...depth and sensitivity. All alone by himself, we realize the monster was as innocent as and defenseless as a baby. He has been suffering with the trials he has faced during his time alone, being hungry, cold, and no shelter. He experiences the world as a kid would, not know anything about it. He had to learn by himself how to find food, make fire, and how to make shelter from the cold or rain. A the monster explains his tale, he sounds surprisingly gentle and peaceful. He did not sound like a true monster would sound. The terrible though is that, every encounter with humanity; he has been met with horror and disgust. The monster does not really mean any harm, but it's just his appearance which makes him such an outcast. He's an outcast and no fault on his own; he has never showed any kind of love or companionship. For this reason, sympathy comes along in the subject because of the life the monster has. He has been treated with such disgust and hatred all his tme and for no good reason. Other readers too probably start to sympathize the monster as well as you hear his story. You realize, the monster isn't really a monster, but sort of a confused child lost in the world. People though, would still treat him as an actual monster. The monster compares himself to those who have shunned him and really starts to believe that he really is a monster. He sees himself in a reflection and is shocked by his own appearance and is almost unable to accept...
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...Throughout the story, the protagonist, Claudette, changes slowly from a wolf into a normal human while Mirabella never changes, and she is sent out. At the end, Claudette successfully graduated from the school, and she goes to see her parents, but she tells her first lie once she gets there. The analyzation of this story shows many elements used throughout while also teaching the readers a lesson.The usage of tone and resolution in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” reveal that it is more important to hold onto a person’s individuality instead of conforming to society. “St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” uses egocentric word choice to show the wolf culture is treated without respect compared to human culture. In the story, Claudette reveals, “The nuns, they said, would make us naturalized citizens of human society” (238). The nuns are stating that the wolf culture is unnatural while the human culture is normal or natural. Also, Claudette exclaims, “ Someone was coming in and erasing us” (240). The girls mark their territory every night but when they came back their scent was gone. The nuns...
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...persistently shoots Piggy down, ‘"There ain't nothing we can do. We ought to be more careful. I'm scared....." Jack yells back at him. "You're always scared. Yah ---- Fatty!"‘(Golding 45). Jack uses intimidation to knowledgeably hurt Piggy and make him cower against him. Piggy is a continuously bullied which exemplifies the intense cruelty of the characters. Abandonment, however, is another form of cruelty that is also present when Jack is left all alone after being abandoned by all of the boys on the island who went to join Jack’s savage tribe instead. Ralph is totally isolated and extremely depressed and becomes even more depressed when Sam and Eric sneak off to tell him that Jack's planning to kill him (Golding). Ralph is forced to become an outcast by Jack, who convinces the others to allow him to be the leader, leading...
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...in high school, but only 7% of those harassed told a teacher about it. This statistic is just one of many that shows how females are ashamed of what happened and tend to internalize the issue, feeling that they must have done something to cause it to happen. There are many cultures and communities that tend to misuse women, but one of the more “familiar” trends is that of the male athletes and female students. The male athletes and others in their peer group are treated as heros and put on a pedestal. They are allowed to think that they can have or take whatever they want and because of these thoughts of superiority, whenever a female student stands up to a “jock” she is shunned or treated as an outcast. High school is like a popularity contest and nobody wants to be known as an outcast, so the female students learn quickly that the the price of their acceptance is submission. In order to be...
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...against Anton. I think gene therapy has it promises, but when used in the fashion as it was used in the Gattaca I think its progress should be carefully monitored. Right now sheep and other animals are being cloned. Soon primates and Humans could be cloned. I think we should further investigate human cloning for research on the parenting process and other physiological experiments that can only be used now on identical twins separated at birth. These experiments when used could be used to gain insight on what our genes determine in our personalities. I also think that the achievement of us humans cloning ourselves would be a great achievement for the entire human race such as it was when we landed on the moon in 1969. In the movie Gattaca they barely showed the moral consequences of the actions. Anton’s father showed more pride in his brother than Anton, but what about Anton making friends, was he doomed to be a social outcast in friendships also? The second rate swimmer so depressed by being second in a race almost committed suicide, what about him? The movie never revealed how poor nations around the world dealt with eventually becoming a nation of an inferior human race. The movie pretty much shows how Hitler’s plan of creating a perfect human race would be like. The movie does show some positives though. A longer lifetime full of health was promised to all planned pregnancies. Diseases were also...
