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    The yard was filled with the sickeningly sweet scent of blooming flowers, from the hard-petaled magnolias to the soft brittle trilliums, all competing and vying for the attention of the beholder, Dorian Gray. In a place not accustomed to the cruelty of the outside world he lived peacefully with his only true friend and companion, Basil Hallward. They ate, drank, and talked together in the luscious garden of flowers, day by day. This peaceful and monotonous life was home to them: that is, until…

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray written by Oscar Wilde contains many characters with flaws. Dorian Gray, who is the main character, shows his character flaws throughout the book. At the beginning of the book, Dorian was innocent and kind young man. However, the reader soon figures out that he is a person that actually like bad things and gives up easily. Because of these two character flaws, Dorian sadly dies at the end of the book. First of all, throughout the book, Dorian seems to look like a kind…

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    Dorian Gray Symbolism

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    To illustrate my point, regarding the key theme Wilde uses symbols and literary devices in order to highlight authority of one leading to negative consequences. Dorian was innocent in the beginning of the book and changed into a criminal by the middle. The influence behind the cruel man was Lord Henry; Dorian’s manipulative “friend”. Henry’s lectures and cynical attitude reeled Dorian in and soon led to his negative behavior. For example, the portrait, a key symbol in the novel is a mirror image…

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    The Picture of Dorian Gray, a book by Oscar Wilde, is the story of a man who lost his friendships, trust, and ultimately himself, because of his own insanity. His life was wasted away by his fear of others finding out his true identity, and by his constant state of guilt. Throughout the story, Dorian exhibits many symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder. He struggles to maintain the peaceful relationships he has, and these relationships only get worse as his disorder and the story progresses…

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    Flowers for Algernon is a book by Daniel Keyes. This is about a mentally retarded guy named Charlie Gordon. He is given surgery to try and become smarter. He takes a bunch of different tests before they actually do the surgery. His teacher Ms. Kinnian, from his school for retarded adults recommended him for this testing. After the surgery he started to get smarter and then had some complications. The quote from the novel “The mind in absorbed in and involved in itself as a self-centered end…

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    With knowledge comes power, yet with ignorance comes bliss. Generation after generation, our drive to become well rounded intellectuals and functioning people of society has allowed us to become knowledge hungry. Through this perceptual lens, the author of ‘Flowers for Algernon’, Daniel Keyes, shows the pitfalls of intellectual drive and the power of ignorance through the book’s main character, Charlie Gordon. Charlie, a mentally handicapped man, wants to become intelligent and accepted and is…

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    Naps are here to help people, not harm them. Naps benifit us in ways like refreshing our bodies, clearing the mind, and helping us through a long hard day. So this is why I think naps are here to help us. My first reason on why naps are here to help us is, it helps to refresh your body. It does this by giving you time to rest your body in the middle of the day so you can finsh th rest. Naps also refreshes your body by giving your body a rest if you've been on your toes alot. So if you think…

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    The second and equally as important characteristic that defines a “Person of the Year” is Impactfulness. These people changed the world in their year and through their actions impacted it for better or worse.Time magazine people; Franklin D Roosevelt (34), Vladimir Putin, and The Protestor all changed the world in that year for better or worse and definitely made a lasting impact. Franklin D Roosevelt (34) was nominated for and seen as person of the year many times and there was no shortage of…

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    “Flowers for Algernon” focuses on a mentally challenged man name Charlie who undergoes an operation to make him three times smarter, but this decision was very unethical. The experiment was being done by two men, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur, who test his intelligence before and after the operation to find out if it worked. After the operation Charlie experienced new feelings starting from love to betrayal just for it to be stolen from him. Charlie’s decision wasn’t ethical since Charlie didn’t…

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    In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a character by the name of Charlie Gordon has an operation to increase his IQ. All the time, Charlie gets picked on by everyone, but doesn’t know it; he has a form of mental retardation that inhibits his ability to learn, spell and remember facts and information. Even though Charlie gets the operation, does it really help him out in the long run? Charlie was disliked for being absent minded before the operation and being a bit dull, but…

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