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    The Exploration of the elements of innocence from the fallen victims of Grenouille as he begins and ends his quest for the ultimate scent in Perfume: The story of a murder By Mariama Bah Subject: HL English Year 1 Candidate Number: 000213XXX School: International School of Kenya Word Count: 1316 Reflective Statement: Perfume Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ exposed me to a series of literary texts‚ themes and ideas. It also opened me to a variety of cultural developments that happened throughout

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    ‘house of spirits’ and ‘Perfume’ characterization is done by giving extra ordinary abilities to the protagonist. It uses its protagonist ‘Clara’ and ‘Grenouille’ as a medium of describing the people but in ‘house of spirits’ through the eyes of ‘Alba’ and ‘Esteban’ and in ‘Perfume’ through the narrator (third person narration) as he gives the reader two aspects both contrasting each other. ‘Perfume’ a book with sense of smell aided in creating a picture the author ‘Patrick Suskind’ put forth of the character

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    Jean-Baptiste Grenouille As a newborn left to die by his unmarried fishmonger mother‚ Grenouille cried and was heard by bystanders and rescued. His mother was executed for her crime. He was taken in by the church‚ which paid for him to be raised by a woman‚ Madame Gaillard‚ among two dozen other orphans. When the parish stopped paying for his room and board‚ Madame Gaillard‚ an emotionally cold woman because of a head injury‚ gave him to Grimal the tanner as an apprentice. As a tanner’s apprentice

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    In his novel‚ PerfumeSuskind‚ a German author mocking French culture‚ places Grenouille in the care of Madame Gaillard‚ a widow who runs an orphanage outside of Paris‚ for the majority of his childhood. Suskind satirizes French culture through Grenouille’s lack of positive experience at the orphanage‚ emphasizing the ignorance and greed that plagued their society. To start‚ Susskind introduces Madame Gaillard‚ one of the greediest people Grenouille encounters throughout his entire life. “Even

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    Grenouille as characterized by Patrick Süskind Patrick Süskind ’s Perfume is the gripping tale of a sociopathic young man‚ Jean- Baptiste Grenouille‚ who ’s passion for scent ultimately leads him to slaughter twenty five young virgins. Süskind chooses to develop Grenouille ’s character slowly and methodically‚ allowing Grenouille ’s sociopathic tendencies to emerge and ripen along with the plot. The reader ’s first impression of the character is manipulated by Süskind ’s clever use of sensory and

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    William Shakespeare and Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Fascinated by different passions and how people are driven by different passions‚ I am able to study this through different literature texts. The three characters I am going to study are ‘Briony’ in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan‚ first published in 2001‚ but set in 1934-1999‚ ‘Iago” in the play Othello by William Shakespeare‚ first viewed by an audience in 1604‚ and finally ‘Grenouille’ in the novel Perfume by Patrick Süskind‚ first published in

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    friend in this novel? Answer: The perfumer Baldini is probably the human being who becomes closest to Grenouille during his lifetime as in some way a peer. Certainly Baldini profits the most from Grenouille‚ who gives him hundreds of formulas for perfumes. While the two are spending time extracting essences from plants‚ Baldini talsk to him about his youth and his time in the war. While Baldini does not actually feel close to Grenouille (he feels uneasy around him and‚ while not actually loathing

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    Subconscious Thoughts;How dreams tie into PerfumeWorld Literature AssignmentJake Callizo00782 Ms. PereiraModesto High School Modesto‚ California‚ USAMay 25‚2012 | In Perfume: a story of Murder written by Patrick Suskind‚ the main character Grenouille is an extremely mental and obscure man. His extraordinary sense of smell leads him to be a bizarre and peculiar person. The subconscious thoughts and dreams Grenouille conjures immensely help the plot develop; it adds another side of the novel. Thriving

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    effect‚ does Perfume: The Story of a Murderer thematically or symbolically deal with the philosophical implications of existentialism? Our job as human beings in this world is to give life a purpose and have full responsibility of our existence. This lays stress on the existence of mankind to produce authentic decisions and responsible ways of dealing with life and the world. These concepts‚ as well as the philosophical implications of existentialism are evident in the novel Perfume: The Story

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    human nature implicit in "Perfume" by Suskind And "A Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich" by solzenitsyn The criticism of society and human nature found in these two novels‚ is extremely subtle. The criticism in the novels differs through the difference in era. "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is based on a prisoner of war camp in Russia during the Second World War or right after and is a criticism of the treatment they receive inside the camp. Whereas "Perfume" is set in 18th century

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