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...If one day there is something so powerful that it would outcast mankind on earth, it would lead to human extinction, then Sara Teasdale and Ray Bradbury,- and most likely many others, have a pretty good picture on how this would happen. Sara Teasdale wrote a poem about a war that caused the extinction of mankind in 1884 -1933. The nature was growing and continued with its daily activities and nobody had a care for the world and for the war. Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about how technology took over the world. They created technology that did chores, and daily tasks that humans should be doing to the point where they shouldn’t even have to stand up throughout the day. This story showed how technology outcasted humanity, but animals were...
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...Being different: A sin? Being different on the eyes of others creates different effects. It may be good but most of the time, bad effects. We humans are often fooled by our eyes. Things that are uncommon to our sight always become the center of insults. Gays and lesbians are no exception. Accusations, public opinions, insults.Are all of these part of being different? Do they really have to suffer all of these because they’re different? A gay once said, “This is me. This is where I met my happiness. This is where I belong.” HAPPINESS, a great part of being fully human. And we don’t have the authority to take that happiness away from them. “Being surrounded with people who truly care, it’s priceless. They have said that we can never choose our family, but I just did.” a lesbian said. They never wanted to be accepted in this sinful world. All they want is understanding, respect. Human rights are also their rights. Nobody is a picture perfect but we are all worth it. They are still humans. They have the capacity to love, to think, to choose. And they choose to be happy. Was that considered sin? God made everything for everyone. We do not have the rights to create limitations for gays and lesbians. IT’S GOOD TO BE TRUE- a famous cliché. But how can being true be good when we are discriminating the way they express their selves? We are not letting them feel what normal persons usually do. According to research, common challenge faced by gays and lesbians- A father...
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...GATTACA Reflection Paper Gattaca’s main character, Anton, is a prime example of how altering a human genetic makeup creates even more problems with discriminated and inequality than the human race is capable of handling. Anton wasn’t given an opportunity in the society to prove himself because the potential employees of companies were not tested on their skills or knowledge but on their physical and mental qualifications. This same society also used derogatory terms for people like Anton. Simply because his parents decided that he would come into the world naturally instead of through gene therapy or alteration. Terms like “faith birth'; and “invalid'; were used against Anton to make him inferior to others that have had genetic alterations. Genetic engineering could be extremely beneficial, but when used in the fashion as it was used in the Gattaca it could change things forever. Currently sheep and other animals are being cloned, soon primates and humans could be cloned also. Further investigations should be done on the real benefits of clone and if it is really necessary. These experiments (when used correctly) could be used to gain insight on what our genes determine in our personalities. Although human cloning and genetic engineering would be a huge achievement to the entire human race such as it was when we landed on the moon in 69, a persons life shouldn’t be changed dramatically. No employer or insurance company should know if a person has been genetically...
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...It’s no new concept that man is his own worst enemy. For ages, sayings like, ‘you are your biggest critic,’ have supported this theory. People criticize themselves endlessly, create scenarios in their heads, make false assumptions, and most often, never give the benefit of the doubt. That is exactly what Gene did to Finny in the novel A Separate Peace. Throughout the novel, Finny was portrayed as a character who possessed a childlike ignorance, always acting on instinct and never having any hidden intentions. He befriended Gene in a heartbeat, not once second guessing his decision to do so. In the end, however, it was that same seemingly ‘harmless’ quality that jaded Gene, resulting in an inevitably tragic end. Towards the beginning...
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...chapter begins with Torrey leaving the hospital. Later that day, Kaysen randomly begins to examine her hand. She states, “my palm looked like a monkey’s palm” (Pg. 101) then continues to claim her hand may not be human. She then tries to bite into her hand in order to see inside of it. This is the first act of madness that we have seen from Kaysen so far in this book. She takes the reader through every thought she has in this process. First examining her hand, second biting her hand, third scratching at her hand, and finally being subdued. Kaysen is very distraught when looking at her hand. She worries she is not human because she believes she does not possess any bones in her hand. She claimed, “if I spread my fingers apart, my hand looked more human.” (Pg. 102) This is, of course, absurd to me. All people have bones, and Kaysen is obviously a person, but she is so adamant on not having any bones in her hand. Then, in order to prove to herself she is a real human, she decides to rip into her hand. Though it is hard for me to understand this thought process, I do understand the concept of being curious and wondering about aspects of them selves. Whether or not they are normal. This is what Kaysen is portraying. The fear of not being like her friends and being an outcast. When the nurse finally notices Kaysen’s actions, she hands Kaysen a cup filled with medicine. Thorazine, to be exact. The nurses do not ask any questions, they do not try to help or try to get to the real problem...
