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The struggle between good and evil has plagued the world since the dawn of time. This epic battle is also evident in literature written throughout the ages. Three books are to be examined in this essay, each written during distinctly different times. One from the ancient times of the roman empire, another from the growing totalitarian Russian state, and the last from the trenches of World War I. Each book contains in its own fashion a clash of the powers of righteousness and the powers of sin. Evil be it an idea, a object, a person or a people is present in some form in every one of these novels. Malevolence greatly affects the characters, plot and outcome in Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, George Orwell’s Animal Farm, and Gloria Miklowitz’s Masada.
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