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- 2031: Huckleberry Finn
- ... have been forgotten, and the Grangerfords do not hate, but in fact respect, their sworn enemies. They live their lives by tradition, and the fact that the feud is a tradition justifies its needless, pointless violence. From the dignified Colonel with "a few buck-shot in him"(121) to Buck, who is eager for the glory to be gained from shooting a Shepherdson in the back, the Grangerfords unquestioningly believe in ...
- 2032: Huckelberry Finn- Censorship
- ... has been acts of depriving children to read this great novel by removing it from most school libraries. "The book is a rich, deep text on many important issues: not only race and slavery, but violence, child abuse, alcoholism, and many other problems still relevant to American society. At the same time, it is an inventory of essential values, such as kindness, courage, and the need through moral choices" (Koster pg ...
- 2033: H.G. Wells
- ... genre with The Invisible Man. It is about a man with a bandaged face, who wears dark blue glasses and has a false nose. The man becomes frusturated and starts a life of crime and violence. He then gets into an ordeal with the police, and runs away from the town, and that is the end. Wells's next novel, The War Of The Worlds, which appeared in 1898, is probably ...
- 2034: Grapes Of Wrath - Censorship
- ... lives of people during the Great Depression. Censorship does have its place in society. There are many things that are too risquι, degrading, and should not be shown. Pornography, extreme sexual content, and extreme gratuitous violence does not have its place in literature or in society. The Grapes of Wrath does not have any of these above aspects. Of those who choose to ban this book and other works of literature ...
- 2035: Frankenstein
- ... under his grasp, and Ernest might be dead at his feet." Although Frankenstein was disgusted by his creation, he was still obligated to make sure that it was not running loose to cause harm and violence on the general public. In many cases, the general public is the biggest concern during an experiment. They are the ones you are doing it for after all. If any chemical or other substances should ...
- 2036: Fire And Ice
- ... he believes there is another way that is not such a bad option. The alternative to fire, which is ice, also has its advantages. The line, "I think I know enough hate," shows that the violence of fire is caused by hate and evil. "To say that for destruction ice / Is also great," represents the fact that there is a calm, slow way to end things. For the world to end ...
- 2037: Evil - By Edgar Alan Poe
- ... man must ultimately answer to himself and his own subconscious for any actions he takes. I think Martha Womack said it best about Poe's characters propensity for evil when she said, "The capacity for violence and horror lies within each of us, no matter how docile and humane our dispositions might appear." Works Cited Basuray, Ashish. "An archetypal approach to his writings." The Poe Analysis(1996): n. pag. Online. Internet ...
- 2038: Ethan Frome
- ... abhorred her . . . For a moment such a flame of hate rose in him that it ran down his arm and clenched his fist against her. He took a wild step forward and then stopped. (59) Violence wells inside of the once emotionally stiff Ethan. He finally assures himself of Zeena's true character: an evil, brooding woman who robs him of a happy life. He blames Zeena for ruining his life ...
- 2039: Epic Of Gilgamesh
- ... are brash, foolish, and self-destructive. His hateful ways can offer no solution to the present state of racism. By choosing to be headstrong, the only achievement he may receive for his actions is death. Violence and outright disobedience is never a recipe for peace. The Reverend Martin Luther King,Jr. probably best understood the importance of devising a strategy that could combat racism and bring about peace among all races ...
- 2040: Edgar Allen Poe
- ... with his pen knife, removes one of its eyes. This is but the beginning of the narrator's sorrows. He recognizes that it was this unfathomable longing of the soul to vex itself--to offer violence to own nature--to do wrong for the wrong's sake only--that urged me to continue and finally to consummate the injury I had inflicted upon the unoffending brute. One morning, in cold blood ...
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