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Literature quizbowl questions

Jane Austen

Author of Pride and Prejudice ,Sense and Sensibility ,Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Book that tells the story of the town of Macondo for a century, written by Gabriel García Márquez. One scene in this novel describes a nephew unknowingly having a romantic relationship with his aunt and having a child with a pig’s tail, who gets eaten by ants. That nephew discovers a secret book, which leads to a windstorm that wipes the town from existence.

Frankenstein

Novel about reanimation written by Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft. This novel features the main character traveling to Ingolstadt for college after the death of his mother. This novel features three different first-person perspectives throughout the story, one of which is Captain Robert Walton in letters to his sister.

Leaves of Grass

Poetry collection, including the poems "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" and “O Captain! My Captain!,” the largest poetry collection written by Walt Whitman. This poetry collection’s name is a pun that means pages of minor value.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

Poet who wrote “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers” and thanked Death for “kindly stopping for [her]” in her most famous poem, "Because I could not stop for Death". Other poems include "I taste a liquor never brewed" and “I'm Nobody! Who are you?”.

Where the Wild Things Are

Children’s book, written by Maurice Sendak, that follows Max, who becomes the king of a race of “wild” monsters. This book was adapted into an opera in 1980 by Oliver Knussen and a film in 2009 starring Mark Ruffalo. One illustration from this book highlights the protagonist nailing a knotted bedsheet to the wall, while another shows him attacking his dog with a fork.

Animal Farm

Allegorical piece that describes Napoleon’s slow rise to dictatorial power by ousting Snowball and subtly changing the Seven Commandments. Written by George Orwell as an allegory for the Russian Revolution.

The Trial

Novel that describes the hypocrisy of a corrupt and failing judicial system by Franz Kafka. This novel begins on the protagonist’s thirtieth birthday. In this novel, the namesake event is interrupted by a man sexually assaulting a washerwoman.

Moby Dick

This book, possibly the most famous first line in literature, begins with the narrator introducing themselves to the reader: “Call me Ishmael.”

The Giver

Name this dystopian novel that follows the protagonist, Jonas, who is secretly told by the Committee that he was selected as the next “Receiver of Memory” and was written by Lois Lowry

The Book Thief

Written by Markus Zusak and published in 2005, this novel is set in Nazi Germany during World War II and is uniquely narrated by Death. It follows Liesel Meminger, a foster girl who discovers the power of literature by stealing books and sharing them with others, including a Jewish man hiding in her family's basement. Major themes include the importance of language, the impact of war, mortality, and the resilience of humanity.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 anti-war novel follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier serving during World War I. Rather than glorifying combat, it portrays the psychological trauma, physical suffering, and disillusionment experienced by soldiers. It remains one of the most influential works criticizing the brutality and futility of modern warfare.

Chains

Published in 2008 by Laurie Halse Anderson, this novel follows thirteen-year-old Isabel, an enslaved girl living in New York during the American Revolution. While both the British and Patriots promise freedom, Isabel discovers that liberty was not equally available to everyone. The novel explores slavery, sacrifice, loyalty, and the contradictions of America's founding ideals.

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens published this historical novel in 1859, setting it before and during the French Revolution. The story contrasts London and Paris while following Charles Darnay, Sydney Carton, and Lucie Manette. Famous for the opening line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," the novel examines sacrifice, resurrection, justice, and revenge.

Number the Stars

Lois Lowry's 1989 novel follows ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen in Nazi-occupied Denmark. When the Nazis begin arresting Jewish citizens, Annemarie helps her best friend Ellen Rosen escape to Sweden. Based on true historical events, the novel emphasizes courage, friendship, resistance, and ordinary people performing extraordinary acts.

Antimetabole

A rhetorical figure in which words are repeated in reverse order to create emphasis or contrast. Unlike chiasmus, the exact same words appear in opposite order. A famous example is John F. Kennedy's inaugural statement: "Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country."

Anaphora

A rhetorical device that repeats the same word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses or sentences. Speakers and writers use it to build rhythm, reinforce important ideas, and increase emotional impact. Martin Luther King Jr.'s repeated phrase "I have a dream" is one of the best-known examples.

Chiasmus

A figure of speech that reverses grammatical structure to emphasize contrasting ideas. Unlike antimetabole, it may reverse ideas without repeating identical words. Writers use this to create balance, memorable phrasing, and logical symmetry in speeches and literature.

