The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray was written by Oscar Wilde in Victorian England. He uses such vivid details when talking about colors. It makes it seem like he was a big influence to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wilde writes a deep moral story that shows the importance of taking care of your soul in a very witty and sarcastic way.

The three main characters could be divided in two ways. The first is a love triangle. Dorian Gray is considered to be one of the most beautiful creature in their world. Basil is a painter who is instantly drawn to his beauty, which inspires his greatest work. Lord Henry is a very shallow person who wants his youth, and shares his view on life with Dorian. Basil openly admits to being obsessed and consumed by Dorian's very presents. While Dorian is drawn to Lord Henry's very witty, sarcastic, and dry view of the world. Dorian might have even experienced love at first sight with Lord Henry, "When he caught sight of Lord Henry, a faint blush coloured cheeks for a moment..."(page 27)

The second way to dived them is a moral stand point. Basil is the voice of reason. He wants nothing more then to have Dorian happy, healthy, and safe. Lord Henry is the embodiment if temptation. He will speak in paradox's to make his views seem more impressive and complementary. " You know more then you think you know, just as you know less then you want to know." (page 31)

This has become one of my favorite books. You get to see the denigration of someone's soul. When Dorian sad he would give his soul to stay youthful forever, he throws out every single moral and value he had and cares for no one but himself, even less then what he did before. He goes on the become addicted to opium and even kills Basil, when all Basil wanted to do was pray to save his soul. This book will show anyone the importance of having morals, and how everything has an effect on not only your physical body, but your very soul.

Work Cited

http://www.online-literature.com/wilde/. January 30, 2012

Wilde, Oscar. The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde. Stories, Plays, Poems & Essays. William Collins Sons & Company. Great Britain.

Saving

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Welcome

I intended to write about saving money, but I changed my topic to book reviews. If any books I review is also a movie I will try to compare the two. To keep with the spirit of saving money I advise you to look at used book stores before heading out to Barnes and Noble, and keeping an eye out for sales. I am sorry for the change.