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...the audience is able to see the events that he takes place in and understand why he makes the choices that he does. Grendel telling the story firsthand lets the reader follow his life from childhood, to when he becomes a monster. Grendel evolves greatly through the story as his opinions on certain things change. He acquires a more advanced way of narrating and writing through the novel. He also includes things like the thoughts of other characters, for example, when he's comparing humans to animals saying the deer “sees all life without observing it” (Page 8). His narration changes the storyline and the view of things from that of Beowulf. If the novel were to be told by another character, the reader would not get a clear...
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...elderly, and they are being used as self-sufficient war machines which has given a raise to some problems that affects us greatly. I totally agree with the points that Sharkey made and looking at it this way will change the perspective of people too. After all machines are machines and humans are humans there is a huge range of emotions that a robot don’t possess. It’s true that I’m a little bit shocked of the issues that are presented by the author but after reading it more than once I agree with it. The first thing is the Idea of robots taking care of children with observation through mobile phones by their parents. Through researches with robots that take care of children it has shown that the child grows a really strong attachment towards them, children might get so attached that they would prefer the robots over a stuffed animal or a small toy. Parents might keep their kids busy with TV but only for a short while. However the TV doesn’t provide a child with his personal needs. However, what will happen if children are left alone with the care of robots for a long period of time? Sadly it’s still unknown how the young kids will be affected due to the fact that we can’t do experiments on humans. But an experiment has been conducted on monkeys and they showed that being left with the exclusive care of an independent machine would lead to social dysfunctionality in the long term. Even if parents decide to buy robots, the community has to make laws that concern the use of robots...
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...brought to the limelight by the hideous figure of Victor Frankenstein's monster and the creature's humanistic need for acceptance. Every human is engraved with a controlling desire to be accepted in an intellectual and sophisticated manner, regardless of his or her physical appearance. The duty of the creator is displayed through Victor Frankenstein's failure in taking responsibility for his creature, this constant theme is entwined with the consequences of judging solely on physicality. The monster's revolting...
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...people who knows him, because of his appearance and more for his lack of knowledge. For that reason nobody took him seriously except for ben whose son of his mother’s friend. Ben saw how loving and caring Danny Dimatuto in a short time Ben and Danny Dimatuto became friends. They went through difficult times such as Ben being Criticize by others because of him, but their bond is too great to be shattered. Problem: The problem is that Danny Dimatutu stayed who he is he didn’t try to make himself better. The community where he grows criticize, bullied and outcast Danny Dimatuto. Solution: Danny Dimatuto should’ve try harder to improve himself and proved others that he can also be a normal person or even greater. Also the community where he belongs could have helped him bloom into a better person. Message: Don’t be contented of who you are always find a way to be greater every single day. Everyone who wants to do well to the human race always ends up in universal bullying. Even if you are the most uneducated, ugliest, and disgusting person in the universe, there’s always this one person who will accept you completely and will try to understand and help you at your darkest times. Part II: Analysis Relating to SHE: The story of Danny Dimatuto is like Albert Einstein that the fact that he is a high school dropped out he makes a way to become successful. But the simple fact of the matter is that the greatest mind of his time was a fact a high school dropped out. This story is...
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...have imaginary boundaries that result in a lack of awareness. Many issues in the world are caused simply because at least one of the two sides in an issue are simply ignorant or unaware of the reality that the other side faces. Appiah explains that conversation is extremely important to the progression of the beliefs and ideals that human beings hold as individuals and as a society. In his book, Appiah speaks on the importance of conversation. Appiah defines conversation by stating, “So I’m using the word ‘conversation’ not only for literal talk but also as a metaphor for engagement with the experience and the ideas of others. And I stress the role of the imagination here because the encounters, properly conducted, are valuable in themselves. Conversation doesn’t have to load to consensus about anything, especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another.” Appiah is correct in saying conversation amongst people with different beliefs and backgrounds can bring change to cultures and society, but nothing he points out should be regarded as anything other than attaching a name to a pattern that has repeated itself through human history. The practice of foot-binding in China is one of the examples Appiah provides to demonstrate how conversation can bring change. For over a thousand years, it was a Chinese custom for women to bind their feet so that they would not continue to grow larger. Foot-binding resulted in many horrible defects for women across...
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