**This essay was completed after reading several in class texts which the bibliographies are included at the end. This paper is relating all of these texts through the theme of success. Success: In the Eye of the Beholder Success is a universal theme. We see this all around us -- in other people, in music, and definitely in our literature. There are many ways by which to define success. In each of four pieces of …showed first 75 words of 1399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1399 total…world, he created a living corpse that ruined his entire life. Success ultimately is what each person defines it to be. The question is, can a person successfully understand success? Works Cited: Davis, Sampson, et al. The Pact. New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2002. Feynman, Richard P., The Pleasure of Finding Things Out. New York: Basic Books, 1999. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York, NY: Signet Classic, 1963. Voltaire. Candide, Zadig and Selected Stories. New York, NY: Signet Classic, 1961