Parallelism

The use of similar grammatical structures in a series of words, phrases, or clauses. This construction improves clarity, rhythm, and persuasiveness while making ideas easier to compare. It is commonly found in speeches, essays, and persuasive writing.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a historical event, myth, religious story, famous person, or another literary work that the audience is expected to recognize. Authors use allusions to add deeper meaning without lengthy explanations. Examples include references to the Bible, Greek mythology, Shakespeare, or historical figures.

Odysseus

The legendary king of Ithaca and central hero of Homer's Odyssey. Celebrated for intelligence, cunning, and perseverance, he devises the Trojan Horse and spends ten years overcoming monsters, temptations, and the wrath of Poseidon while attempting to return home after the Trojan War.

Beowulf

The Geatish warrior who serves as the protagonist of the Old English epic ______, one of the oldest surviving works of English literature. He defeats the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother, and later sacrifices his own life while killing a dragon. His story reflects Anglo-Saxon ideals of bravery, honor, loyalty, and heroic leadership.

Katniss Everdeen

The protagonist of Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games trilogy. She volunteers to replace her younger sister Prim in the annual Games and gradually becomes the symbolic Mockingjay leading a rebellion against the oppressive Capitol. Her character represents courage, sacrifice, survival, and resistance to tyranny.

Elizabeth Bennet

The intelligent and independent heroine of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Known for her wit and willingness to challenge social expectations, she overcomes her own first impressions while developing a relationship with Mr. Darcy. Her growth illustrates themes of pride, prejudice, marriage, and personal maturity.

The Grapes of Wrath

Published in 1939 by John Steinbeck, this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the Joad family as they leave Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl in search of work in California. Instead of finding prosperity, they encounter poverty, exploitation, and discrimination against migrant workers. The novel critiques economic inequality during the Great Depression while emphasizing perseverance, family unity, and social justice.

Of Mice and Men

Written by John Steinbeck and published in 1937, this novella tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two migrant ranch workers pursuing the American Dream of owning land. Lennie's intellectual disability and immense strength ultimately lead to tragedy. Major themes include friendship, loneliness, dreams, responsibility, and the harsh realities of Depression-era America.

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini's 2003 debut novel follows Amir, a wealthy boy growing up in Kabul, Afghanistan, whose betrayal of his loyal friend Hassan shapes the rest of his life. Spanning several decades, the novel explores guilt, redemption, father-son relationships, ethnic conflict, and the effects of war under Soviet occupation and Taliban rule.

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins published this dystopian novel in 2008. Set in the nation of Panem, the story follows sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who volunteers to compete in a televised fight to the death to save her younger sister. The novel critiques authoritarian government, media manipulation, economic inequality, and the human instinct to survive.

Sonnet

A lyric poem consisting of exactly fourteen lines, traditionally written in iambic pentameter. The two most common forms are the Shakespearean type, which follows an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme, and the Petrarchan type, which divides the poem into an octave and sestet. This type of peom often explore love, mortality, beauty, or the passage of time and usually contain a volta, or turning point.

Haiku

A traditional Japanese poetic form consisting of three lines with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern. Rather than relying on rhyme, it captures a brief moment in nature or everyday life while conveying deeper emotions or observations. Classical versions often include a seasonal reference known as a kigo and a pause called a kireji.

Ballad

A narrative poem that tells a story through simple language, dialogue, and repeated refrains. Originally passed down through oral tradition and often accompanied by music, these poems typically focus on adventure, romance, tragedy, or historical events. Their straightforward structure made them easy to memorize and perform.

Free Verse

A poetic form that does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme, meter, or traditional structure. Instead, poets rely on imagery, symbolism, repetition, sound devices, and line breaks to create rhythm and meaning. Writers such as Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, and T. S. Eliot helped popularize this type of verse in American and modern poetry.

Limerick

A humorous poem consisting of five lines that follow an AABBA rhyme scheme. Lines one, two, and five are longer than lines three and four, creating a distinctive rhythm. These poems often feature clever wordplay, exaggerated situations, or absurd humor and became especially popular through the works of Edward Lear.

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet (1564–1616) widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. He wrote approximately thirty-seven plays, including Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet, along with 154 sonnets. His works introduced countless words and expressions into English while exploring universal themes such as ambition, love, revenge, jealousy, and fate.

Mark Twain

The pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), an American novelist and humorist often called the "Father of American Literature." His most famous novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, examine childhood, freedom, race, and morality along the Mississippi River. His use of regional dialects transformed American fiction.

Harper Lee

American novelist (1926–2016) best known for To Kill a Mockingbird, published in 1960. Through the eyes of Scout Finch, the novel addresses racial injustice, moral courage, prejudice, and compassion in the American South. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961 and remains one of the most frequently taught novels in American schools.

