James Murdoch

Mary Shelley wrote a novel on Frankenstein the novel started off as just a scary dream , but when shared it with her husband. He wanted her to write out as a story. When she did he thought it should be more. So he decide to make it more than just a dream or story. The film version in 1931 was Frankenstein was more mean and aggressive, he was trying to kill Victor. They didn't think he could do and they always doubt him. Once he was created Victor didn't want him because of he looks he felt like…

The need for control is a struggle for authority and power over others. In Chaim Potok’s, The Chosen, Reb Saunders controls his son in every aspect of his life by the way he raised him to his day to day interactions. Throughout Mary Shelly’s, Frankenstein, Victor controls his creation by condemning the monster’s actions or thoughts that aren’t approved or conceived by Victor, dictating the monster should live his way or not at all. Reb and Victor, two main creators, demonstrate how futile the…

The cost of knowledge, as shown in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, is not worth the risk due to the monster killing his family, the unknown, and what the future has in store if humans continue to advance technologically. Victor Frankenstein, renowned scientist was thirsty for knowledge and challenge, needing more in his life. He expanded his horizons, and tinkers at the borderline of human and God when he created his monster. Initially, Victor is thrilled in his discovery, but the second of…

One day, the devil appears in front of you and your best friend, BFF and makes you a deadly offer. He wants you to kill your best friend and in exchange, he will hide the body; however, if you refuse to kill your friend, the devil will go to a random town and within an hour, kill 10,000 people instead. He gives you and BFF five minutes to confer and decide what to do. Given the situation, BFF believes that the act utilitarianism is correct and argues that she should be killed for the greater…

In the television show Phineas and Ferb there is a character named Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. Dr. Doofenshmirtz is an evil scientist from Gimmelschtump, Drusselstein: but now he tries to take over the tri-state area, an area surrounding Danville,Virginia. Though he plots to take over a large area, most of the show takes place in either the yard of Phineas and Ferb, who are two young boys that want to have the best summer ever, or in his laboratory. Another popular character in the show would be…

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein (or the Modern Prometheus) 
Frankenstein (or the Modern Prometheus) is a short novel written by Mary Shelly in 1818. It’s told through letter between Captain Robert Walton and his sister Margaret. Robert tells the tale of a man called Victor Frankenstein who he met on his expedition to the north pole. Later on we hear the story through Frankenstein, his creation and some family members of Frankenstein’s. 
The story follows Victor Frankenstein as he tries to bring life,…

This dream is for romantics and lovers. Certainly the dream isn’t the sum of the colorful patterns of Hawaiian shirts, coconut bras and grass skirts alone. It’s not in the Pina Colada, or the Surfer on Acid. The boutiques of Waikiki teeming with Japanese tourists, those we can ignore all together, laugh at their circumstance. The accoutrements of hustle and bustle such as these have all been and will continue to be part of the Great Marketing image of a Paradise, and everyday life grows like…

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the author of “Monster Culture” who connects society and the monsters that humans make. Cohen explains how the Monster always falls under one or more of the categories, decided by the Monster’s characteristics. These characteristics include the monster who is a cultural body, the monster who always escapes, the monster who always brings crises, the monster who is an outsider, the monsters whose story prevents us from breaking rules, the monsters who represent fear and…

Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men was written by Eric Foner and was first published in 1995 by Oxford University Press in New York. The book includes 353 pages including the abundant amount of selected bibliography. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free Men is a nonfiction, American history book that is based on the ideology of the Republican Party before the American Civil War. Eric Foner included many sources for the construction and structure of the Republican Party. Its purpose it to provide more…

The short story, The Most Dangerous Game, written and published in 1924, by Richard Connell. In the story, a hunter named Rainsford is stranded on an island, owned by a wealthy Cossack named Zaroff. Who hunts humans, not animals. Zaroff then gives Rainsford a choice, to be hunted by Zaroff for three days, or to be killed by Zaroff’s manservant, Ivan. Rainsford chooses to be hunted by Zaroff and is given hunting gear. On the last day of the hunt, Zaroff and his dogs corner Rainsford, and…