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- 841: Fahrenheit 451 - A Charred Exi
- ... the story s society if we are not careful. As critic Tom Bradford put it, elements of the real world must be among the constituent ingredients (69). He tempts the reader look beyond the science fiction aspects of the novel and realize that this story is a reflection of our future, as it may become. Perhaps the most effective of Bradbury s methods in the portrayal of his theme is symbolism ...
- 842: Enders Game--enders Empathic A
- Ender's Empathic Abilities Orson Scott Card's work of science fiction, Ender's Game, is the exciting and poignant tale of a genius, Ender Wiggin, whom the Government takes from home at an early age to mold into a military commander. From his turbulent childhood, to ...
- 843: Dickens As A Motivator Of Soci
- ... to the audience with Oliver Twist, but he wrote Oliver Twist more to foster social reform than to entertain. One thing that misleads the reading into thinking that Oliver Twist is no more than entertaining fiction is the deceptively simple plot: action, suspense, obvious "good guys" and "bad guys" and a happy ending. Oliver himself provides a great deal of the action. He fights Noah Claypole, a bullish adopted boy, after ...
- 844: Dawn, By Elie Wiesel
- ... to Elie Wiesel s life because they both had to deal with and feel the struggles of the Holocaust. Some reviewers consider his plots and characters more vehicle for rhetorical concerns and questions whether his fiction is art or polemick. His writings sustain the plea that death deserves no more victories and that evil should never have the last word. Most praise his sensitive insight into human behavior, his moral cander ...
- 845: Dark City
- ... that it made you think about it after each fascinating chapter. If you liked the movie the Matrix you ll definitely like this book. I recommend it to everyone who has an interest in Science Fiction or just likes something interesting to read.
- 846: Catch-22 2
- ... Absurdity." MOSAIC IV/3 (University of Manitoba, 1971) Lindberg, Gary. "Playing for Real - The Confidence Man in American Literature." Oxford University Press (1982) Merrill, Robert. "The Structure and Meaning of Catch-22. Studies in American Fiction. 14.2 (1986) Seltzer, Leon F. "Milo's 'Culpable Innocence': Absurdity as Moral Insanity in 'Catch-22.'" Papers on Language and Literature. 15.3 (1979) Usborne, David. "Joseph Heller, Master of Black Satire." Independent News ...
- 847: Book Report The 13th Warrior
- ... Overall, the historic era of, The 13th Warrior, seemed like a time of change and expansion extending and spreading the cultures of the Iraqi Muslims and the Vikings. The 13th Warrior was a great historical-fiction novel that gave an idea of what Viking culture was like, as well as the clash with Arab culture. Michael Crichton makes the book more interesting because Ibn Fadlan is the exact opposite of the ...
- 848: Brave New World 3
- ... World: Oh, my God, my God! In 1932, Aldous Huxley first published the novel, Brave New World. During this time, the ideas that Huxley explored in his novel were not a reality, but merely science-fiction entertainment. Brave New World confronts ideas of totalitarianism, artificial reproduction, anti-individualism, and forever youth- ideas which were not threatening in the 30 s. In the 1930 s, the high ethical standards people maintained and ...
- 849: A Tale Of Two Cities - Critica
- ... of Two Cities. In A Tale, Dickens writes about the French Revolution, and relates the events in the lives of two families, one French and one English. In addition to writing about a very interesting fiction plot, Dickens also tied in a wide variety of important themes and sub plots that keep the reader interested as well as portraying very valuable lessons for us even today. He chose very archetypical characters ...
- 850: An Autobiographical Portrayal
- ... s tenacious character and lust for wealth and women was so real and graphic, that it could only be expressed by someone who had actually endured such feelings. For in The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses fiction to tell his own story-- reflecting on the superior and brutal qualities of the rich and on the impossibility of becoming one of them (Meyers, 123). REFERENCES Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. London: Penguin ...
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