His lifestyle during his conviction and his incarceration are huge factors in his life that encouraged him to remember his morals and change his life. ... The discourse time in the novel begins with the story of M. ... The ending of the film is also much different than the novel. ... After seeing the Thénardier children playing outside, she believed that her daughter's best chance was to live with the family as she alone would only corrupt her daughter. ... What Novels Can Do That Films Can't (And Vice Versa). ...

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Novel Critique "Founding Brothers" In Founding Brothers, Joseph J. ... This became a contributing factor to the bloody battle that later would be fought over this issue, all because it was put under the table when it was first mentioned. ... These two principle factors were decided in one night. Ellis goes on to show throughout the novel five other moments in history that shaped our nation all over the course of a quarter century. ... Through each chapter, Ellis expends much effort looking inside, rather than outside, the heads of characters in order to further capture each moment and...

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He fades away, and the most important theme in this novel is that such self-destruction, though tempting, is not the only answer. ... As the novel clearly demonstrates, solipsism is a weak defense. ... However staunchly a creature may deny the reality of outside factors, outside factors will continue to impose themselves upon his everyday existence. ... Though Grendel thinks he is insane, Beowulf is the only level mind in the entire novel. Beowulf completes the philosophical journey that shapes this novel by providing a perfect answer to Grendel's puzzle. ...

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Mary AcostaPeriod 2m12-06-03The Last of the Mohicans EssayNathaniel-Romantic Hero The Last of the Mohicans, a novel and movie is a romantic piece of literature defined by several happenings throughout it. Three factors that exemplify this to be a romantic narrative include: the sense of a romantic hero because of courage and bravery, his interest in and respect for nature, and intuition over reason. All are major factors to why The Last of the Mohicans is a romantic novel and film. ... The battles and killings that took place were all outside in nature, adding another way why nature was im...

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Brave New World is an apocalyptic novel, which attempts to predict and define the future. ... Another paralleling factor is the emphasis of youth. In the novel, no one ages or dies because of a disease or life-threatening incident. ... Another prevalent theme in the novel is easy expectancy. ... In order to do this, society must intermix more and interact outside of their comfort zone. ...

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Rochester at the novel's end. ... All of these factors emerge in the novel Jane Eyre. ... Nevertheless, the novel should not be read as a gothic novel but a novel that includes many gothic features. ... In the red room Jane also sees a ghostly light from outside which she thinks is the ghost of her uncle. ... Moreover, the other prominent gothic factor comes in when she moves to Thornfield hall, where she feels an ambiance that is a combination of Gothicism and practicality. ...

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The authors illuminate these contrastive elements through how the characters interact with other individuals in the novels, mainly between their loved ones. ... Islamic law and the lack of it directly affect the characters in the two novels, which is shown strongly between Ahmed and Majnun. ... Majnun, on the other hand, didn't have a strict father like this, a factor contributing to his later actions of love. ... He is seen thinking how it would be nice to have sex with numerous women throughout the novel. ... Islamic law is the main factor that contrasts how these characters act, result...

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Factors like the upbringing of a character, the time and place, and the environments a character is exposed to, are usually seen as being the most important ones. Many individuals fail to notice other factors that are neglected by some due to the believe that these factors do not reveal essential details about characters that could help the reader grasp the main themes that are trying to be conveyed in the book. ... When reading both these novels, most readers usually do not first pay attention to the details of the clothing that the characters in these two novels wear. ... As satisfied as th...

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In most novels, there is a need for an important character which the author is able to portray or influence his central theme through. ... (p. 47) Piggy's specs represent a deeper meaning than just the obvious uses listed in the novel. ... Golding needed a slow downfall of well-mannered boys to show the destruction of human nature and Piggy helps this factor out greatly. ... Throughout the novel, Piggy shows his sense of reality or civilization by his reference to the outside world, deep concern for the conch or political order, and that all order is lost when he is killed. ... At one me...

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Nonetheless, a book is not read on the outside cover, but rather the inner pages. ... All of these factors have the power to attract numerous male bookworms. ... All three of the main female characters in the novel are physically appealing in their own way. ... The women in the novel refer to sex many times in the plot. ... In actual fact, men are just as intelligent as women and are just as interested in the novel. ...

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American Psycho' deals explicitly with sex and violence, the main style of the novel is the satirisation of the American Dream, as twisted by the excesses of the 1980s. ... Both novels are written in first person narrative. ... Both novels portray the negative aspects of The American Dream' and seem to have the same underlying theme that money, power, and all of the materialistic factors that the American Dream possesses cannot find true happiness. What people see on the outside of a wealthy, successful and powerful individual is not necessarily reflected within the characters life...

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Other characters do not react so well to suffering in the novel. ... As one can see, afflictions cause these characters to behave outside of the expected realm of normalcy thereby changing the lives of themselves and the lives of those around them. ... Guilt is a major factor that contributes to his illness, not over taking the life of another human, but guilt from alienation from society. ... Money seems to be the major factor that comes into play as he decides to commit the murder, as he suffers from financial insecurity. ... Many factors contribute to the sorrow that drives Rodia's a...

