Frankenstein

"Remember, that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel". (page 69) I found this quote to be very interesting. It almost emphasized the situational irony in my previous blog. Even the creation knew he should have been accepted with open arms by his creator. He alludes to the Bible by saying that he should have been Adam, the first creation of God. The creation is implicating that Victor was trying to play God. This adds to the theme of creation. Victor should not have done his experiment due to the morals surrounding his work. He is not God, yet he strived to achieve what God does. In addition, the creature recognizes that he is seen as the devil by Victor. This seems to cause sympathy towards him because he has no one else in the world. Even his creator fears him. I think that this also proves that Victor should not have created him since he has made him live in a life of sadness. The selfishness of Victor is portrayed in this one quote made by his creation.

My FIRST blog :)

This would be my very first blog for my AP Lit! I finished reading The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway, so my first ohhh twenty blogs will be about this. I will start off with my literary terms for this book.
Lit Term #1:
Allusions

• page 93: " 'It's enough to make a man join the Klan' "

This refers to the Ku Klux Klan.

• page 126: "As a tribute to the Great Commoner"

This refers to William Jennings Bryan.

The first one listed alludes to the Ku Klux Klan which was commonly known in our history. It really is a rude, almost sarcastic remark made by Bill. Although this is true, using this literary technique really emphasizes his contempt. For someone to joing the Klan, they would have hate towards Christians, but mostly in particular Catholics. They want to eat and three of them were sent back since they were not Catholics. If a person were a part of the Klan, they would try to pretty much exterminate the Catholics. By doing this, the men would not have had to wait to eat, so this allusion definitely is used to effectively convey Bill's feelings towards the situation.

The second one listed is also to make a point more effective. Bill is also the one using this when he is trying to settle an arguement arising between them. He is referring to Bryan because he taught evolution and got in trouble for it, but evolution tells when things occur or show up. Bill says the correct order and alludes to Bryan in order to strengthen his opinion/statement.