Percy Elland

Everybody has an addiction to something, possibly to drugs, sports, work, or even technology. In today’s world, a lot of people are addicted to technology spending hours on social media every day and their lives are consumed by it. In the short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, two young siblings are addicted to a room that projects whatever they think of onto the walls and in the story “The Fallout” by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, a father is obsessed with using technology to create reverse aging.…

The classic gothic, horror novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was the inspiration behind the film “The Bride of Frankenstein”, which narrated a story of the “monster’s” life after the original book. In the film, Frankenstein’s monster finds himself misunderstood and lonely, causing him to force Dr. Frankenstein to create him a man-made human bride. In most horror stories and movies, the main character is most likely a monster, however, in the film “The Bride of Frankenstein”, to me, the…

Evaluation Setting Further, we can see the narrative of the story is fantastic. The Fellowship of the Ring is indeed a literary fictional treasure. The conflict of the story is creatures vrs. creatures. Each character of the story is essential for the making of the movie, both primary and secondary, even the antagonist. At the beginning of the story there is a beautiful calmed places called the Shire. This is the home of the hobbits. A place with beautiful-cozy houses with round doors. The…

Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis is a disturbing and a complex novel that depicts the horrific transformation of a man into a disgusting, oversized dung beetle or “a monstrous vermin.” This “transformation” is the reality of the world that the character lives in, but no one in that world is able to see it. Kafka demonstrates this reality using his extraordinary, one of a kind writing style which portrays everything illogical as logical, unreasonable as reasonable, and incomprehensible as…

Throughout human history, different era’s have developed among societies, progressing mankind towards what it currently is today. Characterized by their many different newfound ideologies, these era’s show growth in the ability to think, act, and feel both as an individual, and also as a society. Topics such as religion, government, the economy, and philosophy were all stated, contested, and then evolved repeatedly, defining what people were like all throughout the different time periods. Two…

prevails as a person who is noted for courageous acts or nobility of character. While it is recognizable that Telemachus of The Odyssey by Homer is a hero, Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson surpasses Telemachus in his heroism and nobility by a landslide. Although people may believe Telemachus is favored by the gods, brave, and even caring, Percy Jackson exceeds all of these things because he is not just helped by the gods but given powers from them, is much more braver than Telemachus, and will do…

Allusions are a powerful literary tool that authors use to enhance novels. By using allusions, readers can connect concepts, and main ideas to better understand them. An allusion is a reference to a person, place, thing or event. In the Novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley used allusions to Milton's Paradise Lost. Shelly alluded to Paradise Lost, by having the monster read the poem, which helped him gain knowledge and understanding. While alluding to Paradise Lost the monster compared himself to…

Grendel: a sensitive and remorseful creature, or a horrendous beast? This question has been pondered ever since the release of Grendel by John Gardner in 1971. He may be portrayed as evil since the universal term of a “monster” has a negative and frightening connotation. Grendel went through mistreatment by the humans and never knew what it was like to be accepted. In human society, if something is different than the “norm” than it cannot be accepted. Grendel went through this exact dilemma just…

What creates a monster? People. All people have some sort of evil inside of them that can create something opposite of who they are. That evilness can be triggered in some kind of way whether it’s someone, or something. For example, there is only one person in this world that I truly hate because of the things that she does. She is what I would consider a monster why? All she cares about is hurting other people. That’s her muse, getting people to the point that they want to die (not saying that…

The human race should improve upon itself before making contact with another race. The human race is too arrogant by believing they are the best race and belittling other races. In the story a martian odyssey (Stanley Weinbaum) there is not a lot to prove my thesis but there is some at the start of the story when our protagonist he thinks tweel is not an intelligent creature but is quickly proven wrong when he tries to communicate with him he quickly picks up the words to have a very basic…