Frankenstein: The True Story

‘What kind of a “Sharik” is he, anyway?’ Heart of a Dog is a story centered on the different versions of one person, Sharik and Poligraf Poligrafovich Sharikov. The initial impression could not have foreshadowed the dichotomy any better, ’Sharik…somebody round, plump…who gobbles oatmeal, and he… shaggy, lanky tattered, skinny as a rail, a homeless mutt.’ (Bulgakov 5) The transformation of a dog that is able to integrate himself within society is a critique of the fallibility of Russian society,…

radio station, and after the parents arrive home early, the family revels in the nostalgic music together. The two girls featured in the story are from South Fresno, as is Soto. “Without thinking, Patricia said, “La Flaca y mi carnala La Pumpkin del barrio de South Fresno.” (Soto 42). Not only does Soto intertwine english and spanish to authenticate the short story, he adds a personal touch in the setting by creating the setting in San Francisco. To add to this, Patricia, the main character,…

humanity is optimistic, displaying kindness, morality, and beauty. While this is the ideal portrait of society, John Gardner reveals the true colors of human comradeship; doing so through the characterization of a monster, Grendel. For millennia, authors, illustrators, and artists have opened the portal to an underlying evil world using monsters such as Frankenstein and Dracula. However, these characters may have merely been ugly humans with exaggerated actions, and society has been the heir to…

If there is anything that can be learned from the stories and myths of Prometheus, Faust, and Frankenstein, it is that knowledge, in its various forms, can lead to suffering and pain. The Fountain, a film released in 2006, can join in this tradition of the archetypal theme of forbidden knowledge; there is a disclaimer, though: when it comes to death, the knowledge of acceptance should overcome the knowledge of how to reject it. Written and directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Hugh Jackman…

The nineteenth century was built around the revival of religious activity and hasn’t been the same since the Puritan times. The bible during these times was taken seriously and as the literal truth, the foundation of moral behavior became known as Victorianism. “It was believed that if religion was accepted by all that standards would create the end to crime and poverty” (Clifton 1). At this time there were many different types of religions one could follow and many different standards/rituals…

whole new world in a whole new time period. It promotes imagination and stimulates the mind. Over the summer, the sophomores of Oakland Catholic’s Honors World Literature Class received the pleasure of reading three stories: A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House was by far the most entertaining and interesting of the summer reading books, while the storyline of Sophocles’s tragic play Oedipus the King…

into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before” (Poe 26-27) In the poem “The Fall of the House of Usher” dark themes are also present. The dark themes in this short story are the spookiness of the house and the lonesome feeling the character has. Also the character was in fear by stating “Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis.”(Poe). In the poem “The Bells”…

Often when you see something in a culture that is so starkly different from your own you often shudder at the thought or the actions. But often when it involves things that we notice as part of our own culture we are left even wondering more about it than if it was something of its own. This is seen a lot with religious things since we often think that everyone should completely submit to our way of thinking and our ideals. So when we see those same ideals mixed with people’s original ideals we…

She allowed a couple of albums to go public, emphasizing her amazing voice. Her fame continued to rise when she starred in a films such as Silver City, The Desert Hawk, Hotel Sahara, The San Francisco Story, and Tomahawk. However, her contract had been discontinued when the 1952 film called Hurricane Smith was agreed by most critics and fans to be best forgotten. She ended up continuing to do remarkable work in western films, such as Shotgun, Sombrero…

These allusions and psychotic characters scare the reader, and put them in a world where humans are not on the top of the food chain. Bram Stoker’s Dracula can be analysed in a variety of different criticisms that when used together reveal the novels true splendor. Stoker was bom in Ireland on November 8, 1847. Bram Stoker, “was a sickly child,…