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    particular encompasses a trait that even with his self-awareness‚ is unaware of the selfishness in his veins. In the novel Frankenstein‚ the protagonist Victor Frankenstein is this particular individual whose conscience consists of much responsibility but no discipline to show for it. Although he feels responsible for deaths of many others‚ Victor never confesses when he knows the fault is his. His vengeance almost keeps him away from the people closest to him‚ and it blinds him from their safety

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    Do you feel sorry for Victor in ‘Frankenstein’? Victor Frankenstein is the main voice in the novel ‘Frankenstein’ by Pat Barker‚ and is a complex character. On the one hand‚ I feel sorry for Victor as he spent two lonely years dedicating his hours to making this monster‚ even becoming ill because he became so focused on his project that he didnt look after himself properly. Therefore‚ its clear he had high expectations of the monster from the line “No father could claim the gratitude of his child

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    General Theme of Loss Loss is a phenomenon that everyone experiences in life. Whether it is a loss of great or little significance just depends on how a particular individual handles the situation. After reading the short stories by Caribbean and African writers in Concert of Voices it is evident that a general theme in many of the stories is loss. Throughout these stories characters experience the loss of something that is of great importance to them. The deprivation of this thing causes a feeling

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    Victor Frankenstein was always fascinated with his studies witch ultimately lead to the creation of the monster. Since Victor Frankenstein felt isolated from the outside world‚ one would assume that he built the monster to have a companion and to perfect humanity in the process but he ultimately fails. Even though he created the monster‚ Frankenstein was appalled to see he had created such a grotesque abomination and had no intension in keeping him around. If only the monster would have received

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    Shelley ’s Frankenstein‚ Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that murders several people‚ and then flees through Europe to the Arctic Circle. In the beginning of the story‚ it seems that Frankenstein is simply a scientist chasing a pipe dream of finding the key to eternal life‚ but closer analysis of the text reveals that Frankenstein is not sane‚ and possibly suffering from one of many psychology disorders‚ causing hallucinations and psychosis‚ it is my contention‚ that Victor Frankenstein is his monster

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    The text finally uses the interaction between Victor and the Monster to display the similarities of their misfortunes‚ but then completely contrasts the two characters‚ leading readers to create a larger conclusion about the text. At the end of the Monster’s life story he demands a companion emphasizing Victor’s role in his misfortunes: “Instead of threatening‚ I am contest to reason with you. I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind? You‚ my creator‚ would

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    ‘‘Design for the Real World’ is a book written by Victor Papanek and published for the first time in 1971. It has been distributed and translated into twenty diverse languages‚ it became one of the world’s most iconic and relevant book in design. The author approaches on his work‚ distinctive systems/strategies to create and develop a new item that responds to human needs and enhance our environments. Victor Joseph Papanek born in “Red Vienna” in 1927 and died in 1998 was an American architect and

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    Victor from “Every Little Hurricane” is an example of a teen protagonist witnesses struggles of poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and disparity in his own household. The setting of the story is at a new year’s eve party‚ where his two uncles‚ Arnold and Adolph are fighting‚ and nearly murder one another. Witnesses in the background are fully aware of the chaotic environment caused by the heated argument of the uncles but do nothing‚ for seeing one Indian killing another does not at all surprise them. For many

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    improve not only ourselves but the lives of the people around us. Showing mercy does not just involve compassion towards others‚ but also involves showing forgiveness. Forgiveness is a key part of giving second chances‚ and plays a major part in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. In Les Miserables‚ the ex-convict Jean Valjean is released from prison and spends one of his first nights of freedom in the house of a kind bishop. When leaving‚ Jean Valjean steals some of the bishop’s silverware and is later

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    I do not think that Victor Kelleher is an exceptional thriller writer. However I do agree to the statement which says that “Del-Del grips like a vice and holds the reader taut‚ on a nerves edge‚ until the final page. Victor Kelleher is a very talented thriller writer‚ the technique where he drops small clues in the text as to a possible ending is one to be admired and his fantastic techniques which he uses is the best thing about Del-Del‚ Unfortunately Kelleher did not show his greatest work in this

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