Hood’s Evilness
Clive Barker, the author of The Thief of Always, writes a fantasy about Harvey(the main character) taken into into a place full of illusions. Soon he finds out that there was this horrible Hood that had taken his precious time and almost has eaten his soul. So, Harvey then tries to destroy this evil Hood who ends up to be the oh so perfect house. Hood is evil and different ways he is evil. There are many things that makes someone or something truly evil. Hood is ultimately evil. These are the things that make him who or what he is. Evil is significant to most stories because that is the major conflict. The antagonist, Hood, does a really good job of being the bad guy. Usually it’s a person who is has some kind of kindness inside,
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This book shows good examples of this. Carna is one example of how evil is destroyed of love. Carna is attacking Harvey, but Harvey’s love holds Carna back and Barker wrote, “There was neither pain in the sound nor complaint. In fact it was almost a moan of gratitude, that for once it not be met with blows or with howls of horror. It turned its eyes up to Harvey's face, and a shudder of pleasure passed through its body. It seemed to know that the motion would prove fatal, because the instant after, it retreated from its comforter and as it did so it's shudders multiplied, and its body suddenly flew into a thousand pieces”(99). Here Barker is writing the scene just when how Harvey’s love destroys Carna. This is part of the book is perfectly describing how love is destroyed by evil. The phrase “a shudder of pleasure”, “pleasure” is not a terrible thing, so this is showing kindness and care. Lulu is another example of how love destroys evil. It is her love of Harvey that she helps him defeat Hood, and they defeat them. Even though Hood has become a horrible monster made up of the little bits of the House, Harvey still wanted to defeat him. Harvey wanted Lulu to escape, but instead Lulu went to find a weapon. With the weapon, Lulu hit Hood with it and Baker wrote, “Again, Hood snatched at the filched rags, and would have had both coat and thief in one fatal grasp had Lulu not run at him from behind, swinging the timber like a baseball bat. She struck the back of Hood's knee so hard her weapon shattered, the impact pitching her to the ground”(118). This scene is very important because without Lulu striking Hood with the baseball bat, Hood might have defeated Harvey. Lulu’s love for Harvey motivated her to not escape and run from the danger, but instead find something to defeat Hood. This is also a perfect example of how love destroys evil. The point of this paragraph was to tell that love destroys evil and that the Thief of Always
“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” Clover, the main character in the story The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson, Clover grows up, disobeys her mom, and makes a new friend. I think the theme of the story The Other Side is courageous because Annie and Clover are both kind to each other, they accept each other, and they are both brave.
story where the brave hero Harvey is invited to The Holiday House. The house of the evil Mr. Hood, and Harvey is on his conquest to defeat the house. Though, Hood and Harvey are both the main characters of the book who coordinate with each other, but there is one big difference that sets them apart. Barker created these personalities between Harvey and Hood to create something the two, good and evil can relate to, and having something that separates them. Likewise, the two thieves they are, there vampiric actions, and how heart in one can overthrow evil.
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...e characters and made them act based on their passion. However, it was also love that destroyed and created cruelty. Happiness is a choice and so is love. The purest kind of love can inflict the greatest pain in the world just like how Heathcliff and Catherine's love was, so close yet so far.