Dominican Fantasies, Written and Unwritten: The use of science fiction in the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Juan Diaz's novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao details the life of an overweight Dominican boy who has aspirations of being a rom Continue Reading...
Mind and Body -- I Sing the Body Electronic, I Interfere with the Body Extraterrestrial Change the body, and change the nature of human existence. Change the body's means of sustenance, and change the delicate balance that exists within a particular Continue Reading...
African-American Literature The Implications of African-American Literature Social Economic Environmental Cultural How African-American Literature Has Changed -- Across the Genres Slave Narratives and Biographies Novels African-American Lit Continue Reading...
Obviously, other countries need to know more about how to become democracies, and we can help them move in that general direction."(Selle, 50) However, his works remain within the domain of popular fiction, in which the suspense and the intricate a Continue Reading...
The intent or purpose of this book was originally intended to be a science fiction written to meet a bet, but it ended up being the first book in a trilogy with the theme of describing how pitiful human beings are and how far from our original purp Continue Reading...
All of his efforts were recognized, however insufficiently, through the awarding of the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Prize in 1983. He had been once more nominated for the prize in 1978, but he would only receive it at his second nomination, Continue Reading...
HG Wells the First Men in the Moon, discussing the structural analysis between societies and class structures of the alien Selenites with a comparison to the class and society structure of modern man, finally looking at how this affects modern socie Continue Reading...
The book is a reflection towards a packed society we live in these days where all human beings have turned a blind eye to the civil rights of the other people thinking that may be in one way or the other it can justify the current situation in the s Continue Reading...
In this interpretation Heitler accepts the modified Copenahgenist observer created reality, but adds that the act of observation dissolves the barrier between observer and the observed. The observer is a necessary part of the whole. Once observed, t Continue Reading...
The narrative, reporting-driven style of this book also draws criticism for rarely making conclusions or passing judgment on the characters and actions that he recounts in such detail. Some of Woodward's critics accuse him of abandoning critical in Continue Reading...
Gender Studies The central premise of gender studies is that gender is a socially constructed category that is not always aligned with biological sex. Gender traits are those that are deemed appropriate or acceptable by a culture or society. Discuss Continue Reading...
Ovid, Giovanni Boccaccio, and the authors of One Thousand and One Nights use frame narratives to add continuity and structure to the literary composition. Framing serves several literary functions. For one, framing establishes an independent narrator Continue Reading...
Monstrosity in Frankenstein Mary Shelly's Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus, which is considered by many to be one of the first science-fiction novels that was ever written, is full of anti-Enlightenment sentiments, many of which are still pre Continue Reading...
Frankenstein and Enlightenment The Danger of Unregulated Thought in Frankenstein Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; Or, the Modern Prometheus, considered by many to be one of the first science-fiction novels written, is rife with anti-Enlightenment under Continue Reading...
Galapagos The Dangers of a Self-Aware, Big, Human Brains in Galapagos Kurt Vonnegut is always concerned with humanity's satisfaction with itself. Many of Vonnegut's books center around how humans believe they are the most divine creations in the u Continue Reading...
This will allow Cricket Sports Museum to be easily recognized while also disassociating itself from sporting venues. 3) Leverage the Cricket Sports Museum online website as a virtual store for sporting items. This will separate the museum from the Continue Reading...
Human Cloning The subject of human cloning was once the stuff of science fiction novels and television programs. As technology and science improves, the creation of clones has become, potentially, a real likelihood in the impending future. For the f Continue Reading...
It is a work that seems to be eerily familiar to what is happening in many areas of society today, and that is one aspect of the novel that makes it exceedingly frightening to read. References Abdolian, Lisa Finnegan, and Harold Takooshian. "The U Continue Reading...
Coaching management styles work best for Generation Xers, complete with prompt feedback and rewards for results (Eisner, 2005). They use a team of people to support their own personal individual efforts and bring a talent for problem-solving to the Continue Reading...
Technological Culture. Discussed: how it effects our life; B.F. Skinner; Aldous Huxley, and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Technological Culture The world has become a technological mecca, filled with gadgets and wonders that only a generation ago would hav Continue Reading...
