... he strived to make his children perfect and not to wonder. He raised his children never to wonder, never to doubt facts and to never entertain any vice or fancy. As soon as Gradgrind’s children were old enough to absorb, he was feeding giving more lessons than they could hold. His children were brought up only knowing one way to live and that was the idea that if it is not fact, then it is false. He was emotionaless as were his children because they were brought up only knowing what they were taught by him. Eventually, as Gradgrind’s children became older, what they were taught began to turn sour in their mind ...

... people were blindly optimistic about science. All work and products were created by man. People were not so concerned about making their work more efficient, easier, or better productive. The Scientific Revolution began to change many opinion of views of the people. The Scientific Revolution shaped the modern world by introducing mathematical and scientific theories. The formation of the empirical method , reason, and the laws of nature such as mathematical formulas, brought about more sense of thinking. Great thinkers and mathematicians such as Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Newton, etc., are ...

... the small community there lived a woman that had been through a recent divorce, and was raising three children, Kate, the author, and her brother Sean. Because the mother is having a problem making ends meet, she begins to go to church and meets the antagonist, Mr. Mason. The story is told by the author in the body and mind of an eight year old. It is a first-person narration and she is playing the part of the protagonist. The point of view remains constant throughout the story, which gives you only the viewpoint of the author to get facts from. Although this may be a possibly unreliable perspective, due to sel ...

... was not alone--fifty feet away a figure had emerged from the shadow of my neighbor's mansion with his hands in his pockets . . . (p. 21) Being the absolute mystery that he is, Gatsby is this "silhouette of a moving cat," and lives his life this way. As this quote shows, Gatsby emerges from the shadow to reveal himself to Nick (who is one of a very few amount of people that he confides in with the truth of who he really is). Whether Gatsby is throwing extravagant parties in his own home or with a small group of people, who he is remains a secret. Gatsby is constantly encompassed by darkness and secrecy When Gatsby thr ...

... with society's "band-wagon." Yet within this oblivious hoard, one man had the audacity to prevent the attempted murder- Mr. Cunningham. It took a few small but significant words from Scout to convert Cunninghams's way of thinking to a more normal fashion. "Let's clear out" was all it took form Cunningham to remove the men, and go home. Similarly in the courtroom, another moral dilemma arose: this time within the jury. Once more, a group of twelve men came with an intent of charging Tom Robinson guilty. No where did it say the bias jury initially had a guilty verdict in mind, but with the attitude towards blacks i ...

... is a loss of trust in a person or the loss of one's view that "life is fair." For example, David Hayden from Montana 1948 grew up thinking life was fair till he lost his innocence. Uncle Frank lost his trust in the world and as a consequence, lashed out at everyone around him. Paul Morel from Sons and Lovers lost his innocence at a very young age. He was confronted with disappointments which changed his life throughout the novel. Both of these novels demonstrate that a is inevitable and is caused by a lack of care in a society to prevent the youth in that society from growing up not trusting the world. T ...

... to make friends with two other soldiers, John wilson and Jim Conklin. Wilson was as exited about going to war as Henry, while Jim was confident about the success of the new regiment. Henry started to realize after a few days of marching, that their regiment was just wandering aimlessly, going in circles, like a vast blue demonstration. They kept marching on without purpose, direction, or fighting. Through time Henry started to think about the battles in a different way, a more close and experienced way, he started to become afraid that he might run from battle when duty calls. He felt like a servent doing whateve ...

... Abigail Williams, a young devious girl lusts after another women's husband. The man, John Proctor, a man who truly loves his wife, made a mistake and had an affair with Abigail, when she worked for the Proctors in their home. After the affair, John, ashamed and guilty, wants nothing to do with Abigail. Hoever, Abigailfeels she loves Proctor and will not feel happy until she is with him. In order to do this, she accuses his wife Elizabeth of witchcraft. Although she causes an uproar in the town along with her friends with their stories and accusations of witchcraft, her plan backfires on her. Instead of doing aw ...

... but rather, its keeper. Stark uses information about people for blackmail, to achieve his goals. His goals for political offices ranged from Mason County Treasurer to state governor, senator, and most likely thoughts of presidency. And on the way to get to these offices, Stark had to overpower others with dark knowledge, the secrets people keep. Stark says that “man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something (49).” He is saying that everyone has something to hide, a skeleton in the closet. Stark knows that everyone ...

... in his opinion, offer him more knowledge, opportunity, and wealth in his ambitious pursuit for wisdom. Despite the harsh warnings of the good angel, he follows the temptations of the devil, as he desires to be the commander of the elements. He prepares to make the commitment to surrender his soul to Lucifer, on the condition that he is spared for twenty-four years and permitted to indulge himself as he wishes. He is also given Mephistophilis to attend to his every need. Despite the attractiveness of the offer at hand, Faust is pledging his soul to eternal damnation. Because he will have access to infinite knowle ...