James Franco

Self-love is healthy; self-devotion, on the other hand, is not. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, told primarily from the point of view of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who discovers the secret of life, illustrates this idea. Following his discovery and fueled by his desire for fame and glory, Victor decides to put his newfound knowledge to the test by creating a living being from dead flesh. However, when the Creation does actually come alive, Victor abandons him immediately. This is a…

Hell’s Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II by Jay A. Stout is a revealing insight into the lives of the pilots in the air force at the time of the United States’ entry into WWII. The book primarily concerns itself with telling the history and activity of the 303rd bomb group, providing a detailed description of events and personnel in chronological order starting at the group’s inception. Stout wrote the book because he was a pilot himself and because he wanted to show…

While reading the novel Frankenstein that was written by Mary Shelley, there was one question that I had in my mind throughout the whole novel. Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the creature, keeps referring to his creation as something unfathomably scary and disgusting such as the ‘wretch’, ‘monster’, and ‘devel’. Furthermore, creature himself even calls himself as a ‘wretch’ and admits the fact that he’s a monster for killing innocent people. However, after reading about the creature’s…

Introduction Dean Oliver’s book Basketball on Paper (2004) analyzes the skills and tactics that go into winning a basketball game. Oliver mentions four different stats that he believes are the driving factor to win a basketball game. In his book, Oliver gave each of those stats a weight, the weight was how important he thought that particular statistic was. Therefore, using this information to follow his footsteps with our own tweak on it, instead of using advanced stats we are using stats…

¨The Scarlet Ibis¨ is a short story by James Hurst. This short story is about a young boy who has a brother named Doodle. Doodle is not like other kids his age, he has health problems. This story talks about the narrator and Doodle’s relationship throughout Doodle’s life. The author uses foreshadowing and symbolism to reveal Doodle’s sensitivity and uniqueness. The use of foreshadowing shows how Doodle is sensitive because when the story foreshadowed his death there was always something…

Federalist Papers No. 10 and 51 Response Historical documents of the 18th century have been a monumental part of the development of the United States of America. James Madison authored the 10th and 51st Federalist Papers to explain how men will always have differing opinions and how government should be structured respectively. Federalist Papers No. 10 and 51 contributed to the framework of the current United States Government. Madison wrote the tenth Federalist Paper to explain that man will…

Doraville, GA was incorporated by an act of the Georgia General Assembly on December 15, 1871. From its development until the 1940s, Doraville was a small agricultural community that served the interests of a larger surrounding farming area. By the end of World War II, Doraville was on a main railroad line, and had a new water system available. This caused the growth of Doraville to explode in to the late 1940s and the 1950s. In 1947, General Motors selected Doraville as the site for its new…

The protagonist, Walter Mitty copes with his repressed desires by using dreams as an escape from his unfulfilling life; ultimately, showcasing the negative consequences to the superego dominating the ego. In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, James Thurber portrays Mitty’s self-awareness that his desires cannot be accomplished in reality, therefore he needs to repress these desires. As reinforced by his wife, “You’re not a young man any longer” (Thurber 1). Everytime Mitty attempts to re-enact his…

The short story “Daisy Miller” by Henry James is about a young girl who flirts with several of the guys in her town and who does not hold herself up like the typical lady. In the time period when the story was written, women were very proper and were known to cater to their father’s or husband’s every whim. That is not the case with Daisy. Daisy did not like to be held down; she liked to be able to prove that she was able to get through life on her own and to make her life decisions by herself.…

series of eighty-five essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay in 1787 and 1788. The purpose of these papers was to gain support for the US Constitution, especially in New York. The Papers were instrumental because they give a good insight into the Framers’ minds. In Federalist Paper 51 presents a proper and workable system of checks and balances between the several main departments of branches, of government. James Madison wrote Federalist 51 with great emphasis on…