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… with the censorship of the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, I can note various reasons why administrators across the country proclaimed it a bad influence and took it off of their reading lists. Because the main character…

… and prejudice the main character Elizabeth Bennet, or Lizzy, is always judging people. There are many characters in the novel, some that she is fond of and some she is not so fond of. This does not mean how ever that characters she thinks highly…

… have thrilled and challenged readers with visions of the future and future worlds. These authors offered an insight into what they expected man, society, and life to be like at some future time. A society can achieve stability only when…

… the principle that civilization and a formalized society have a corrupting influence upon man. They argue that man is innocent and society is evil and that consequently, society brings out the evil in man. However, if one reads Lord of the Flies by…

… an apple; either being what you want. Oranges and apples have similarities; such as, being a fruit, but have contrasting attributes, like apples are non-citric and oranges are full of citric – that’s why they never go brown. And that is like Nick and…

… not be able to support your family. This was a reality for Jurgis Rudkus, the main character of The Jungle. There was always the fear that he might lose his job to someone younger and stronger. Early in the twentieth century there was no such thing…

… the children felt from their father, and how they tried everything they could to win their fathers love. They were just innocent kids crying out for love and attention. When reading East of Eden you would think that Cyrus didn’t even love his sons,…

… in the 1950’s, especially being poor and black was extremely difficult. In the autobiography written by Anne Moody, Coming of age in Mississippi she talks about her difficult battles growing up being poor, black, and living in one of the raciest states…

… Frank O’Connor portrays Mick Delaney as a classic Irish drunk, by showing his selfishness, his ego, and his depression. He has all three of these, in great quantity, which makes him a very unstable person. It does not just affect him; it also…

… innate desire to improve oneself. Other times, the transformation is directly the result of outside influences; such as a significant event or inspiration from respected individuals and role models. The latter is the case in Alice Walker’s The Color…