Carnivorous Plants Botany, the study of plants, can be a tedious subject given the numerous varieties of plants that are available to study, along with their similarities, and redundancy. However, a bright spot in the plant community is the carnivor Continue Reading...
Women Science Fiction Writers as Probing Pathfinders Author Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time was written in 1976, and it has received critical acclaim for the science fiction future it depicts, but it was likely given literary wings by a biz Continue Reading...
Rowling's series of fantasy novels "Harry Potter" have had a strong impact on the contemporary society and on how people perceived fantasy novels in general. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the seventh and final book from the series and it Continue Reading...
Storytelling A tale of fictitious or real events or narrative is defined as a story. For our hungry souls, the nourishment is stories. Palatable stories exist due to these elements of truth. There are many ways to tell a story to the latest Hollywoo Continue Reading...
Quality of Evil in Young Goodman Brown and Ethan Brand When examining the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, it is interesting to note the role of evil or indeed perceived evil. Evil appears to distort lives and destroy egoistical souls. One such egoist Continue Reading...
Hopefully, regardless of what happens in the rest of the communication world and media, such magazines either in print, electronic or digital form will continue to amaze children. Unfortunately, most young adult books have hit rock bottom, dealing Continue Reading...
Blade Runner: A Marriage of Noir and Sci-Fi Blade Runner is a 1982 film noir/science fiction film set in 2019 that depicts a world that is threatened by human advancements in technology. In the film, robotic humanoids become self-aware and decide th Continue Reading...
narration in four novels, "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, "Old Man and the Sea" by Ernest Hemingway, "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, and "Absalom, Absalom!" By William Faulkner. Specifically, it compares are contrast the four di Continue Reading...
The function of myth in social cultures is explored by Mary Barnard in her the Mythmakers in which she investigates the origins of ritual in folklore, history, and metaphor. In addressing such a wide scope of material, she came to the conclusion t Continue Reading...
Vast lands were open, and adventure seemed rampant. In fact, so compelling was the idea of the American West that Theodore Roosevelt noted, "More and more as the years go by this Republic will find its guidance in the thought and action of the West, Continue Reading...
The title character is a foster girl living in Munich during the time of World War II, who lives largely by stealing, and begins adding books to her store of illicit goods and takings when she is taught to read by her foster father. She and the cas Continue Reading...
Consequences of these choices only compound his deep-seated insecurities. (Zushi) Both Ben and Miko are Japanese-Americans, and their shared ethnic background impacts on their lives in significantly different ways. Miko is proactive and politicised Continue Reading...
innovative tradition. Many great authors began their careers by writing short stories. Many authors whom were/are already successful practice and hone their craft by writing short stories. In the 21st century, there are many writers who specialize i Continue Reading...
Paris, instead, adopts a baby, convinced that being a mother is the only thing she can do well, and in the end, does find another man to love, so the book ends on a happy note. Paris has learned how to be happy without a husband and without a man, s Continue Reading...
Harry Potter, The Deathly Hallows and Christianity Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: A review The New Testament is all about life, death, sacrifice, resurrection and battle between good and evil. These themes or conceptual constructs found in B Continue Reading...
orchestrate the plot such that the characters are forced to make crucial decisions regarding their most centrally held values and beliefs; whichever action a specific character chooses serves to inform the audience as to what type of individual he o Continue Reading...
Jane Austin's Sense and Sensibility, while including no supernatural references, focuses on the more positive side of extreme emotion of romantic love. Similarly to Shelley's work, this side of emotion is also used to reflect upon the society of th Continue Reading...
features of residual (or "secondary") orality preserved in Voluspa, according to the criteria Ong (1982) advances? Ong (1982) talks about how cultures in the past were only able to preserve their heritage through stories that meticulously passed do Continue Reading...
With the help of Salome, she discovers Jamie's dual nature, and when he, offended by her lack of trust, leaves her, Rosamond goes after him. Her journey is the hero's quest, usually a male activity in myths and legends. It takes her through the wild Continue Reading...
The almost un-human personalities of the two men both endear and detach them from the readers, maintaining a certain level of respect and awe while at the same time believing that like the readers, they are just human beings who have their own weakn Continue Reading...
