scare Frankenstein for not creating his mate
the monster resorted to threats. If the good doctor does create a companion
for his first creation he may be endangering others. "The miserable monster
whom I had created," (pg.152) says Victor upon looking back at his work. If
there is another monster there will be twice the power and possibly twice
the evil, which could hurt or kill his family. When and if Frankenstein
commits the moral sin of creating another monster he may be rid of both
monsters forever. "With the companion you bestow I will qui .....
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Mark Twain And His Masterpiece: The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
<view this essay>.... The Adventures of Huck Finn
A. Story Plot
1. The outside of the book
2. The inside of the book
B. Critics of the book.
1.Characterization
IV. Samuel Clemens Downfall
A. Family Life
1.Deaths
B. Money Problems
1. Bankruptcy
2. Move to Europe
C. His comeback
D. His death
V. Effects of Twain's stories
A. How he affected his era
B. How the era affected his writings
VI. Conclusion
A. My feelings
B. End notes .....
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Maus: The Holocaust
<view this essay>.... food, even a little bit, kills him. Food was all too scarce in the camps, and half-eaten or not, somebody could use it. As he is doing this his son Art, and Art's wife, Francoise are discussing how even though Vladek indeed did physically survive the camps, in some ways he, in fact, did not survive.
Prior to Vladek's experience witht the Holocaust he would never have attempted to return food, but because of the hunger experiences it seemed uncalled for for him not to. Vladek is also depicted as very tight with his money. No doubt this is because of the poverty he lived with for so long. In the book, he was said to have reused tea bags, kept his burner o .....
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Joy Luck Club - Literary Analy
<view this essay>.... because June is going to China to meet her two long lost sisters. June’s mother passed away and now June has to join the Joy Luck Club. As the story goes on the members tell stories of their lives. The tell of the hardships of their lifes, all of them about mother-daughter relationships and how the mothers compared them and expected to much of them. When mothers compare and expect to much from their children disastrous consequences occur.
Jing-Mei, the piano player in The Joy Luck Club, felt the most pressure from her mother, because her mother had to follow behind the word of the prodigy in town. '"Of course you can be a prodigy, too '" (141) Jing-Mei's .....
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Do You Have A Voice
<view this essay>.... you can make a difference.
During the story, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck plays a trick on Jim. Jim is Huck’s runaway slave friend. So, as the story goes, Huck plays a trick on Jim and Jim thinks that Huck is dead. When Jim finally realizes that Huck is not dead, he gets really angry at Huck. Jim says, “ Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s em makes ‘em ashamed.” That line, from the story, is basically saying that Huck is trash for doing that to Jim. Then fifteen minutes later Huck goes into Jim’s wigwam and apologizes. This is showing that Huck does have a .....
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Comparing "The Adventures Of Huck Finn" And "The Catcher In The Rye"
<view this essay>.... These two
novels can be compared using the Cosmogonic Cycle with both literal and
symbolic interpretations.
The Cosmogonic Cycle is a name for a universal and archetypal situation.
There are six parts that make up the cycle: the call to adventure, the
threshold crossing, the road of trials, the supreme test, a flight or a
flee, and finally a return. There are more parts they do not necessarily
fall into the same order, examples of these are symbolic death and motifs.
The Cosmogonic Cycle is an interesting way to interpret literature because
is Universal or correlates with any time period and any situation.
The Call to Adventure is the first of the .....
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Critical Analysis Of House Opp
<view this essay>.... the hermit becomes aware of a prostitute living across the street, and cannot ignore her presence. Throughout the story, the hermit complains about the "awful monster" and regards her as the "personification of evil." This is not the root of the problem however.
The hermit's preoccupation with the prostitute served to destroy him, but unfortunately for him, the blame cannot be aimed at her. Throughout the middle of the passage, the hermit described the features of the prostitute with a particular contempt, yet he continued to look, even leer at her. He continued to think about what went on behind the closed doors, the men that waited around outside the house " .....
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The Crucible
<view this essay>.... guilt by association.
is set in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts. The events in take place in the late seventeenth century. The people of Salem were colonist from England seeking religious freedom. Salem was a Puritan town and had a strong theocracy. The moral standards of the people were very high. A fear of the unknown hung over the population. The setting of helps add to the conflict and sets up a fertile environment for associated guilt (Weales 58).
Examples of associated guilt as presented in are the hangings and convictions of nineteen men and women and two dogs in Salem in 1692. Their bodies were buried in shallow graves or not at al .....
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