Is evil something humans learn or is it some thing in our animal instinct we all have? ... Perhaps it is in Frankenstein's nature to refuse the hideous Monster. ... The creation goes on to see his reflection and realises why he is feared but this still doesn't affect the Creations natural temperament which could be a case to say nature is stronger than nurture. ... This is a natural instinct in the Creation to help and to pay back people in thanks, yet another time of nature poking through. ... I believe that the creature was a victim of nature not nurture and that nature is the st...

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The monster seems more human in the novel than in the movie. ... Another thing about the monster in the novel that reveals his human-like character is his love toward nature. He glories nature's beautiful creation and seeks comfort by being close to nature, just like Victor Frankenstein. ... For these reasons, the monster in the book seemed more human. ... Since the movie presents a monster that is more human, nave, and mild in nature, his innate goodness is more believable. ...

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Although Lord of the Flies is a novel which explores some of the darker aspects of human nature, I think there are many positive aspects of human nature presented here too: Look closely at the characters and roles of Ralph and Piggy, for example. ... During the war, which lasted for six years, millions had died and, it might be claimed, the darker sides of mankind"s nature had been revealed. ... It could be seen, therefore, to represent basic nature, a place which allows free will and gives the opportunity for the boys" latent violence to emerge. ...

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Throughout the story, Marquez gives his opinion about human nature, and how humans are illogical . ... There is no knowledge about gods language just for the simple reason there is no human that had died and come back from dead to state that. ... It also demonstrates the lack of the ability of reasoning and how people make assumption about things without knowing the nature of them. ... For this reason the unknown factor disappears out of the topic when people discovers that they communicate the same way with the spider woman , the fact that she can communicate with them making her almost...

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The young boys in this story portray the savage and cruel nature that all but a few boys give in to. ... In dealing with the many flaws and desires of human nature, and how upsetting these factors can be to a civilization with no directions or order to follow. ... The theme shows the greed that has been put into all humans. ... I also think readers who are interested in human behavior would enjoy this book because of the way it portrays the many sides of human nature, values, and morals. ...

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"Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good." ... The lens, "Literature opens a dark window on the soul, revealing more about what is bad in human nature than what is good" is supported in the novel Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. ...

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Victor goes to morgues and cemeteries to collect the human body parts that he needed in order to create the monster. ... Shelly follows it up with Victor finding his wife dead in her room adding to the gothic nature of the novel. ... Romantic literature includes themes such as love for nature, the rejection of society, and intense interest for the unknown. Walton writes to his sister about the beauty of nature, "I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves, and fills me with delight " (Shelley 1). ... The author is showing a part of romanticism by embracing natur...

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An important character in this novel is Ellie and she is important because she shows how human beings can adapt to their circumstances. ... Human beings can adapt to almost all situations showing a courage and an ability to cope with adverse circumstances. Ellie is important because she shows the complexity of human nature and our ability to reflect on our lives. ...

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He admits his lack of power, as if he were possessed, by stating, "One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the human frame, and indeed, any animal endued with life Unless I had been animated by an almost supernatural enthusiasm, my application to this study would have been irksome, and almost intolerable." Victor wants to find a knowledge that has yet to have been discovered, and he finds this possibility in the human anatomy. ... "A new species would bless me as its creator and source," he says, "Many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to m...

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For many years, he is alone of the island with no human contact, until one day he witnesses savages chasing a man. ... This shows Crusoe's true nature, coming from an English, Christian background. ... Crusoe did not believe in Friday's ways, and made it obvious to Friday that he must learn to eat animal meat instead of human, speak English and believe in the Christian faith. ... He does not seem to value human intimacy throughout the novel, but he does say he loves Friday. ... Crusoe may provide Friday clothing, food and Christianity, but Friday brings him companionship and warmth t...

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Imagine a world where words and pages are burnt into ashes, a world that destroys and has forgotten how to build, where the human race cannot think thoughts except ones that they are given to them, and can't remember what it feels like to know why one cries. In this world, one created by Ray Bradbury in the novel Fahrenheit 451, humans have forgotten even themselves. ... In this future world, the humans have become disconnected from each other. ... Movement blocks nature out, as well. Everyone is moving too fast to see nature. ...

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She is the human version of the scarlet letter, representing Hester's transgression. ... Pearl has a passionate and rebellious nature throughout the book. She is perceived to be a demon-child by everyone( even Hester) and does not become fully human until Dimmesdale admits that he is her father. ...

