For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times. “Marshall is dead” was repeated in the book to emphasize the feeling of grief Avalon faced. In “The Colour Purple” death and loss is shown when both Celie’s children are taken away from her at birth and is given the impression that they where killed. Bullying occurs the day you are born by society determining colours, interest and behaviours that suit the type of gender you are. However bullying doesn’t really show it’s self until we go to school, this style of bullying can be verbal, physical or electronic.
For example, if you look at serial killers and bullies, the reason why they are so angry towards society and innocent people is because that is probably how they were treated while they were growing up. The case is the same in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the theme isolation motivates destruction can be seen when Victor abandons his creature after creating it, when the creature is rejected by the De Lacey family, when William rejects the creature in the woods and
The Lovely Bones is a tragic tale of how Susie Salmon and her family dealt with her rape and murder at the age of fourteen. The novel is riveting as it combines violence, love and mystery into one story of a broken family and their healing. The book was written by Alice Sebold who herself was raped during her college years. The story does not have your typical perfect ending but one as Weldon describes, one in which Susie has come to terms with her death. Susie was only fourteen when she was raped and killed by a man she knew.
(See "Alternative Books.") Plot Summary Fourteen year old Celie has led a very rough life. Her mother is very sick, and when she goes to visit the doctor Celie is left alone with her father, Fonso. While the mother is gone, Fonso rapes Celie. Celie's mother dies soon after and now Fonso rapes Celie more and more often, saying "You gonna do what your mammy wouldn't" (p. 1).
The death of Nancy Montgomery, Kinnear's housekeeper and mistress, has been disregarded as both villains had already been sentenced to death. Grace is around thirty years old, being accused of the crimes when she was only sixteen. Grace is in prison where she has been mentally tortured during her rotation from prison to asylum over time. Doctors who wish to "examine" her frequently visit. She now has a subconscious aversion to these doctors and the world which she knows.
ENG 2110 Discussion questions: #1 The Iroquois Creation story The Iroquois story conflict with the bible in many aspects. According to the Iroquois story it said “The woman was in a painful condition during the time of their dispute, and the infants entered the dark world by compulsion, and their parent expired in a few moments.” The author refers to Eve as “the woman” in the story and how she was in great pain during her delivery of the twins. The infants entered the dark world then the woman died which conflict with the book of Genesis. The book of Genesis said “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord (Gen 4:1) And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
She once told her brother that she thought that the devil was inside her. After Andrea Yates’ dad pasted away, her condition worsened and she had a new diagnosis which was schizophrenia. Later on in jail Andrea Yates was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder. When Andrea Yates murdered her children she drowns them in a bath tub one by one. She held the children under the water until they stopped fighting.
Caroline becomes almost like a guardian angel as she attends to her ill father for several months and also adopts Elizabeth to give her the lifestyle in which she deserves. She almost really does become a guardian angel, as she dies in child birth whilst giving birth to William. This contributes to the theme of birth and creation, as she takes her life to create a new one, in turn entwining the ideas of death and birth together. Victor’s wanting to create the monster stemmed from ‘the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn’ as he wanted to gain all knowledge and become almost God. Following the death of Caroline, Victor becomes engrossed in the creation and the idea of creating a monster and almost usurps the role of God by creating ‘man’, however it can be argued by many that the Monster isn’t a man at all, nor is he treated like one by many due to his looks.
At a young age, Victor Frankenstein’s parents took into there home, a young girl named Elizabeth, to be raised as their daughter. In subsequent years, Victors mother would die in child birth; leaving behind her infant child, William. Victor Frankenstein vowed to gain the knowledge required to reanimate the dead. Hence creating life, this how the creature known as the Frankenstein monster, came in existence. Mary Shelley, the author of The Frankenstein, provides valid points to prove that the creation of Frankenstein was a victim of circumstances verse a monster.
This book is an illustration of the destruction she experienced in her life, and her inability to control any of it, just as how Frankenstein and The Creature did not have any control over their tragedies. One way in which Mary Shelly has displayed her life through Frankenstein is that her inability to give life has been shown through Victor's curiosity with life and death. Frankenstein's obsession with giving life has been clearly displayed in this quote, "Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world" (38). Victor's obsession with discovering the secrets of life have completely consumed him as a person. In conclusion, many people and events throughout the course of Mary Shelley’s life influenced her novel Frankenstein.