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Involvement in sports will forever change a young adult’s life. Sports are one of the keys to having success as a growing and developing teenager in this day and age. The positions in this article “True Sport” authored by Travis T. Tygart and M.D. Richard W. Cohen are very positive toward teenager involvement in sports. These authors are very convincing due to their three main points that are focused on in their article, how academic performance improves, physical and psychological benefits of…

Adolescents aren’t known to listen to everything adults tell them to do. We do what we want, say what we want, and read what we want. With so many of us on social media and constantly using the internet, it’s hard to shelter us from the world outside of our homes. Books specifically may be darker from when my parents were my age, but it’s what society has grown to be like today. We are not as conservative and are more open to discussing topics such as suicide, cutting, bullying, and rape. We…

into society. Another example of personal growth being achieved through social interactions is with Walton. At the start, Walton was ambitious, hungry for glory, and willing to stop at nothing to achieve his goal. These qualities closely resembled a young Victor, and seeing this Frankenstein decides to share his tragedy with Walton in hopes that he can learn from his mistakes. By the end of the tragic narrative, Walton comprehends, “that the lives of all these men are endangered through me. If…

drive and pressure to find love and acceptance corrupt even the purest of minds. For us humans, it can take years to find love and acceptance, but imagine being a revived, stitched together monster and fulfilling those needs. The creature portrayed in Young Frankenstein and in Mary Shelley’s novel face similar and contrasting events. To a degree, each character struggles with the acceptance by their creator, the publics scrutiny, personal experiences that shape their development and future.…

In the first few pages of Mary Shelley 's novel, Frankenstein, two basic ideas of life oppose one another; fate and free will. Fate is the evolution of events beyond a person 's control and free will is the power of acting without the constraint of fate. For centuries people have argued between the two, but few will actually resign to one idea or the other, meaning they believe there 's something in between. Similarly, few people can 't imagine a life without one or the other. However, Mary…

What are the reasons for not allowing adolescents to make medical decisions, but they 're allowed to make other critical decisions. If teenagers are allowed to refuse medical treatments, what medical treatments should they be allowed to refuse. Young adults aren’t capable of making life or death medical decisions due to the laws set for teenagers, level of maturity/puberty, and leaving the decisions for the professionals/guardians can save lives.…

Although music can benefit the life of a teenager in many ways, it can also cause much harm. For example, The World Health Organization estimates that 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of hearing loss. Nearly 50% of teenagers are exposed to unsafe noise levels, simply from listening to music through their headphones (Radcliffe 1). Teenagers are unaware of the harm that can come from loud music. The typically teenager…

The character of Grendel in the novel written by John Gardener is more of an elaborate character, opposed to the character of Grendel in the epic poem Beowulf who is more of a dull character. Its easy to see that one story is told from the first person pov and the other is told from a third person pov, thus allowing the reader to connect more with gardeners Grendel than Beowulf. In Grendel you can have more of an emotional connection rather than just seeing him in Beowulf as a big ugly monster…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, she presents the notion of the qualities that make up villains and victims. Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the creature, is utterly shocked when the creature comes to life causing him to flee. Due to Victor’s fleeing, the creature is forced to learn about life independently and suffer through many situations. Though many would argue that the creature is the victim of the novel, his actions clearly prove that he is the villain. One of the first…

Kathryn Cox English 10 8 January 2016 Mrs. Padden The Monster Within Many people have characteristics that they want to change about themselves. Little things that nag and bug them all day. Although they hate them, it is hard to ignore the fact of there existence. In Frankenstein, written by Mary W. Shelley, the monster represents Victor’s confused sexual identity. Victor does not want to acknowledge its existence in fear of what people will think about him. Throughout the novel, Victor…