.... that he “desires the company of a man who could sympathise with me”(Shelley 4). When Walton rescues Victor Frankenstein, his hopes of a new friendship become reality. He writes to his sister that his “affection for my guest increases every day” and his guest “excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree”(Shelley 11). With Walton’s change in attitude, it is clear that he has a need to be close to others and that his isolation causes him great emotional pain and loneliness. Frankenstein, like Walton, isolated himself from family and frie .....

.... to a guy." The two have grown together, and they live a part of eachother. George, being the leader of the two, has the responsibility of caring for Lennie, who is much like a child in his ways, however, far more dangerous than his inner character reflects. George has to keep a watchful eye over Lennie, for without constant supervision, Lennie would inadvertently kill anything he touches. George has towards Lennie the tenderness and protective instinct which most have towards the helpless, the disadvantaged, and the dependent. George has encountered and embr .....

.... the pressure of giving up her baby given by her father. Tommy got to know Maribeth and soon without realizing it he had fallen in love with her. Tommy's parent had a lot of difficulty accepting Maribeth because she was so young and alone and also pregnant. But very soon they became supportive of Tommy and his love for Maribeth because they realized how good-hearted she was. Tommy's parents soon decide to adopt Maribeth's child, knowing that this was another chance to share their love with a child, knowing that this child was a gift from God, and that Maribeth wa .....

.... why and how the women's perspective is of importance. I believe the reason the women's view is to put a different perspective upon everything that goes on in the book, as compared with the perspective of Tayo. There are two women in the book who put their perspective into the story, one of them is the elderly mistress of Josiah and the other one is Helen Jean who went on one of the many joyrides that Harley and the others went on. These women are actually just a way for the author to explain how the rest of society viewed Tayo. An example of this is when Helen Je .....

.... created, they were not to intelligent. Due to this, the creators manipulated their minds with lies. The creatures, even though they out numbered the humans by a large margin, believed everything their “Masters” would utter, and, therefore, followed a code of law. These laws consisted of the following: they were not to walk on all-fours, they were not to suck up their drink, they were not to eat flesh of any kind, including fish, they were not to claw the bark of trees, and they were not to chase other men, for “that is the Law”(Wells 121). The punishment .....

.... Highways as the definition of Earth in the universe encyclopedia both represent the smallness of human-beings, contrary to their original conception. Furthermore, the alien breeds are not perfect at all, many aspects of their actions represent a similar action which is often taken by humans: The destruction of earth without an announcement, is an equivalent of the house- destruction of Ford Perfect, one of the story's heroes, with out announcing him, both are explained by the governments as actions for the welfare of the population at the cost of suffer for a single person or for a relatively s .....

.... Greek lyric poets, and because of his industriousness he was known as the “Attic Bee” (Rexine 132). “Do to his youthful beauty, he was chosen to lead the chorus in the Paen of Thanksgiving for the naval victory at Salamis in 480 BC.” (Rexine 132) In Sophocles’ long life he several times held public office, partly do to his fame as a dramatist and his gentle qualities as a man. “In 440 BC he was appointed one of the generals in the war which Pericles led against Samos, and in 413 BC.” (Magill, Kohler p# 1023) He w .....

.... Disorders," this condition could be the human condition, for it consists of "uncertainty about several life issues, such as self-image, sexual orientation, long-term goals or career choice, types of friends or lovers to have" - what one of Caisson's therapists called "people whose lifestyles bother them." Certainly, Caisson suggests , such uncertainty is the normal state of teen-agers. Especially the smart ones, such as Caisson herself, who, like clever prisoners, learn to work the hospital's system of rules and restrictions to their own advantage. Patients are .....