.... as film scripts, etc. (Jasen 1). During his childhood was abandoned by his parents and lived with various relatives. Although, as David Damrosch notes, Wodehouse "always insisted that he had a happy childhood, including a relationship with a father who was 'normal as rice pudding'"(Damrosch 453). He moved from England to Hong Kong and to the United States. He was introduced and brought up by a variety of aunts, uncles, nannies, and schools. (Damrosch 453). He went through many things such as being captured by the Germans during WWII, where he made radio broadca .....

.... black humor, which is uncommon amongst these types of books (Overview 1). His humor targets the futility of warfare, the negative effects of technology, and the potential of man’s evil to cause havoc. He laughs and is pessimistic towards government and religion (Introduction 1). Vonnegut is anti-technology, anti-machine, and anti-science and he shows this throughout his books (Overview 1). There is a concern of genuine human questions throughout his books. These questions often are about war, peace, technology, and human happiness. These questions recur thr .....

.... we Have no such daughter, nor shall ever see That face of her again. Therefore be gone Without our grace, our love, our benison. ( I, i, ll 261-264 ) Because of Lear’s high position in society, he is supposed to be able to distinguish the good from the bad; unfortunately, his lack of sight prevented him to do so. Lear’s first act of blindness is his foolish need of displayed affection by his daughters. First, he was easily deceived by his two eldest daughter’s lies, then he was unable to see the reality of Cordelia’ .....

.... war. George and got in a heated argument about the war and their different opinions and he left to go out. George told her he would come back for dinner. At this point considered their relationship over. She did not see how she could continue to love a man who did not love his country as much as she did. When George left, that was it for . She decided that if he could not believe the way she did then he did not deserve her. She sat down and wrote him a letter and gathered all the things he had ever given her and put them all in a box. In the letter, sh .....

.... children up and takes out their organs. He starts to feel distinctly nauseous, and his face turns green. The Mask he is wearing slips off, and two other priests take the knife out of his hands, because they see his green face and then Dysart wakes up again. 6. Hesther visits Dysart again. They talk about Alan and that he began to talk to Dysart after two days. Dysart mentions that Alan has nightmares in which he screams out the word "Ek". Dysart tells Hesther that Frank (Allan's father) did not allow Allan to watch TV. Allan told Dysart that his mom (Dora) .....

.... dealer in magic sayings, a conceited worthless orator, a wicked sly priest, or just a good stupid sheep amongst a large herd. No, and he, Govinda, did not want to become any of these, not a Brahmin like ten thousand others of their kind. He wanted to follow Siddhartha, the beloved, the magnificent. And if he ever became a god, if he ever entered the All-Radiant, the Govinda wanted to follow him as a friend, his companion, his servant, his lance bearer, his shadow.” (2) He finds the sensuality of love from the beautiful Kamala. She teaches him everything .....

.... his options. In the first stanza, the emphasis is on the road that was not traveled. The persona wants to travel both roads, but he cannot ”and be one traveler.” There is a strong sense of wonder before the choice is made because he knows that in one lifetime he cannot travel down every road. And that at this point in time one of the roads must be chosen. After the choice of roads is described and considered, Frost writes "Oh, I kept the first for another day! /Yet knowing how way leads on to way, /I doubted if I should ever come back." This .....

.... experience, in addition to a historical account of the events taking place in 18nth century Africa. At times he goes into severe detail, in situations in which he is taken aback. This includes the travels through the marsh and swamp lands, the treatment of the natives, and the appearance of the new environment. When defining his surroundings he often uses transitions that revert back to the title of the work, allowing him to keep a theme of fear, death, and most significantly darkness. The setting is notably a major focus point in Conrad's work, and al .....