Fahrenheit 451: Bradbury's Fears
.... most fears censorship and all of his other fears are related to this
one. He fears that the government will censor books and other things. In the
Fahrenheit 451 books are censored because different people don't like certain
books. I think that the government will always censor things but not because a
few people don't like something.
In conclusion I think Bradbury's fear was exaggerated because in my
opinion most of the things that happened in the book would never happen in real
life. The things t .....
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A Rose For Emily: Fallen From Grace
.... was perceived as a direct
reflection on their husbands and/or fathers. This display of extravagance was
egotistically designed by men to give an impression of wealth to onlookers.
Emily was regarded by her father as property. Her significance to him was
strongly ornamental, just as their overly lavish home was. As the plot
progresses, the reader is clearly made aware of the physical decline of both the
house and Miss Emily. Just as the house is described as "smelling of dust and
disuse," evidence .....
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Faust: Book Review
.... and plans that he can give Faust. Mephisto fails the
first time to get Faust to give in. He comes back the next day and tries again
but doesn't gain his hand in this deed. After Faust calls on Mephisto they
make a deal. Mephisto would serve Faust in this life and when Faust would die he
would come to hell and help Mephisto in return for giving Faust all this power.
Faust agrees and this is the start of the deed. Mephisto would do anything in
his power for Faust. These things that Mephisto did was .....
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Goethe In Faust And Shelley In Frankenstein: Still The Wretched Fools They Were Before
.... inept and incapable of having any
romantic or physical relationships with the outside world. As Faust strives to
become the "over man" through knowledge, he realizes that books will not
satisfy his curiosity and that maybe sensual pleasures will. Therefore, in
the process of creating his new life, Faust, becomes distant and unconcerned
with all reality and humanity around him.
Do not fancy anything right, do not fancy that I could
teach or assert what would better mankind or what might .....
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First Love: Pathway To Adulthood
.... that I had known her for a
long time, and that before her I had known nothing and had not lived…. (33)"
Vladimir was in love at the first sight of her. He couldn't help himself from
becoming infatuated with her because he didn't know the first thing about love.
As the genre moves on, Vladimir's feelings for Zinaida became deeper and deeper.
Vladimir thought to himself:
I felt weary and at peace, but the image of Zinaida still hovered triumphant
over my soul, though even this image seemed more tranquil .....
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Flowers For Algernon: Charlie's Psychological Traumas
.... anymore..." Charlie's sister also ignored him.
To her, Charlie was dumb and could not do anything. Charlie had dreams of his
sister yelling at him and making fun of him. He also had memories of the night
his parents took him to the Warren Home. He was terrified and his dad would
never answer his questions. Charlie remembered his childhood and through his
memories, he felt guilty for hurting his family.
After the operation, Charlie also suffered from disillusionment. In the
bakery he used to h .....
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Frankenstein: Morality
.... 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 quit the neighbourhood of man,"(pg 142) promises
the morally corrupt monster to the doctor upon the completion of his partner.
When the doctor, if and when he, finished his first creation's mate there is a
chance that the mo .....
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Frankenstein: The Creator's Faults In The Creation
.... (56) to become something which the very sight of causes
its creator to say "breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"(56). He
overlooks the seemingly obvious fact that ugliness is the natural result when
something is made from parts of different corpses and put together. Were he
thinking more clearly he would have noticed monster's hideousness.
Another physical aspect of the monster which shows a fault in Frankenstein is
its immense size. The reason that Frankenstein gives for creating so large a .....
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Faust: An Elemental Romantic Work
.... society, he spent over 40 years working on Faust. Goethe's works were
cynical and self-pitying. The ideas and beliefs portrayed in Faust portray
Goethe as a romantic.
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The Grapes Of Wrath: Symbols
.... unbroken by nature. The theme is one of man verses a hostile environment.
His body destroyed but his spirit is not broken. The method used to develop the
theme of the novel is through the use of symbolism. There are several uses of
symbols in the novel from the turtle at the beginning to the rain at the end.
As each symbol is presented through the novel they show examples of the good and
the bad things that exist within the novel.
The opening chapter paints a vivid picture of the situation .....
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Great Expectations Vs. Oliver Twist
.... while suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a
long period of time, Oliver was chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to
request more gruel at dinner one night. After making this simple request, "the
master (at the orphanage) aimed a blow at Oliver's head with the ladle; pinioned
him in his arms; and shrieked aloud for the beadle."3
The whole beginning of Oliver Twist's story was created from memories which
related to Charles Dickens' childhood in a blacking factory ( which was
overshadowed by .....
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Great Expectations: Themes Of Love, Redemption And Isolation
.... and she threw herself and Satis House into perpetual mourning and
a monument to her broken heart, shutting the world out and herself from the
world. Her only concession is in her adoption of Estella.
Miss Haversham has ulterior motives in adopting Estella, this is not a
loving action on her part, but a calculated manoeuvre to turn the child into a
haughty, heartless instrument of revenge against men. Estella is encouraged to
practice her disdain on Pip and to break his heart. Paradoxically, Miss
Ha .....
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The Theme Of Carelessness In The Great Gatsby
.... "Well, other people are," she said lightly.
"What's that got to do with it?"
"They'll keep out of my way," she insisted. "It takes two to make
an accident."
"Suppose you meet somebody just as careless as yourself."
"I hope I never will," she answered. "I hate careless people."(63)
She quickly responded to Nick that she doesn't need to be careful.
Daisy implied that it is the other person's responsibility to be mindful of .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Cruelty
.... journey into the Congo,
like Conrad's journey, was also meaningful. Marlow experienced the violent
threat of nature, the insensibility of reality, and the moral darkness.
We have noticed that important motives in Heart of Darkness connect the
white men with the Africans. Conrad knew that the white men who come to Africa
professing to bring progress and light to "darkest Africa" have themselves been
deprived of the sanctions of their European social orders; they also have been
alienated from the old .....
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Heart Of Darkness: Ignorance And Racism
.... I had not discovered
the first time I read the book. Racism is portrayed in Conrad's book, but one
must acknowledge that back in the eighteen hundreds society conformed to it.
Conrad probably would have been criticized as being soft hearted rather than a
racist back in his time.
Conrad constantly referred to the natives, in his book, as black savages,
niggers, brutes, and "them", displaying ignorance toward the African history
and racism towards the African people. Conrad wrote, "Black figures strolled .....
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