The Victor Poet: C.W. Longenecker If you think you are beaten‚ you are. If you think you dare not‚ you don’t If you like to win but think you can’t‚ It’s almost a cinch you won’t. If you think you’ll lose‚ you’re lost. For out in the world we find Success begins with a fellow’s will It’s all in the state of mind. If you think you are outclassed‚ you are. You’ve got to think high to rise. You’ve got to be sure of yourself before You can ever win the prize. Life’s battles don’t
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Victor Séjour’s short story “The Mulatto” is included in The Norton Anthology of African American Literature according to some of the six chosen principles described by the editors in the preface. Although‚ after close examination some of the principles disqualify this short story from being included in this collection of works. Based on the editor’s principle of constructing a canon inductively‚ including Séjour’s “The Mulatto” was a proper choice. They looked into everything at their disposal
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Victor is a boy who is continuously embarrassing himself in order to gain a girl’s admiration. For example‚ in the story‚ Victor’s emotions over Teresa are growing bigger and bigger and have started to embarrass him even more. One example from the text that proves that Victor is embarrassing himself because he likes Teresa is‚ “Yes‚ now somebody give me an example of a person—you‚ Victor Rodriguez.” “Teresa‚” Victor said automatically. Some of the girls giggled. They knew he had a crush on Teresa
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endured by the main character‚ Vickramadas Gopal who was an Indian immigrant to Malaysia. Vickramadas was known as Victor throughout the short story. He made great efforts to transform himself to be like whites who he thought were the best. “Anything and everything related to the whites was beautiful to Vickramadas.” The author has painted a dramatic picture of sufferings and challenges of Victor in his course to attain a new identity - an Englishman. But‚ his efforts did not help him to be recognised by
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novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor is introduced as a boy yearning to learn about science‚ but through scientific pursuits is corrupted because of the lack of human contact and want for God-like power. Victor grew up in a rich household‚ where he was given whatever he wants. His happiness came from the things that surrounded him and he did not value anything around him. When Victor’s parents adopted Elizabeth they claimed he was a gift to him. Victor took this literally and believed Elizabeth
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Moreover‚ both Victor Frankenstein and the Arctic explorer Robert Walton‚ whose letters open the novel‚ hold a greedy thirst for privileged knowledge of those things that are unknown to the common person. Nevertheless‚ Shelley presents their stories as being in some sense similar to each other. Each one of them is a failure‚ and each suffers from the same fatal flaw. Walton‚ a voyager‚ explores the secrets of the natural earth‚ in the company of a crew of men on the same mission. However‚ Victor works in
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who Thomas Edison is‚ but not many know who Victor Hugo is‚ when he lived right around the same time these two historical figures and had just as large of an influence. He changed the history of writing for the greater good and still impacts the lives of several people today. The majority of people were probably introduced to his work at a young age. They Probably watched “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” as a kid. Disney adapted the Novel written by Victor Hugo into a movie and it became an award winning
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Similarities between Victor and the monster. | Trace the similarities between Victor and the monster. Consider their respective relationships with nature‚ desires for family‚ and any other important parallels you find. Do Victor and the monster become more similar as the novel goes on? How does their relationship with each other develop? Mary Shelley’s novel ‘Frankenstein’ (1818) describes two crucial characters Mr Victor Frankenstein and the monster he creates Frankenstein. Even though the
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Mo H. Saidi Professor Patricia Bellanca Humanities 100-S 11 August 2003 The Origin of Victor Frankenstein’s Catastrophe When I initially read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein some 45 years ago my main reaction was of total shock and dismay at the monster’s brutal murders of the beloved family members and friends of his own creator. Reading it again this spring‚ I was troubled by Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s profound rejection of his own creation upon observing the first signs of life in him. Instead
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