For example , she uses Shelby's story of how his father abused him and his father's love became misdirected to him.We became so confused about love because and get so attached to our parents thinking they love us even though they abuse us and as we grow older we attend to do the same thing, abuse our own children.Hook also states that "Why was harsh punishment a gesture of love As children do , we pretend to accept this grown-up logic , but we know in our hearts it was not right", We pretend to accept this grown-up logic because our parents tell us as a young child , everything they ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Victor finds himself rejecting his obvious mate, Elizabeth, in pursuit of his deep seeded desire for his mother as his only partner in love and sexual pleasure; his father and Elizabeth are competition for his mother's love. ... "My mother had much desired to have a daughter, but I continued to be their single offspring" (p 42). ... He is due to leave for the University of Ingolstadt soon after Caroline's death yet obtains "from my father a respite of some weeks. ... The moment Victor arrives at the University of Ingolstadt, he expresses "the evil influence, the Angel of Destructi...

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate