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    They only care whos available to work for my company instead of being concerned how to pay their workers. This minimum wage is an abomination, a super power company to be paying 9 or 10 dollars an hour in which in an middle class or lower means nothing at all comprare how much is bills. I qoute “Matter fact see our friendship based on business Pension, more pension, you 're pinching '…

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    wantonly bestowed?”(Shelley 161). The monster is like a newborn baby with no care from anyone. No one to nurture his well being. Although even if Victor had taken care of the monster, what kind of life would the monster have had?. He’s still an abomination of nature, and shunned by anybody in society who sees him. The main point is his existence is unnatural and should of never come to be. There 's a scene where the monster looks in the water and sees his own reflection. He realizes how no one…

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    The tragic tale of the royal family of Argos is one that baffled both men and gods alike. Gods of old and new became divided amongst themselves as they attempted to sort out the “madness” of Orestes’ family and the events that led to the death of his father and mother, as well as his mother’s lover. The lines are hardly black and white as ideas of justice, duty, and morality become blurred in the chaos. But, at the end of Aeschylus’ tale, all parties (which are still living) come to a peaceful…

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    Reading analysis of Clotel or the President's daughter places the topic of the historical setting of slavery where white men would clover slave or black women and slave women would ironically indulge themselves in their white oppressor. The characters of the story each stand for an actual platform during slavery. For example, the character Mrs. Green's hatred towards Mary, Clotel's daughter, even after selling her mother back into slavery shows how white women expressed their disdain towards…

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    “What is it that has happened to our people?” Okonkwo sees the clan as weak, “Why have they lost the power to fight?” (Achebe, 135). Therefore when Okonkwo heard that his son converted to Catholicism he was very mad, “You have all seen the great abomination of your brother. Now he is no longer my son or your brother.” (Achebe, 132). The changes that came from the new religion and from kicking Okonkwo’s son out of the family was the dialogue that showed the most emotion in “Things Fall Apart”.…

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    How would it feel to be a scary monster that doesn’t understand his position in world. Over the course of his life, Grendel goes on a journey of self-discovery and eventually develops nihilistic views. Later these ideas are disproved by the hero Beowulf in a battle of “good” vs. “evil”. In the end Gardner proves that the virtues of individuality and meaning triumph over meaningless violence and destruction. Berserker, momento mori, and comitatus are continued in both the novel and the epic.…

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    In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein she focuses on helping give the characters complex and developing personality traits. This is often expressed in the way the characters express their views about the world around them. She accomplished her goal by giving one of the most complex personalities to the monster itself. The monster starts out rather simpleminded however throughout the entire novel he develops to be a more educated and classy being. Nevertheless the monster is not ever truly happy…

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    for his experiments. When Justine was wrongfully accused and charged with Victor’s brother’s murder, he could have spoke up and saved her but he was more worried about himself. He was more concerned what people would think of him creating such an abomination. “My tale was not one to announce publicly; its astounding horror would be looked upon as madness by the vulgar” (Shelly44). Victor shows in this quote how self absorbed he truly is. He would let an innocent girl die to keep his secret…

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    After hearing the slave’s story, Candide cries, “Oh, Pangloss! This is an abomination you never dreamed of! It’s too much; I’ll have to give up your optimism at last” (73). He explains to Cacambo that optimism is an obsession toward believing that everything is alright even though everything is clearly wrong. Shortly after that incident…

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    In the book, Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is one of the most prideful people. He believes in his values and his culture like no one else. When western colonization comes in and tries to change everyone’s culture to their own, Okonkwo does not take this lightly. Okonkwo is forced to take action on the people from the Western Colonization to try and save his culture. The main cultural conflicts for Okonkwo are; when his son, Nwoye, goes and joins the missionaries, when most of the…

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