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The Waves challenges the reader to step outside the realms of comfort and think beyond conventional writing to appreciate its giving nature. ... At first, I expected Woolf to personify characteristics of nature as many offers do. ... Commonplace things such as the clouds or the horizon are painted in such a way that they do not need to be compared to human life for them to be alive. ... " The book waxes poetic in style, creating realm of sensory imagery and a grasp of the wonders of nature. ...

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The inherent caution with which neighbors guard their relationships creates an atmosphere of tension, providing for a hothouse model of human racial barriers. ... Kabuo is a victim of the burden of racial prejudice and human nature's attraction to creating scapegoats. ... The sober and bleak mood portrayed by the novels setting is further enhanced by the use of nature as a metaphorical reminder of equality and impermanence. The snow, which covers the lands, makes dispute over fields almost laughable, as nature shows that we, as humans, don't have the true control to divide land in...

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Lord of the Flies In his novel, Lord of the Flies, William Golding evaluates the nature of man. ... His gradual loss of sight and eventual death highlight the degeneration among the community, and "with Piggy's death, the remaining not only get degenerated, but completely devoid of human control that comes from rational awareness" (Parivelan). ... His search for the truth about the beast and the evil within everyone personifies the role of the conscious faculty as human self, and "his death, symbolic of the destruction of the conscious, paves the way for depersonalization" (Parivelan)....

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But sometimes, when a man is facing a difficult situation then he will probably show his other nature, the dark and guilty. (Valsamas)" Many of Golding's themes were popular during the time, and his stories were often making a statement about human nature. ...

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+The madness that is presented by Heller in this novel actually has a purpose to highlight the ruthless nature of this war that the soldiers must go through. ... Many of the people, such as Kraft, in Yossarian's bombing plane are killed, but Yossarian is later honored and praised for his work, just to cover up the mess and the cruel nature of the event of murder. ... Heller, with the structure and details in this novel reveals that though war is desensitizing, the madness that some possess is what makes it human and keeps the humanity alive....

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And in catalepsy and a dead trance, I studiously held the quick of my nature." (109) Would such a catatonic nature have jammed the points of her scissors into her desk upon hearing read a religious text with which she did not agree? ... (307) Just as Lucy's nature seems to fluctuate between periods of calm and outbursts of vivacity, so does the setting change without warning between periods of content sunlight and vicious storm. ... John and then enters abruptly into a discourse upon the struggles between Reason and Imagination within the human mind. (229) Just as the tone and descrip...

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According to Golding the aim of his works is "to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature (Baker 5)." ... Lord of the Flies, one of William Golding's many novels, is a well written, well thought out writing that depicts the evils of human nature. ... This caused Golding's views on life to change to his current philosophy "The shape of society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system however apparently logical or respectable (Baker 5)." ...

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Florida's favorite novel, "A Land Remembered- is a modern literary masterpiece. Published in 1984 by Pineapple Press, Patrick D. Smith's historical fiction novel gives a fictional, albeit accurate account of the history of Florida from its pioneer days in 1868, shortly after the American Civil war t...

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Importance was now only found in numbers and what science could do to advance the human race. ... The creator of the Crakers, Crake, did not value the arts and "edited out " (311) what he considered human flaws from their genetics. ... Crakers were separated from all humans, aside from their teacher Oryx who was disguised to look like the Crakers themselves, as a way to keep them from learning from the flaws of humans. This attempt to delete the arts and humanities from human nature was a lost cause. ... The similarity between her fictional earth and the one humans live in now is alarming. ...

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John Steinbeck enables crucial techniques that consume the reader into a far-fetched but classical novel, that experiments cultures and human relationships. ... Characters certainly depend on each other, but encompass an endless conflict caused by their nature and prominently, by wine. ... An isolation between the real world and the nature of the individuals is created once they formulate an idea but are incapable of accomplishing it, because of their dependency on wine. ...

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Yet he is also an author who writes with tremendous insight into the dark side of the human mind, and one who speculates with serious consideration about the nature of truth and its relationship to both fact and fiction. ... The factual nature of his first book and the relatively conventional narrative methods of his second give way to a much more imaginative account of Vietnam in Going After Cacciato (1978), the book that launched him to stardom. ...

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Jody discovers there are still lessons he must learn about the ways of nature: sometimes, through death, comes life. ... He also learned respect for nature and animals from his father. ... The aim of using realism in writing is to create characters and situations that could exist in the real world, and to depict human situations the way they might really happen. ...

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An apparent change of behavior takes place in Roger, proving that the inherently savage nature of mankind is suppressed only by influences of society. ... He loses all respect and value for human life. ... When society's laws and consequences do not bind an individual, the malevolent nature of the person may be revealed. ...

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