Did you like the book The Things They Carried?

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Parallelism

"Hideouse Monster let me go!" page 136
"Great God who are you!" page 128

Through out the story there is a repeating theme of rejection. THe monster is first rejected by his creator, then the cottagers, then William, then the girl he tried to save. In fact this repeated rejection is what lead him to act appon his hatred for victor. Another theme that is associated with this is that the people fear and hate the creature because of his looks. The reader understands that he only seeks companionship and love. The monster makes a comment when he frames Justine for murder that he learned his evil ways from man. THis is certainly the case. THe monster starts out lost and reaching for his creator and ends up being constanly rejected to the point of hating his life and not caring for the lives around him. Prejeduce and hatred inspire his actions and are the driving force in the story.

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