... does not become foolish. He created a work that included gothic conventions but also had value and meaning to those who read it. When first reading the story seemed as if it were contradicting itself. Jane Austen stood up for the novel when she says, "Yes, novels- for I will not adopt that ungenerous ... their contemptuous censure the very performance, to the number of which they are themselves adding- in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the livelie...

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... well change our way of living. When these new methods get in the wrong hands it can began to involve the well being of every human on this planet. Humans are unable to predict the future in the world we live in. In life things seem to "just happen," in ... convey their ideas through the characters and method of characterization in the book. Writers create cultural, governmental and social situations to make important statements on the nature of humanity, social, and cultural conditions. . Yes, writers use characters to develop their ideas. Although some stories do not contain any ideas ...

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