At the beginning of the novel Marlow begins his descent into the Congo, which presents a dark image of death and suffering. ... It is true that every person must undergo the ultimate test at some point of his or hers lifetime, the test between good and evil. This test can be as simple as small, daily difficulties, or as large as the general principle in which one bases his or hers life upon. "There's only one way to get rid of temptation, and that's to yield to it" (Wilde 13) Dorian's greatest test of his life came at the end of the novel. ... Had Kurtz even attempted the jou...

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• Grade Level: High School

The elephant appeared in the poorest part of town and destroyed a hut, killed a cow, smashed some market stalls, and ate fruit, overturned a municipal trash wagon, and stomped a man to death. ... He is hesitant about shooting the elephant, but one wonders if he would have been so hesitant if the elephant had gone wild in the British neighborhood, destroying English property and stomping on of the his English friends to death in the mud. ... He suspects that the attack of "must" is passing off and that the elephant is safe, but to test this theory he would have to go near the elephant and r...

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Brave New World starts you off in a laboratory where they are making artificial babies or what I like to call them test tube babies. ... He then broke down and when he tried to say goodbye to his mother he was interrupted by a group of children who were told to view the death. ...

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• Grade Level: High School