Friday, February 22, 2008

independent reading BLOGGGG

In The Road evil is not only attractive but also necessary for survival. The son and father and forced to continue through hording food and killing off threats. In this case evil is very attractive and ultimately necessary. It can be argued that these acts are not evil due to the situation...

Evil Portraits

In James Joyce's novel The Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man the idea that evil is attractive is very profound. The main character Stephen must decide between his religious upbringings or to bercome an artidt, his dream. Ultimately through the stream of conciousness that the reader witness Stephen follws his dreams an becomes as artidt. Stephen is attracted to the evils such as prositiues. He falls into the trap un\til he realizes what the future holds for him. This coming of age story allows evil to turn into thye realization of expectations of happiness and success.