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- 11: ... just mindless followers. The main events expressed in Lord of the Flies are each a symbol of real life events that have occurred once before in history, and no matter how evil this book of fiction must seem, it is grim reality. The arrival of man to the island was somewhat a resonance of the arrival of Europeans to the Americas. The New World was pure before them, but they slowly ... on an island. It is about society; it is about about man, and it is about the true evil possessed within us all. It is sad to say this, but this book is fact not fiction.
- 12: Science Fiction
- Science Fiction Science Fiction, succinctly defined, is a literary genre generally characterized in form as a world of exaggerated drama which argues a social commentary using current scientific knowledge as its evidence. From the emergence in the 18th century of modern Science Fiction to the 'birth of the book' in the 19th century, each period is distinct, yet at times similar, in their respective techniques of elucidation. From the 18th century, Voltaire's Micromegas, in its highly ...
- 13: ... 1923 in South Trinidad to an Indian father and an Indian/Scottish mother. He grew up in Trinidad's multi-racial society and graduated from San Fernando's Naparima College in 1938. Selvon began writing fiction and poetry while he served in the Royal Navy Reserve during World War II. After the war, he began his literary career as the fiction editor of the TRINITY GUARDIAN'S literary magazine until he immigrated to England in 1950. In London, his short stories and poetry were published in various journals and newspapers, including LONDON MAGAZINE, NEW STATESMAN, and ...
- 14: Lord of the Flies: Golding's Reality - Fact or Fiction
- Lord of the Flies: Golding's Reality - Fact or Fiction A recurring theme in William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies , is that man savage at heart, always ultimately reverting back to evil and a primitive nature. Golding believes that man has no control ... t control his own destiny because of fear. The main events in the story are each a symbol of real life events that have occurred once before in history, and no matter how evil this fiction book may seem it is grim reality. The arrival of the boys to the island is that of what the Europeans did when they came to the Americas. The land was pure and beautiful and ... that were tested in World War II. Then at the end Jack was rescued by a naval officer as the Jews were rescued by the allied forces. William Golding's story isn't all that fiction. All the events in the book Lord of the Flies are backed up by an event in real life so is the story really that much fiction? These events could happen in real life ...
- 15: Science Fiction Movies
- Science Fiction Movies Science fiction movies have long been a popular media for thrill-seekers filled with a curiosity for the unknown. From classic psy-fi thrillers such as The Blob or Invasion of the Body Snatchers to modern day ... not usually do is search deep beneath the surface of these films for the true meaning of psy-fi; we just take them in as entertainment and leave it at that. We see in science fiction repeated secondary motifs of technologization, primarily concerning the female body, as well as themes of warfare, androgyny, and of the couple. By further analyzing the genre of science fiction, it becomes obvious that these ...
- 16: LA Confidential And Film Noir
- ... that were adapted by film noir filmmakers. Film noir started during the mid 1940’s and has been a popular film style ever since, yielding such contemporary movies like The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer, 1995), Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Guy Ritchie, 1998). These films have proved that film noir is not a method dedicated to past decades, but rather an innovative style of film ... of Sid Hudgens, editor for Hush Hush magazine, a sleazy tabloid concerned with getting a news story no matter what the consequences are. Typical of film noir, the story is adapted from a tabloid or pulp fiction novel. Sid Hudgens describes a town of beauty, filled with beaches, people, and economic potential. He tells how anyone can achieve the American dream in Los Angeles and how it truly is the ...
- 17: Elements Of Fiction
- Elements of Fiction When you read a story, you are reading a work of fiction. FICTION is writing that comes from an author s imagination. Although the author makes the story up, he or she might base it on real events. Fiction writers write either short stories or novels. A ...
- 18: Isaac Asimov
- ... s newspaper column. He wrote a humorous story called “Little Brothers.”(12) Asimov’s first published story was in 1939 it was entitled “Marooned Off Vesta”. This story was featured in the magazine Astounding Science Fiction. The astounding publisher of this magazine was John W. Campbell Jr. He and Asimov had a close relationship and it was this that gave Asimov his beginning of a prosperous career. Asimov wrote mainly science fiction stories about robots. His themes of his stories were mainly based around his ideas that robots were rational programmable beings and friendly towards humans (Bloom, 251). Asimov’s stories are mainly based around science fiction. He was a very intelligent man and this showed through in his stories. They were very technologically advanced. Asimov was fascinated with robots. He wrote mainly of their adventures. All of his stories shared ...
- 19: Cannabis Hemp. . .Marijuana!
- ... one growing season. In 1916, the U.S. Department of Agriculture wrote in special bulletin No. 404 that one acre of cannabis hemp, in annual rotation over a 20-year period, would produce as much pulp for paper as 4.1 acres of trees over the same 20- year period being cut down; and this process would use only 1/5 to 1/7 as much sulfur-based acid chemicals to break down the glue-like lignin that binds with the fibers of the pulp. All this lignin must be broken down to make pulp paper. Hemp is only 4% lignin, while trees are 18-30% lignin. Thus hemp provides four times as much pulp with five to seven times less pollution (and yet, today is totally illegal, as ...
- 20: Herbert George Wells
- Herbert George Wells Herbert George Wells was one of the world's most talented writers. He was able to write in many styles, whether it be science-fiction or nonfiction. Although talented in many areas and genres of the literary world, it is for his contribution to the realm of science-fiction that he will always be remembered. H. G. Wells is known as "The Shakespeare of Science-Fiction." He is one of the writers that gave credibility to a rising new genre of science-fiction, or Scientific Romance as it was first called in the late 19th century (the genre was not ...
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