Edgar Allan Poe

American writer, poet, and literary critic (1809–1849) credited with helping establish detective fiction and psychological horror. His works include "The Raven," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue." His writing frequently explores madness, death, guilt, and the supernatural while emphasizing atmosphere and suspense.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American novelist (1896–1940) and prominent member of the Lost Generation. His masterpiece, The Great Gatsby (1925), examines the decline of the American Dream through the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his obsession with Daisy Buchanan during the Roaring Twenties. His works often explore wealth, social class, illusion, excess, and disillusionment following World War I.

Transcendentalism

An American philosophical and literary movement that emerged in New England during the 1830s and 1840s. It emphasized individual intuition, self-reliance, the inherent goodness of people, and the belief that nature serves as a direct path to spiritual truth. Influenced by Romanticism, it rejected excessive conformity, materialism, and reliance on organized institutions.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, philosopher, and lecturer (1803–1882) considered the founder of Transcendentalism. His essays Nature (1836) and Self-Reliance (1841) encouraged individuals to trust their instincts instead of blindly following society. He believed every person could discover truth through reflection and a close relationship with nature.

Henry David Thoreau

American author and naturalist (1817–1862) best known for Walden and Civil Disobedience. After living for over two years in a cabin near Walden Pond, he wrote about simple living, self-sufficiency, and appreciation of nature. His advocacy of peaceful resistance against unjust laws later influenced Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Self-Reliance

An influential 1841 essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson arguing that individuals should trust their own judgment instead of conforming to public opinion or tradition. The essay became one of the defining works of Transcendentalist philosophy and promotes independence, originality, and confidence in one's own beliefs.

Walden

Published in 1854 by Henry David Thoreau, this memoir reflects on the two years he spent living in a cabin near _____ Pond in Massachusetts. Rather than simply describing nature, the work argues that happiness comes from simplicity, independence, and thoughtful reflection rather than wealth or material possessions.

Infinitive

The base form of a verb usually preceded by the word "to," such as "to write" or "to succeed." These can function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs within a sentence. Example: "To learn requires patience."

Gerund

A verb ending in -ing that functions as a noun instead of an action verb. These may serve as the subject, direct object, or object of a preposition. Example: "Reading improves vocabulary."

Participle

A verb form used as an adjective to modify a noun or pronoun. Present forms of these end in -ing, while past versions of these often end in -ed, -en, or other irregular forms. Example: "The broken window needed repair."

Appositive

A noun or noun phrase placed beside another noun to identify, explain, or rename it. These add descriptive information without forming a separate sentence. Example: "Harper Lee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird."

Parts of Speech

The eight categories into which English words are classified: noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection. Understanding these categories is essential for analyzing sentence structure, grammar, and effective writing.

Hamlet

Prince of Denmark and protagonist of William Shakespeare's ______. Haunted by his father's ghost, he struggles with revenge, morality, and indecision after learning that his uncle Claudius murdered the king. He delivers the famous soliloquy beginning, "To be, or not to be: that is the question."

Atticus Finch

Lawyer and father in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird who defends Tom Robinson despite overwhelming prejudice in Maycomb, Alabama. He teaches Scout and Jem the importance of empathy, courage, and integrity. One of his best-known quotations is, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

Holden Caulfield

The sixteen-year-old narrator of J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. After being expelled from boarding school, he wanders New York City while criticizing what he sees as the "phoniness" of the adult world. His cynical narration masks feelings of loneliness, grief, and uncertainty about growing up.

Jay Gatsby

The mysterious millionaire at the center of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Having accumulated immense wealth to win back Daisy Buchanan, Gatsby symbolizes both the hope and ultimate failure of the American Dream. His declaration, "Can't repeat the past?... Why of course you can!" reflects his refusal to accept reality.

Sherlock Holmes

The brilliant detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first appearing in A Study in Scarlet (1887). Living at 221B Baker Street with Dr. John Watson, he solves mysteries through deductive reasoning, forensic observation, and logical analysis. He has become one of the most recognizable fictional detectives in literature.

Hester Prynne

Protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Living in Puritan Massachusetts, she is publicly shamed for adultery and forced to wear a scarlet letter "A." Rather than allowing disgrace to define her, she becomes a symbol of resilience, dignity, and personal redemption.

Ebenezer Scrooge

The miserly businessman at the center of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. During Christmas Eve, he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come, who inspire him to abandon greed and embrace generosity, compassion, and kindness.

Tom Sawyer

Main character of Mark Twain's The Adventures of ________. Growing up in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri, Tom is imaginative, mischievous, and adventurous. His famous trick of convincing other boys to whitewash Aunt Polly's fence demonstrates his cleverness and understanding of human nature.

