Upon travelling to Venice for vacation purposes, he encounters a young boy, named Tadzio. Obviously, this boy is a splendid example of Grecian, almost godlike beauty and innocence. Fascinated by this pulchritudinous being, Aschenbach is willingly engulfed in a whirlpool of decadence, sacrificing his once proud and dignified self in favour of an ever-increasing state of obsession for this boy and degradation of his former person. ... The Baron in the trees is a slightly different novel, but comprises some of the same features. ... Physically because of fame, his refined senses and superior clim...

• Word Count: 1221
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Robert Frost's "Birches," the reader once again is exposed to this idea as Frost daydreams about climbing the branches of a tree "toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more, but dipped its top and set me down again. ... In this instant when the young boy is being propelled upward by the swinging birches, he is given the "half grant" of his wish to be swept away in his dreams. ...

• Word Count: 859
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But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid". ... Graff 's experience of discussions about typical boy stuff with his friend became an intellectual exercise. ...

• Word Count: 743
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate