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- 141: 1984: The Plot
- ... called a telescreen for the least signs of criminal deviation or unorthodox thoughts. This novel, like Orwell’s earlier work Animal Farm and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, is an example of anti-utopian fiction, that kind of fiction which shows man at the mercy of some force over which he has no control. Anti-utopian novels are usually intended as a criticism of the time in which the author lives. Nineteen Eighty Four ... suffering in graphic detail, and his presentation keeps the reader alert by shifting suddenly in unexpected directions. In this novel, Orwell wonderfully implements a dichotomy between the reality of our world and the unreality of fiction. The barrier between what is real and what is depicted in the novel is obliterated as Orwell satirizes and mimics contemporary society. Orwell’s style captivates the reader into the reality of the world ...
- 142: Eudora Welty: Her Life and Her Works
- ... Mississippi, on April 13, 1909. She was an observant child. She was fascinated by sounds and sights, human voices and the changing of seasons. Welty's happy childhood and serene life is reflected in her fiction. Eudora Welty's ability to observe created her talent to precisely tell situations as they would be seen. This talent brings her stories to life. The in-depth accounts that she writes of jump off of the page and into the readers' imagination. The descriptive passages in her fiction bring about vibrant images in the readers' mind. The short story "A Memory" opens up with a clear visual image. "The water shone like steel, motionless except for the feathery curl behind a distant swimmer ... state of Mississippi as the setting for her stories. By doing this, she can write in diction that she knows; as well as being able to create both black and white southern characters for her fiction. Welty's characters are authentically southern, their moods, gestures and entirely are sculpted to the finest detail. Her characters are so true to life that they seem to speak for themselves. "With their wide ...
- 143: The Positronic Man
- ... choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price. I must say that I didn't have very high expectations for this book because I am not a very big science fiction fan, but this book changed my mind. There are many reasons why this particular book changed my view on science fiction. One of the major reasons for my enjoyment of this book is the way in which it was written. Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg set this story up wonderfully. I personally liked the way the ... would deteriorate just like ageing human. So this ultimately showed how human Andrew was. I really enjoyed reading this book. I would say that this books target audience is aimed more towards the seasoned science fiction reader. I would definitely recommend this book to people that I know are interested in psychology and or futuristic literature. I would recommend this book because of its uniqueness about the life of a ...
- 144: Cloning: Background
- ... here to stay. Cloning may benefit the world and it might destroy it. But it is not just going to go away just by a few people stopping the funding of cloning. Cloning was science fiction, but now it has become science fact, which was said before is scaring people. They think if one science fiction idea can come to life what will stop more science fiction idea from coming out. So no matter how much people fight it, cloning is here to stay no matter if it is good or bad, because it is an idea, and there is no ...
- 145: Haliburton Created Sam Slick To Voice His Own Positions
- ... ideals are hopeless, the stories lose some of their characteristic humour and a certain partisan quality emerges. The continuing value of this work, the important lessons we glean from it may be a full- blown fiction, but it also contains many social commentaries that could exist either in a journal or a fiction, just as Haliburton’s characters seem to exist in accounts of both fictional and real-life history. There is nothing wrong with being a businessman, a Nova Scotian, or an American. Nor is there anything ... to assume that symbols, generalizations and moral ideals, because not adequate for describing an everyday, physical reality do not describe an equally real and important if different kind of truth. There is truth to his fiction because the roundness of most people’s character is highly overrated. Our actions are predictable and we often do act out the roles prescribed by the categories we give ourselves over to. Perhaps the ...
- 146: Brazil 2
- ... involved. But interest, more than percentages, was a key to the escalating crisis. The burden of debt quickly attained unsustainable levels. Yet because of the global crisis of liquidity and the risks it posed, the fiction that all was well in Brazil needed to be sustained, and it was-at least until the global system could be inoculated against the potential impact of a Brazilian crash and President Cardoso was safely ... Certainly the U.S. edition of Time contained not a word of reporting from most of the world south and east of Manhattan, where that message of deliverance might have seemed hollow at best. The Fiction Is Over What are the risks now that the fiction is over? The segment of the population that is most threatened by a return of inflation and recession are the 19 million people who during the mid-1990s, gaining from the stability brought about ...
- 147: Jane Eyre And Foreshadowing
- Jane Eyre is one of the most popular pieces of fiction ever written. At different periods since its publication it has been accused of immorality, of irreligion, of being unfeminine or too feminine, of alarming independence from convention, or too much reliance on it, of rejecting ... to be loved nil. It is in Jane Eyre's proud declaration of her rights as a human being that the novelty lay and that a new voice was heard for the first time in fiction. Believing Rochester to be on the eve of marrying Blanche Ingram, the rich and fashionable beauty, Jane decides to leave her post, and tells him so. Despite the carping of the moralists, Jane Eyre received ... noticed, the book's "upright" character, is of its essence. Rectitude was a basic Bronte quality: the importance of what people are and believe in, as opposed to their sense of self-interest. Applied to fiction, it contributed a new dimension to popular literature. All unconsciously Currer Bell, with her scrupulous regard for truth and critical self-analysis, and advanced the novel by half a century.
- 148: J.D.Salinger
- J.D.Salinger "I Think that J.D.Salinger is the most talented fiction writer in America."(Hyman, Edgar p.444) ""Salinger is an oddity, an obsessive, who commands respect.."(Kazin, Alfred p.446) These are just a portion of endless quotes which describe Salinger's impact on typical ... might be called, with all due exaggeration, the assertive vulgarity and the responsive outsider. Both types recur with sufficient frequency to warrant the distinction, and their interplay defines much that is most central to Salingers fiction."(Ihab, hassan p296) It is not surprising that Salinger relates to the younger generations. His writing style focuses on average adolescence which most kids identify with. Although most of his writing is based on young ... language, to the fraudulence of contemporary America." (Hyman, Stanley Edgar p. 444) "When one stands back from Salingers career, it does take on a curious and disturbing pattern, He begins as a writer of formula fiction fresh out of a course in short story writing... and then gradually looses himself within the potentially brilliant concept of the glass family." (Landquist, James p.151) Salinger writing has been an inspiration to ...
- 149: Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
- ... vignettes about one summer in the life of 12-year old Douglas Spaulding, is a powerful mirror into childhood, growing up, and life in general. Bradbury, generally considered one of the Grand Masters of science fiction, did not in fact write science fiction. While his books and stories had some of the overtones of science fiction, their themes went much deeper than simple space opera or shoot-'em-up action. His books were often quite surrealistic and were very emotional. (Wolfheim 42) Critiquing Bradbury is difficult as it dulls the ...
- 150: Agatha Christie
- ... the murder mystery by Agatha Christie, Murder on the Orient Express, her style of writing can be described as one of Christie s best works, having an international trend, and being a genius with detective fiction. Murder on the Orient Express was a great book and should be read by all. Agatha Christie is the world s best known mystery writer. (Harper) All of her novels are known around the world ... victim. When you finally figured out the murderer of the man, you were shocked. You had no idea it was going to be who Mr. Poirot said it was. Agatha Christie s genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. (Harper) Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, can be described as one of her best works, having an international trend, and being a genius for detective fiction. Her worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. No one knows the human heart-or the dark passions that can stop it-better than Agatha Christie. She is truly the one ...
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