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- 1521: Frankenstein Biography, Settin
- ... of the creature's soul. The monster confesses to Walton, "My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and, when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change, without torture such as you cannot imagine" (182). The monster has fulfilled the stereotype, but he cannot live with what he has become. Thus, the being ultimately takes his own life. In ...
- 1522: Essay On The Stranger
- ... make any difference in his life. The sun is a major symbol in the novel. Meaursalt despises the heat of the bright red sun. The sun is Meaursalt¡¯s nemesis, because it symbolizes destruction and violence. He describes heat as ¡°inhuman and oppressive¡± (15). During the murder trial, the prosecutor questions why he shot the victim four additional times. It wasn¡¯t because of a grudge against the Arab, but because ...
- 1523: Essay On Bladerunner
- ... when we feel disgust and anger. While we can all relate to the inevitable end we will face, some acts we are just not able to condone. Such an act is the opening scene of violence where Leon kills Holden, a Blade Runner. Another would be when Roy crushes his creator s, or father s, skull. However, these are instances where the replicants are only responding to the mistreatment that they ...
- 1524: Catch-22 2
- ... sound: experienced pilots have a better chance of surviving and accomplishing their mission than do green airmen. However, his motivation is not. Yossarian and his friends endure a nightmarish, absurd existence defined by bureaucracy and violence: they are inhuman resources in the eyes of their blindly ambitious superior officers. Because Cathcart cannot identify for sure what the higher headquarter generals think and because they themselves loathe and oppose each other, Cathcart ...
- 1525: Brave New World 2
- ... amount of knowledge and information to be found there is rendered all but useless as the majority of people use the internet as those in Brave New World would have, for simple present pleasure. Pornography, violence and other such things pollute the good that the internet can bring us. The overuse of the internet as a communicative tool can be somewhat harmful to us. Yes, it is a wonderful thing that ...
- 1526: Black Like Me
- ... addition, he was a man who never gave up. He insisted on remaining among the black people despite how he was looked down upon by the whites. Griffin was very civilized. He would not use violence to solve the problem, even if he were treated badly by the whites. He gained success after conquering over all of the difficulties, and his persistence should be taken as an example by the people ...
- 1527: Atticus Finch
- ... Tom Robinson, a black man, who is accused of raping a white woman. Friends and neighbors object when Atticus puts up a strong and spirited defense on behalf of the accused black man. Atticus renounces violence but stands up for what he believes in. He decides to defend Tom Robinson because if he did not, he would not only lose the respect of his children and the townspeople, but himself as ...
- 1528: Animal Farm Comparison
- ... these to himself. Very soon comes the discrediting of CO-leader Snowball. Snowball is the idealist, faithfully considering the welfare of all the animals while Napoleon is the pragmatist, ready to achieve his purposes with violence. So the technique of the big lie and constructed evidence results in Snowball s being driven out from Animal farm, leaving Napoleon in sole command. The discredited Snowball can now be blamed whenever problems arise ...
- 1529: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... near starvation, attacks by rats in the trenches, long stretches of boredom, seeing death of friends, and separation from family and friends. War makes a man inhuman. War change people. It makes people numb to violence in society and slowly adapt to cynicism. After 3 years of mental and physical battle, the troops, like the veterans, who have lived under these situations even longer, become misanthropic. The main character in the ...
- 1530: A Tale Of Two Cities 2
- ... of the people on her knitted register. Before she can get to the Minettes to kill them, Miss Pross takes her life. Her character personifies revolution. She patiently awaits the beginning of the French Revolution, violence and hatred boiling within her.
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