Winston Smith

The protagonist of George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984. Living under the oppressive surveillance of Big Brother, _______ secretly rebels against the Party by keeping a diary and pursuing forbidden love. His struggle illustrates themes of totalitarianism, censorship, propaganda, and the manipulation of truth.

The Killer Angels

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Michael Shaara that reconstructs the Battle of Gettysburg day by day, shifting between the perspectives of Union and Confederate officers like Joshua Chamberlain and Robert E. Lee to show the human cost and strategic drama behind the Civil War's turning point

The Nightingale

A novel by Kristin Hannah that follows two very different sisters in Nazi-occupied France, one who shelters downed Allied airmen and one who joins the resistance by guiding refugees over the Pyrenees, exploring how ordinary women found extraordinary courage during World War II

Cold Mountain

A National Book Award-winning novel by Charles Frazier, loosely inspired by Homer's Odyssey, that follows a wounded Confederate deserter named Inman as he journeys home through a war-ravaged Appalachian landscape to reunite with the woman he loves, Ada

The Help

A novel by Kathryn Stockett set in 1960s Jackson Mississippi that alternates between the voices of two Black maids and a young white writer, exposing the daily indignities of segregation while depicting the fraught but human relationships between domestic workers and the families who employed them

The Underground Railroad

A Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead that reimagines the Underground Railroad as an actual network of tracks and tunnels, following an enslaved woman named Cora as she flees a Georgia plantation and encounters a different, often nightmarish, version of American history in each state she passes through

The Pillars of the Earth

A sprawling historical epic by Ken Follett set in 12th-century England during a period of civil war known as the Anarchy, following the ambitions and rivalries of masons, priests, and nobles as they build a great Gothic cathedral in the fictional town of Kingsbridge

The Red Tent

A novel by Anita Diamant that reimagines the biblical story of Dinah, the daughter of Jacob who is only briefly mentioned in Genesis, giving voice to the women of her family and the rituals of childbirth and womanhood carried out within the red tent

Wolf Hall

A Booker Prize-winning novel by Hilary Mantel, the first in a trilogy, that follows the rise of Thomas Cromwell from blacksmith's son to chief minister of Henry VIII, tracing his political cunning during the king's break with the Catholic Church and his pursuit of Anne Boleyn

Epistrophe

The mirror image of anaphora, this repeats a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses, as in Lincoln's description of government of the people, by the people, for the people, which hammers home the final phrase through repeated placement

Litotes

A form of understatement that affirms a positive by negating its opposite, such as calling a brilliant plan not a bad idea, often used to convey modesty, irony, or restraint rather than direct praise

Metonymy

A figure of speech that refers to something by the name of a closely associated concept, such as using the crown to mean the monarchy or the press to mean journalists collectively, allowing a writer to evoke an institution through a related image

Synecdoche

A figure of speech that uses a part to represent the whole, such as calling a car new wheels, or occasionally the whole to represent a part, such as calling the government simply Washington

Zeugma

A figure of speech in which a single verb governs two or more parts of a sentence in different and often surprising senses, as in she broke his heart, and his favorite mug, which yokes a literal action to a figurative one for wit or irony

Oxymoron

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory terms for effect, such as deafening silence or bittersweet, forcing the reader to hold two opposing ideas in mind at once

Jane Eyre

The resilient and morally independent heroine of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 novel, who endures a harsh childhood at Lowood School before becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall, where her romance with the brooding Mr. Rochester is complicated by a dark secret hidden in the attic

Hermione Granger

The brilliant and fiercely loyal heroine of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, whose mastery of spells and relentless research repeatedly save her friends, even as she champions social causes like the rights of house-elves within the wizarding world

Frodo Baggins

The humble hobbit hero of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, who volunteers to carry the corrupting One Ring across Middle-earth to Mount Doom, enduring physical and psychological torment that ultimately changes him forever

Scout Finch

The observant young narrator of Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, who watches her father Atticus defend a Black man falsely accused of rape while she and her brother Jem slowly learn hard lessons about courage, empathy, and injustice in their Depression-era Alabama town

Aslan

The noble lion hero of C.S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia, who sacrifices himself on the Stone Table to save the traitorous Edmund and is later resurrected, serving as a clear allegorical figure for Christian redemption throughout the series

1920s: Mrs Dalloway

Published in 1925, Virginia Woolf's novel unfolds over a single June day in London as Clarissa Dalloway prepares for a party, using stream of consciousness narration to weave her thoughts together with those of a shell-shocked war veteran named Septimus Smith

