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- 311: Censorship
- ... is the distinction between isolated instances of obscenity and the products of vast commercial enterprise. There has been an increasing trend towards children's literature that reflects a more realistic approach to the life both fiction and non-fiction, with subjects that include sex, homosexuality, divorce, child abuse, drugs, violence, etc. And they are these realistic books that have people outraged. In school libraries, the most frequent complaints come from parents about the school ...
- 312: Bright Shining Lie
- ... me with a basic background knowledge that better equips me to deal with analyzing this war. So much of what we base our opinions on in discussion are based on movies and other works of fiction. What this novel does is show that theses movies and books of fiction all get one thing right, the war was an illusion and it was hell. The war was an illusion in the sense that no one could get a straight answer about how it was going ...
- 313: Death of a Salesman - Willy
- ... life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These two brilliant writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in life shows through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably portray his deeper feelings of life. Popes' efforts here are of outezding quality. However, his poem did fail to convince Arabella to résumé her engagement to Lord Petre. Most of Pope's efforts ... each writer's mind is the idea that one can be g-d through their own scripture. Each must be excused for not always being able to know what is still real and what is fiction in life. Their expensive minds have brought their own personal truth to light. Can they hear the crying of their love sick pasts? In classic style, Pope has brought dreams to reality. While Keats has ...
- 314: Time Machine Book Report
- ... to Come Heat rays destroying London, time machines sending people far ahead into the future, and men who can't even be seen: these are all things that H.G. Wells uses in his science-fiction novels. His imagination allows the reader to immerse themselves in the book and do, in their mind, what the characters are doing. Wells' books were, in part, based on real-life happenings. War of the ... of the idea of genetic engineering. This is phenomenal considering there was no past knowledge of this field. He was truly a prophet of the future. H.G. Wells is ,perhaps, the most acclaimed science-fiction writer of all time. His extrordinary imagination allows him to make an otherwise unbelievable story, come to life and interest the reader to a point until they are engulfed in the adventure. The reading of ...
- 315: Lord Of The Flies By William G
- ... against battleships, submarines and aircraft, and had participated in the Walcheren and D-Day operations (Epstein 104). V. Ideas and Philosophies: A. The [ Golding’s early poems] foreshadow the considerable poetic talent evident in the fiction, but they are not representative of either his mature thought of technique because they come long before the trying experiences of the war years (Baker xiv). B. The shape of society must depend of the ... Allen, Walter. “The Modern Novel,” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Baker, James R. William Golding New York St.Martin’s Press, 1965. Burgess, Anthony. “The Novel Now: A guide to contemporary Fiction” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Dick, Bernard F. “William Golding” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 121-121 Gordan, David J. “Saturday Review” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973 ...
- 316: Arthur Miller And His Distorted Historical Accuracies
- ... to ask" regarding the Salem Witch trials when his play had many inaccuracies, some very obvious? Miller’s play is not a historical account of the events in 1692 Salem, but rather a work of fiction. It is important to realize that what Miller wrote is not fact by revealing where his play is historically flawed. Some of the more important discrepancies are discussed below: By examining Miller’s main plot ... not be deemed the expert on Salem Village. Arthur Miller is a playwright, and that is exactly what The Crucible is – a play. It is not intended to be a historical document other than a fiction based on history. The problem with people’s understanding of the Salem witch trials is that they rely on a play as fact, and a playwright to teach them history. The Crucible should be viewed ...
- 317: Film Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- ... their town. Dreyfuss, obsessed with the UFO sightings, nearly drives his family away, and destroys his home in suburbia because of his unrelinquished need to answer his own questions. Although this is obviously a science fiction film, Dreyfuss also turns in just the right amount of delightful comedy to keep boredom from the audience's grasp. Spielberg has won a hit with his heartfelt, intriguing, sci-fi flick that has that ... that Spielberg uses. This film was pretty much original for it's time, but once you see the special effects, you are instantly reminded of films like E.T., Star Wars and other such science fiction slash space odyssey's of our time. But since this movie was made before many of these others, I believe it was just a draw off all of the stories and possibilities of encountering another ...
- 318: The Island Of Dr. Moreau
- ... can clone things and it is more of a reality than it was in 1896. This change has been so dramatic that Barnes and Noble would have had to take the book off the science-fiction shelves and onto the non-fiction shelves. It has created a whole new atmosphere in which to read this book one in such Wells predicted by writing this book. Wells would be disappointed at our disregard of his warning. Another important ...
- 319: Special Effects
- ... order to achieve a certain image or illusion. Cinematographers in the early fifties would use a black cloth backdrop with white paint splattered off of toothpicks to simulate a space scene in the many science-fiction movies made in that era. There is also stories of a common plate being thrown across a "space" backdrop to emulate a flying saucer in mid-flight. Although the special effects persons of old were ... make-up artist Rick Baker who shows what can be done with a steady hand and a lot of patience. Another popular trick used was strings to manipulate miniature objects. Often used in the science fiction era to show spacecraft or other objects in flight was thin strings attached to miniatures. Audiences did notice the obvious strings but it did not matter at the time because it was state of the ...
- 320: Ben-Hur
- ... one another will be discussed in this essay. From these two works, many parallels can be drawn with actual historic events. The object of this paper is to illustrate the successful joining of fact with fiction. Ben-Hur successfully told an intriguing story of a Jew falsely accused of a crime with the backdrop of the rise of Christ and the tyrannical ruling of the Roman empire in the first century ... the place he lived" (Gutjahr, 8) This acceptance by dignified members of the community only furthered Ben-Hur's exposure. It is a rare occasion when a religious group can embrace a popular work of fiction. Wallace's book did allowed for just that. It was known to be acceptable and even deemed good to read the story of Ben-Hur. Wallace's book made readers realize that maybe faith need ...
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