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The controls are unknowingly placed upon them by people on the "outside". ... By comparing the controls that are placed on Gregor and Ivan, similarities between the novels will develop. ... Symbols of the outside world such as personal effects slowly disappear throughout both novels. ... All of these factors lead to his depression. ... This allows him a taste of freedom outside the confines of his room. ...

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Kurtz is the central character in both the novel and movie. ... The movie ends quite differently than the novel. ... The novel ends with Marlow returning to the United States. ... In Heart of Darkness there is an outside narrator telling the story that he heard Marlow tell. ... Although located in different regions of the world, in different time periods, with different factors, each character faced many different events and situations that inevitably changed their perspective. ...

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The setting of the novel Ethan Frome was notably important to the formation of this novel's plot. ... The isolation was a factor at various important points in the story. ... On the outside Mattie does not look like a very complex character. Luckily, an observant reader can pick up on the important insecurities and complexities that played a factor in the novel. ... Ethan Frome was a very symbolic novel. ...

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Also, he shows that love and isolation are big factors in living a happy life. ... Dumas shows this several times in the novel. ... Dantes was much like that in the beginning of the novel. ... There are many factors that can assure a person's happiness. ... Happiness is definitely a quality that everyone can experience, however it depends more on attitude that on outside circumstances. ...

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John Steinbeck used the Great Depression as a basis for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. ... Many factors led up to this horrible event. ... There were many men standing outside the camp, some yelling and waving. ... Tom Joad goes outside to investigate the situation involving the yelling men, and Jim Casy, a former preacher, tells him they are striking against the owners who cut the wages in half. ... John Steinbeck has distinctively portrayed the struggle of the Great Depression within this novel. ...

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The American economy at this time is at an all time high, and "the novel is appropriately set in [this] get-rich-quick decade that brought about the organization of crime as a concomitant of Prohibition" (Gatsby X). ... The poor are in way on the outside looking in, as the rich have a great time and enjoy life. ... Greed plays a major factor in the decay of modern society, many people resort to bootlegging to make their money. ... Scott Fitzgerald clearly shows through his use of his characters and literary devices in The Great Gatsby, that this is clearly a novel based on how the American D...

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A comparison between human and mouse showed that transcription factor binding sites are considerably less conserved than protein-coding sequences (69). ... Nonetheless, we found that functional target genes of these two factors were enriched for shared binding events. ... The loss of the majority of binding events can be explained by disruption of the transcription factor's binding motif as a result of changes in the DNA sequence, whereas species-specific gains of binding events are frequently found in novel sequences that cannot be aligned with the other species (10). Not all transcript...

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A recurring theme in the novel is the phenomenon of chaos, also called entropy. ... An object, once put in motion, as Oedipa is when she is named executrix of a will, tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. ... This leads to the next uniting factor, paranoia. ... When Oedipa witnessed the play it is comparable to our apprehension of the novel. "While a battle rages in the streets outside the palace, Pasquale is locked up in his patrician hothouse, holding an orgy-(p.69). ...

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William Golding's novel Lord Of The Flies is an attempt to trace the defects in society back to the defects in human nature. Human beings are capable of intense evil not because of any outside factors but because of their own nature. ... In other words, the id wants whatever feels good at the time, with no consideration for any other factors. ... In the novel, the boys were stranded on an island with no social structure. ... In the novel, as Ralph begins to loose his reign over the boys, it is noted that they become fanatical and blood thirsty. ...

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Mob mentality or herd behaviour is a prominent issue of American society portrayed in the novel. ... Mob mentality is an essential factor and plays a significant role in greed- another big issue in the novel. ... Twain represents greed as a motivation for many of the characters' actions in the novel. ... Though Huck shows racism on the outside, as society has taught him, deep inside he understands that Jim is a great person, and in his understanding, a better person that most whites. ... Huck risks his life multiple times in order to save Jim, exhibiting his growth through out the novel...

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In this novel, Gregor, because of his psychological disturbances, experiences conversion disorder. ... Gregor's superego, throughout the novel, is the strongest of his levels of consciousness. ... Gregor is at this point throughout the entirety of the novel. ... He then loses his ability to communicate with the outside world and is doomed to a state of isolation and separation. ... His psychological disturbances were caused by outside factors and his own thoughts about himself. ...

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An amateur reader may complete the novel Ordinary People, by Julie Guest and come away with only feelings about suicide. ... These factors make forgiveness harder on Con, they don't let him cope with this matter alone, they instead make feelings go against him, rather than with him. ... Conrad is on the outside trying to cover up the past and slide through until the world goes back to "normal" The real Conrad inside knows that the only thing keeping him intact is faith. ... Assuming that the author was attempting to portray Conrad as a strong hearted individual despite the obvious su...

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The second stage of the novel concerns Angel. ... What an exceptionally bleak novel! ... These factors add together to persecute Tess who is very weak both in politics and in economy and the tragic fate of Tess is inevitable. What I want to say most about this novel is purity. ... We know that Middle-class Victorian ideas about women's sexuality are quite rigid and condemn women who engage in any sort of sexual activity outside of marriage. ...

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