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    I’m applying for the Victor Memorial Scholarship because I’m in need of financial support and would prefer to pay college with scholarships and financial aid‚ instead of being in debt from student loans. I need assistance from this scholarship because for the 2 years I plan on attending Barton Community College‚ I will need support for tuition‚ books‚ board‚ and fees. I currently have no money saved up for college and assistance from this scholarship will help and lead me on the path of following

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    Pictures at an Exhibition: A Reminiscence of Victor Hartmann Modest Musorgsky is a famous composer of programmatic music with his best example being Pictures at an Exhibition: a series of short pieces‚ all pertaining to his close friends paintings‚ Viktor Hartman. Musorgsky and Hartman’s relationship was founded in their passion for art and music. Hartman’s paintings were a large source of inspiration for Musorgsky and his compositions‚ where each section of Pictures was written to represent

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    Victor creates a monster‚ but when he finishes creating him‚ he gets scared and abandons the monster. Leaving the monster with no one to care for him so he always was lonely and had an empty feeling inside him. However though he had some qualities that he was just like a human being. For example some of his human qualities is he was very understanding with the cottagers “i had been accustomed during the night to steal a part of their store for my own consumption but when i found out i inflicted pain

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    Frankenstein: Creator to Creation In this novel‚ Victor Frankenstein is a scientist that has a very strong passion for how the human body is put together. His passion quickly turns obsessive when he starts pondering around the idea of making a human from scratch. He locks himself away in his apartment so no one can see what he is creating. One night when the creation was finished‚ Victor brought the monster to life. The looks of the monster terrified Victor and he abandoned it. Throughout this story‚

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    describes Victor Frankenstein. Born and raised in Geneva Victor Frankenstein had an everything handed to him on a silver platter. His father‚ Alphonse and mother Caroline Beaufort both cherished him like “their idol” (16) who was bestowed “on them by [the] heavens‚” (16) as they presented Elizabeth Lavenza as a gift. At a young age Victor developed a love for science after witnessing the phenomenon when a tree bursts into flames and‚ the findings of ancient and outdated

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    solutions to problems that would otherwise be overlooked. In Burro Genius‚ written by the author Victor Villasenor where Joseph who is Victor’s brother‚ can be seen as a Genius‚ in the way that he uses his knowledge and to watch over Victor (the author). In the story‚ Victor’s Brother Joseph tells to Victor that not to judge Mexican

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    Victor Chang Victor Chang was a very well known heart surgeon. He performed lots of heart transplants and performed the first successful heart transplant on Fiona Coot which saved her life. Victor Chang was Chinese and was born in Shanghai from Australian born parents and moved to Australia in1953. Education When he came to Australia in 1953 he completed his secondary schooling at Christian Brothers College‚ Lewisham. Then he graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Medicine‚ Bachelor

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    monster is an unwanted life‚ a creation abandoned and neglected by his creator. After seeing that his creator‚ Victor is dead‚ the monster then departs for the northernmost ice to die. Quote 2 "Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations‚ I allowed myself to be borne away by them; and‚ forgetting my solitude and

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    Frankenstein Mary Shelley’s‚ Frankenstein‚ primarily focuses on Victor Frankenstein who discovers the creation of life not realizing the consequences of his actions. From his experiment‚ an innocent monster was birthed into a uneducated society‚ with the intentions to feel love as a family and a sense of belonginess. Victor Frankenstein is first introduced as an innocent‚ but curious scientist. His curiosity led to his liking of life. Victor was fascinated with the concept of creation. He felt that in

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    “Frankenstein” rose to fame‚ literary critics sparked fierce debates concerning whether the main character‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ was influenced by the Greek myth of Prometheus. While Victor and Prometheus both created their own version of humans‚ their methods and overall affection for their creation is startling different. Some critics argue that Victor is in fact the modern Prometheus because of the ways Victor went about creating the monster with his use of science. Other critics support this theory with

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