1930s: Brave New World

Published in 1932, Aldous Huxley's novel imagines a future World State that maintains order through genetic engineering, conditioning, and a pleasure drug called soma, offering a chilling vision of a dystopia built on comfort and control rather than fear

1940s: The Stranger

Published in 1942, Albert Camus's novel follows Meursault, an emotionally detached Algerian clerk who kills a man almost by accident and then faces trial less for the murder than for his refusal to perform grief and social convention, making it a foundational text of existentialist and absurdist literature

1950s: The Catcher in the Rye

Published in 1951, J.D. Salinger's novel follows the alienated teenager Holden Caulfield over a few days in New York City after he is expelled from prep school, capturing his cynicism about phoniness alongside his deep yearning to protect childhood innocence

1960s: To Kill a Mockingbird

Published in 1960, Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel addresses racial injustice in the American South through the eyes of young Scout Finch, as her father Atticus defends a Black man wrongly accused of assaulting a white woman

1980s: Beloved

Published in 1987, Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows a formerly enslaved woman named Sethe who is haunted, both literally and figuratively, by the ghost of the daughter she killed rather than see returned to slavery

1990s: The Poisonwood Bible

Published in 1998, Barbara Kingsolver's novel follows a Baptist missionary family who relocates to the Belgian Congo in 1959, narrated in turns by the mother and her four daughters as their rigid worldview collides with the political upheaval of Congolese independence

2010s: The Fault in Our Stars

Published in 2012, John Green's novel follows two teenagers, Hazel and Augustus, who meet in a cancer support group and fall in love, using their shared wit and fascination with a reclusive novelist to confront mortality without losing its sense of humor

Villanelle

A 19-line poem made of five tercets and a final quatrain, built around two repeating rhymes and two alternating refrain lines that recur throughout, as famously used in Dylan Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Sestina

A highly structured 39-line poem that repeats the same six end-words in a rotating pattern across six six-line stanzas, before using all six words again in a shorter three-line envoi at the close

Ode

A formal and often elevated lyric poem that praises or celebrates a person, place, quality, or thing, tracing its roots to ancient Greek choral performance and later popularized in English by poets like Keats

Elegy

A mournful and reflective poem written to lament a death or loss, often moving from grief toward some form of consolation or acceptance by its conclusion

Epic

A long narrative poem, often spanning many books, that celebrates the deeds of a legendary hero and typically opens in medias res, invokes a muse, and deals with themes of fate, honor, and the divine

Blank Verse

Unrhymed poetry written in a consistent meter, most often iambic pentameter, that closely mimics natural English speech patterns and was favored by Shakespeare and Milton for dramatic and epic verse

Toni Morrison

An American novelist and the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, whose novels, including Beloved and Song of Solomon, explore the psychological legacy of slavery and the complexity of African American identity

Ernest Hemingway

An American author and Nobel laureate known for a spare, understated writing style called the iceberg theory, in which much of a story's meaning lies beneath the surface, as seen in works like The Old Man and the Sea and A Farewell to Arms

Charles Dickens

A prolific English novelist of the Victorian era known for vivid characters and sharp social criticism of poverty and inequality, publishing many of his novels, including Great Expectations and Oliver Twist, in serialized installments

Emily Dickinson

A reclusive American poet who wrote nearly 1,800 poems during her lifetime, almost none of which were published until after her death, known for her unconventional use of dashes and slant rhyme and her recurring themes of death, immortality, and inner life

Virginia Woolf

An English modernist writer and central figure of the Bloomsbury Group, known for pioneering stream of consciousness narration in novels like Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, as well as for her influential feminist essay A Room of One's Own

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

A Colombian author and Nobel laureate credited with popularizing magical realism, a style that blends everyday reality with fantastical elements, most famously in his multigenerational novel One Hundred Years of Solitude

George Orwell

The pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English author known for politically charged dystopian and satirical works, including 1984, which depicts a totalitarian surveillance state, and Animal Farm, which allegorizes the Russian Revolution through a rebellion of farm animals

Civil Disobedience

An 1849 essay by Thoreau, written after he spent a night in jail for refusing to pay a poll tax that funded slavery and the Mexican-American War, arguing that individuals have a moral duty to resist unjust laws through peaceful noncompliance

Core Transcendentalist Belief

The conviction, shared by Emerson, Thoreau, and others, that people and nature are inherently good, and that society's institutions, from organized religion to political parties, tend to corrupt that natural purity rather than improve it

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another one of these, often ending in -ly, and typically describes how, when, where, or to what extent something happens