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The first article talks about the contrasts between Dorian and Lord Henry and his influences on Dorian. Dorian believes in a moral order while Lord Henry believes in self-pleasure. His desire for pleasure influences Dorian's view on life. The second article talks about the affects of the portrait towards Dorian and how it influences him to kill Basil. It also mentions Dorian's own death at the end of the book. The last article talks about a subject I didn't catch when first reading the book: Dorian's past. It talks about how his past was full of passion and violence. It also mentions that Dorian's grandfather had Dorian's father killed because he was a subaltern and that the room that Dorian hid the portrait in, was the same room Dorian was kept in to keep him out of the way when his mother had passed away.