Beautiful Monster

How would you feel if someone could control what you were thinking? In “The Feed” written by M.T Anderson, everyone living in the community had a feed in their brain that was controlled by one large organization. Violet, the main character, suffers through a malfunction in her feed that changes the way she sees her society. Most people’s opinions can be changed when they have experienced the benefits and the disadvantages of something. Since Violet is aware of how life is with and without the feed, she becomes hesitant to believing that her community is being run efficiently.

The short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a story full of imaginative symbolism and descriptive settings. However, without the narrator’s unique point of view and how it affects her perception of her environment, the story would fail to inform the reader of the narrator’s emotional plummet. The gothic function of the short story is to allow the reader to be with the narrator as she gradually loses her sanity and the point of view of the narrator is key in ensuring the reader has an understanding of the narrator’s emotional and mental state throughout the story. It’s clear from the beginning of the story that the narrator’s point of view greatly differs from that of her husband’s and other family in her life.

In the essay “Green monster” who do you believe is his intended audience and why? In “The Green Monster,” James McWilliams informs the reader about GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms) and the affects it has on animals, plants, farmers and our food. Through multiple illustrations of the affects of GMO, he contends that GMO has various potential consequences, which may in fact be more positive than detrimental to food sustainability. His intended audience seems to be food consumers but more specifically, those uninterested in or wary of products which are genetically modified.

Tessa an upcoming freshman at Pilchuck High School spends most of her summer playing football with her boyfriend and his friends. Moreover, she went for runs with her best friends Lexie and Marina. Throughout the summer many things had happened to Tessa; she had gotten a boyfriend, she started playing football, and had a strife with her mother. But most of all she had been able to play in football camp. The decisions that she had to make had conflicted with her friends and family members.

Monsters lurk can in many different areas. To find out where monsters lurk the reader must first have a perspective as to what a monster is to them. An imaginary creature that typically large, ugly, and frightening; better known as a monster to most. For some people a monster can exist under a bed or closet. For others a bad or harmful person can be a monster.

“Quite an experience to live in fear” (Scott). Humans view death as final and therefore fear it. Death brings the unknown and humans deal with this fear by either suppressing it or seeking comfort in religion. To die is to become insignificant. Humans have a deep desire to cheat death.

What does it mean to be a monster? Monsters can manifest themselves in a number of ways. Modern day monsters Humans are often described as monsters by the media and Supernatural traits Fear Actions scare us Breaks moral conventions – existence, actions Three different types of monsters in the Greek world. Composites are monsters composed of more than one being whether it be animals mixed with humans or humans mixed with animals Medusa, Centaurs and the Minotaur are all examples of this type. Scale can also characterise something as a monster

From the emergence of literature and arts to contemporary times, monsters have served a dual purpose of both inciting fear and awe. This duality is reflected through the vastly different reactions of humans to the presence of monsters. For the young, depictions of horrific creatures often haunt their dreams, creating feelings of anxiety and terror in times of loneliness. Adults, conversely, frequently dismiss the notion of exotic beings, but rather imagine the dejected and deplorable of society as true “monsters”. The latter distinction is critical; Jeffery Cohen in his work “Monster Culture (Seven Theses), presents an intriguing claim that monsters represent their cultural body, specifically the context in which they were conceived or have

The word “monster” has several denotative and connotative meanings. Merriam-Webster defines “monster” in five different ways, but they all boil down to one main point. Whether a monster is defined by its impact in a certain area or its abnormal size or shape, a monster is usually something or someone that deviates from the norm and is therefore generally feared. Interestingly, though not surprisingly, “monster” is believed to come from the Latin words monstrum, meaning “omen”, and monēre, meaning “to warn” (“Monster”). From a personal opinion, however, “Monster” has a more ambiguous meaning, matching its connotation rather than its dictionary definition.

The Green-eyed Monster We may not be proud of our jealousies, but most of us have them. When we feel insecure, unloved, unsure of ourselves, we tend to become jealous of what we want to hold for ourselves. Like the little fellow who hangs on to his toy fire engine and won't let anyone else look at it, we cling possessively to our friends and loved ones. We're afraid to share, afraid of losing what we love, insecure about our ability to hold our rights, and as a result we're jealous and possessive. Claire may gloat in her boy friend's jealousy and feel that it's a sign of Tom's ardent love.

Is it cruel to expect a person to go on with life whose fate is sealed by the monster inside them? Technological progresses have been developing over time with new inventions and new ideas. Moral responsibility is knowing right from wrong and taking the responsibility of those actions. In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, monstrosity is a main theme and issue in the novel. Monstrosity is something that is unpleasant to look at.

The google definition of a monster is as follows; an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening, an inhumanly cruel or wicked person. How do I define monster? I define a monster as someone who has no feeling, someone (or something), who doesn't care about anything except survival. Someone who couldn’t give less of a shit (excuse my language) about anyone or anything other than themselves. The issue I will work on addressing in this essay is Dr. Frankenstein's monster.