Only by reading the wonderfully written opening chapter, I was already convinced that this book is not that simple. In fact, I have found out from a book review that this book that it is "a living fossil: a serious, enjoyable, multi-layered novel of ideas". ... As the reader proceeds, Jill Paton-Walsh brings in a new element in the chapter. ... She writes, "He had seen, just in time, that the monster was" Paton-Walsh has ended the chapter just before revealing the real identity of the monster, which definitely makes the reader very keen to find out the answer. In addition, I understand th...

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The second book, The Sea of Monsters, is based on Odysseus' story, The Odyssey. ... The secondary data including theories, critics, and reviews are to support and give clear picture of the work. ... Chapter one deals with the introduction of the framework of the whole paper. ... Chapter three is the study of the significance of hamartia towards the plot of the series. Chapter four is the conclusion which constitutes the result of the study....

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Related to its title, the profoundness of science in the novel is implied by its sub-title --- "Modern Prometheus". ... In the novel, Frankenstein approaches this groundbreaking technology and seizes it, with the ambition -- can life subjectively surpass themselves by utilizing science? In the novel, Frankenstein is exploiting:"Whence, I often asked myself, did the principle of life proceed? ... " As he recalled at the last moment, he points out that he fears the destruction that this independent "monster" would do on the unprepared human society: this "mo...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate