Also, as I was observing the memorial, I took note of the numerous children that touched the glass plates-- feeling the grooves of the words as if they were reading Braille; I tried myself, and it only added to the overall experience. ... In between the six pillars were six rocks that resembled fallen pillars. ... The fallen pillars represent the decadent government in which racism and prejudice, war and strife, oppression and tyranny abound. ... However, I at least feel compelled to quote from Revelation 22:1-3: "Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as cr...

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• Grade Level: High School

How are both Stoker and Shelley able to horrify their readers, not through graphic violence but through images of the loss of humanity, in Stoker's Dracula' and Shelley's Frankenstein'? In both novels we get a sense of a loss of humanity with the characters, but of which characters? The monst...

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• Grade Level: High School