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Power, the misuse of power and the hollowness of one's heart and soul are the main themes covered by Helene Rosenberg. In Shakespeare's plays, the higher one rises in power, mortality can not be escaped and he will fall into the depths of hell. Justice, law and order, one's own being versus having (things) are also discussed.
After reading Twain's books, Bobrinskoy believed that all Russian boys, Bobrinkskoy included, at one point or another, thought about running away to America. Twains' books depicted lives filled with adventure in the United States. Bobrinskoy's final thought was that Mark Twain was the greatest American writer.
When he was a school boy in 1912, George V. Bobrinskoy got to know Mark Twain. Bobrinskoy loved Twain's stories. His favorite stories were "Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".
In her book, “Liberty Denied: The Current Rise of Censorship in America,” Donna Demac points out that we, as a society, are not as free as we think we are. Demac can’t understand why anyone would want to keep people from reading great pieces of literature. While some groups called certain books anti-Christian, Demac said no one has ever died from reading a four-letter word.