Lester Young

Many who act monstrous and bring about evil are hidden by their pleasant appearance while those who seek for good are often misjudged for their monstrous shell. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, the main character Victor Frankenstein attempts and accomplishes the goal of creating an actual human life. Though he achieves his purpose, he was more than disappointed when his creation’s appearance was horrid. Unable to be controlled, the Monster becomes a very hateful and vengeful creation.…

The studio album Bad Blood is an album created by the indie rock band Bastille (Bast(triangle)lle). Their studio album Bad Blood dwells on the things that we love, and how they are sometimes lost. It also show the sadness, sorrow, and overall feeling of loss. The indie rock songs in the album include "Pompeii", "Things We Lost in the Fire", "Bad Blood", and much more. They will be sure to leave strong impressions of emotion and feeling on listeners of all ages. The current members in the band…

Is Scientific Advancement really beneficial? In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the plot conveys that a an extremely heightened passion for the sciences has very detrimental effects, as the tone in the early part of Victor’s narrative suggests. As a result, in a sequence of events, scientific advancement can unintentionally lead one to turn into a monster. As a result of numerous scientific advancements, many people are harmed. Therefore, while part of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein illustrates…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man, who through his love of science and alchemy, gives birth to a monstrous and forever unnamed creature. During the span of the novel, the monster goes either unnoticed by society or shunned, while Frankenstein lives his life in fear of coming upon the Creature or he is hunting him down. All the creature wants is what he notices the rest of society having; friends, family, community. At the very least, the Creature wanted a companion like himself, who…

Knowledge equals power and with it comes great responsibility. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, characters either free themselves from the power of others or seek to gain power over others. The abuse of such power results in the demise of the innocent. Shelley uses three narrators to highlight their similarities and differences in respect with ambition, desire for power, acquisition of knowledge, and exploration. Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the Monster all wish to pursue these…

The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad explores many tricky topics, but the most prominent is the evil that consumes humanity. This is well elaborated upon throughout the novel and especially shown in Mr. Kurtz. In The Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad uses imagery and symbolism to explain to the reader that the true evil of humanity is greed. Joseph Conrad uses symbolism to elaborate on the true evil of humanity: greed. The symbolism of the river shows this prominently as Mr. Kurtz, a very…

There are many topics to discuss in a popular novel like Frankenstein. However, the development of the creature’s character is one to focus on. The idea that people have of Frankenstein is that he is a tall, hideous monster with bolts sticking out of its neck. Nevertheless, that is the Hollywood version. Everyone who has read the book can assert that the creature is basically a kid with no experience in life whatsoever. Despite Victor’s characterization of the creature as a “wretch”, a “daemon”…

Victor Frankenstein is a good and kind man, well-educated, sensitive, and a very loving. At the same time he is slightly crazy, he lets his creative mind get the best of him and decides to work his brain to the biggest test, by creating a monster. Victor assembles the monster out of old body parts, and strange chemicals than activated by a mysterious spark. He is extremely strong and averages 8ft tall. Throughout the book as a reader you realize all the similarities between the two, their…

be giving teens the opportunity to speak up and say how they think they’re represented in the media. The media portrays teenagers in many ways which can be shown as realistic or unrealistic representations and can give misleading thoughts about the young adults. The accurate representations of teenagers, ‘Looking for Alibrandi’ by Melina Marchetta, is a novel about a half Australian half Italian teenage girl who is struggling to cope with her teenage existence because of her cultural…

Adolescents who are able to develop a strong sense of self will usually do so before transitioning into young adulthood, which is generally before or around the age of 18. Young adults will face yet another “crisis” known as “intimacy vs. isolation,” which usually occurs around the ages of eighteen and thirty five. After one has successfully resolved the “identity vs. identity confusion” stage…