1. Charles Strickland - The Moon and Sixpence
... fellows and convention had no hold of him, no one could get a grip on him and it gave him a freedom which was an outrage. The only aim of Stickland's life was to create beauty. Not long before his terrible death of leprosy, far from his native land, on the remote island of Tahiti, ... lonely than an anchorite in the deserts of Thebes. He asked nothing from his fellows except that they should leave him alone. He was single-hearted in his aim, and to pursue it he was willing to sacrifice not only himself-many can do that-but others. He had a vision. Strickland was an odious man ... him. B...
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- Grade Level: High School