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    The matrix is a fictional movie that uses machines as life portraying human characteristics of living altering their behaviour in a completely different way. It is directed and written by the Wachowski brothers, Lana and Andy. The Matrix is the dystopian film where society or community is undesirable or frightening. It is characterised by the dehumanization of human beings. It is created by living mutated humans (machines) as to overpower the species of humans. In the Matrix the bodies heat of…

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    Worms Of Taoism

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    Problem In the Taoist religion, a central problem is from the three “worms” or “corpses” that reside within the body of every person. These worms are malevolent spirits who “long for the body to die and therefore perform mischief to try to hasten the adept's demise" (Eskildsen 1998: 49). To achieve this goal, the Worms perform all manner of evil to try to shorten the lifespan of the host. They invite sickness into the body, and cause many ailments to the body of their host. The worms also report…

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    A villain is the bad guy in a story. They may be called an Antagonist. In Percy Jackson the villains or bad guys are disguised in the mist as normal people or things. Unless you are able to see through the mist you would not know they were there. It is important for a story to have a villain because without a villain there can’t be a hero. In stories such as Batman, Superman, and Percy Jackson without villains to defeat their lives would be boring. They wouldn’t go on big expeditions to…

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    A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a Young Adult novel inspired by a Siobhan Dowd and illustrated by Jim Kay. In this book, a boy named Conor calls a monster to help him comprehend and deal with his feelings regarding his mother’s cancer and impending death. The monster, a creation of Conor’s imagination, helps him realize the differences between appearance and reality through the literary elements of the frame narrative, setting, and illustrations. The monster tells Conor stories; this…

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    Everyone needs a friend, good or bad they all have feelings deep down. As you have read in the book Frankenstein, the “Monster” named Frankenstein also has these feelings about needing a companion to get through life. I feel everyone should go through life with someone by their side. Whether you are human or not you are going to have to rely on someone or something besides yourself, but there is plenty of things that can go wrong. Frankenstein feels he needs someone to love him to live a happy…

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    A Decoy Short Story

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    There was once a young lad named Ed. Ed was never belated for school and he had a great life and everything was happy. Ed live in a milieu where it was always perfect weather and sunny, but that was until one day a overbearing man came to his town. This man was six foot four and made everyone do gallantry activities. One day he had a conventional to take Ed to make him a decoy to capture a beast so he can take it to the town and have it kill all the people there. When Ed was out being a decoy he…

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    and about a monster who he created which is referred to as The Monster. Which is commonly referred to in modern day media as Frankenstein himself. This could easily lead the reader to believe Frankenstein 's Monster to be Frankenstein himself, as they have a lot of similarities through out the book; the only evidence to dispute this is when Captain Walton and his crew sees The Monster, after days of being stranded in ice, which could lead to dementia. Victor Frankenstein and The Monster tend…

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    Morality In Frankenstein

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    Dr. Frankenstein’s obsession with proving his superior intelligence leads him to violate the laws of nature, and create the creature. When Dr. Frankenstein discovers the secret of life, he is delighted because he thinks he has become “greater than his nature will allow” (43); he enjoys having this “god like” ability. At first, he hesitates with his project of creating life, but he cannot control his desire for success so he begins to create a creature. He states, “I doubted at first whether I…

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    Grendel’s Philosophical Lifestyle In the book Grendel the main character, Grendel is a monster that was once rejected by humans making him into an angry and bitter person. Grendel only cares about himself and wants to be the best at what he does which is fighting. Grendel’s whole life he experiences multiple different types of philosophies in which he lives by. Three main philosophies stick out in Grendel's life which he lives by the most, they are Machiavellianism, Solipsism, and Nihilism…

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    In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the similarities and dissimilarities that Victor Frankenstein and his creation share are the key factors leading to their demise. Frankenstein’s creation, who can perhaps most accurately be referred to as a self-proclaimed fallen Adam (CITATION), parallels his creator in many ways - including in their regret of their pursuit of knowledge and the way that they both begin with good intentions but become warped and trapped in a cycle of vengeance. However, the…

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