Michael Crichton's The Great Train Robbery

(1) Toni Morrison’s Beloved takes place after the Civil War during the Reconstruction era, when the violent oppression of the black race continued, with flashbacks to the horrific trauma of the early 19th century slavery period. In Margaret Atwood’s review of Beloved in

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“I wanted to tell the book thief many things, about beauty and brutality. But what could I tell her about those things that she didn 't already know? I wanted to explain that I am constantly overestimating and underestimating the human race-that rarely do I ever simply estimate it. I wanted to ask her how the same thing could be so ugly and so glorious, and its words and stories so damning and brilliant.” (Zusak 550) Markus Zusak wrote “The Book Thief” which is a historical fiction novel about a young girl named Liesel Meminger growing up in Germany during World War II. Zusak has German-Austrian parents who were children during World War II. His perspective helps us to be more empathetic towards Germans in the book because he explains to us: German children didn’t understand what Hitler was doing, not all Germans hated Jews, and Germans cared about each other deeply and helped each other out.

The textbook definition of a serial killer is someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in less than a month (“Serial” 1). H.H. Holmes was a devious and handsome young man. He was a very dangerous person that could not be trusted. On the other hand, the textbook definition of an architect is a person who designs buildings and in many cases helps supervise those projects. One of America’s greatest architects in history was Daniel Hudson Burnham. He led America to do great things in architectural design. These two are very different, but they are brought together in the turbulent and chaotic environment of Chicago in the late 1800’s. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by

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Money is of no concern because he has an abundant income from an unknown source (Crichton 7). His financial security is observed when he always asks for the best option, even though it will be more expensive, such as with using Clean Willy (Crichton 30). Pierce has a myriad of free time which he uses to extensively research any possible asset or key player in his plan, including spending weeks studying Mr. Trent (Crichton 57). Along with being physically sound, Pierce is also blessed mentally with intelligence, meticulousness, and patience; he notices minute details in all situations, such as the lack of scars on the “best” dog (Crichton 64). This mental strength and acuteness make most of life quite simple for Pierce, which leaves him bored and seeking a thrill.

Firstly, The Book Thief has several paradoxes embedded throughout it, as Markus Zusak uses specific scenarios in Liesel’s life to express the depth within the contradiction of two distinct conclusions. In the first few years that Liesel started living on Himmel street, Hubermanns had welcomed a Jew named Max Vandenburg to live in their basement, despite being aware of the consequences of this and knowing that by doing this, he would be putting their own lives in jeopardy. Max and Liesel have numerous amounts of similarities, as they both were able to understand each other’s feelings and emotions. Later on as Max continues to live with the Hubermanns, daydreams start to commence and cloud his daily thoughts. In his imagination, Max boxes

Throughout The Book Thief, the readers are shown how the characters achieve great things through their will to survive. The readers can see from Liesel, Hans, and Max how this is done. Germany in 1934 was hard to survive due to the bombings and fear. The author, Markus Zusak, writes about the Hubermanns hiding a Jew and how they take care of each other. The theme of reaching great things while surviving becomes very clear through the setting, plot, and characters.

6,000,000 Jews were killed in the Holocaust, more than the populations of Jamaica, Iceland, and Uruguay combined. While 6,000,000 Jews may have been killed or had their lives ruined, many were able to overcome adversity, escape their captors and live to tell the tale. Eva Schloss was able to survive in Auschwitz-Birkenau until the Russians captured it. Some children’s books tell great stories of how people dealt with the horrors of the Holocaust, and the innocence of children throughout the war. While it may be fiction, in The Book Thief Liesel Meminger and her family were able to hide a Jew in their home, and her father even gave bread to a Jew marching to Dachau.

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Money has plagued the human race by turning man against one another and transforming life into a competition. It has allowed the human race to revamp its lifestyle and prosper. On the contrary, money has been the predominant motive for conflict, crimes, and war. Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery took place in Victorian England where money divided people between lavish wealth and dreadful poverty. Edward Pierce executed one of the most heinous crimes on the South Eastern Railway, stealing about £12,000 in gold bullion. In the way he formulated and executed his plan, Edward Pierce’s motive for committing the crime was his desire for money.

In Michael Crichton’s The Great Train Robbery, Edward Pierce is able to play the roles of various socioeconomic backgrounds. Crichton never clearly lays down a reason for the motive for the train robbery but Edward’s role playing establishes one of exhibitionism. This motive is repeated throughout the novel in his display of ostentatious actions and mannerisms, using the public reaction to satiate his ego. Through Pierce’s theatrics, the motive is clearly presented in a crime shocking to the time.

People nowadays make quick judgments without completely knowing the real story. It is a human nature that has been carried out back in the days and surprisingly becoming a norm today. In the poem “Richard Cory” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, the main character Richard Cory is admired by the townspeople because of his good looks, graces and wealth. Although the townspeople visualize him as a perfect royalty, Richard Cory still chooses to take his own life. Robinson utilizes the townspeople’s perspective to limit the readers’ observations in order to display how one’s appearance can be deceiving as the impressions can usually mislead assumptions about one’s real inner feelings, desires and fulfillment. Robinson lets the readers to perceive the idea that Richard Cory appears perfect in the

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