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- 101: Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences
- Ray Bradbury: Literary Influences Ray Bradbury, one of the most revered science-fiction authors, has had many things occur in his life which directly influenced his style of writing. In addition to influencing his style, these events also affected the content and theme of his individual works. Putting all of this aside, however, if these specific events did not occur in Bradbury's life, he would not have become a science-fiction writer. Throughout his childhood, Bradbury was exposed to many types of literature. While living in Waukegan, Illinois at the age of six, Bradbury's Aunt read him the Oz books. Also at this early age ... fondness for the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the comic book heroes Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and Prince Valiant. (Johnson 1). It was these comic book heroes who fueled Bradbury's fondness for science fiction. After moving to Tucson, Arizona Bradbury got a job a local radio station because of his experience in Waukegan as an amateur magician. I was on the radio every Saturday night reading comic book ...
- 102: The Martian Chronicles
- The Martian Chronicles The Martian Chronicles, by Ray Bradbury, is a science-fiction book and was written in 1946. This major work by Bradbury is a collection of short stories relating to Mars or Martians. Bradbury had a clear vision of the Mars in which these stories are ... has won many awards including the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award, the Aviation-Space Writers Association Award, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bradbury supported his awards with The Martian Chronicles, keeping with the theme of giving his readers something to enjoy. His thoroughness in his writing keeps the reader wanting more. The Martian Chronicles ... he sat up, watching ahead. Bradbury indicates through this quote that every place has more than one location, each at a different time in it s history. Doing this makes Bradbury s genre clear, science-fiction. Also in Night Meeting , Bradbury writes about his views of Martian intelligence. And then the Martian laughed. Wait! Tomas felt his head touched, but no hand had touched him. There! said the Martian in ...
- 103: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
- ... crime reporting from serious literature. As he relives the 1959 murder of a Kansas farm family and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, Capote creates suspense. This non fiction novel has started a whole new type of writing. It has been called literary journalism and creative non fiction. Truman Capote was born in 1924 and died in 1984. He wrote both fiction and non fiction including short stories, novels, plays and films. The intense research and writing of In Cold Blood is said to have taken a toll on Capotes mind. Capote sees the write- ...
- 104: The Sun Also Rises - Response
- ... It wanted me to bring it out slowly, so I often found myself reading five or ten pages and laying it aside to absorb without engulfing. A man gets used to reading Star Wars and pulp fiction and New York Times Bestsellers and forgets what literature is until it slaps him in the face. This book was written, not churned out or word-processed. Again, I thoroughly enjoyed reading. I never noticed ... analogy and symbolism aren't fond of me. Trying to see that the bull-fighters and their purity or lack and how it relates to Him as a writer surrounded by a universe of new fiction printed for the masses, that is all fine and well. The short sentences, the lack of qualifying, "he said"s and "she saids" and such, the tragedy of his love for Brett, those are ...
- 105: History Of The Detective Novel
- ... becomes entangled with a beautiful woman, who became the first of the viper-like temptresses to appear in the gumshoe tradition. All of these features have become trademarks for the hard boiled style of detective fiction and are present to a greater or lesser degree in all detective novels of this form. The Maltese Falcon was later made into a movie starring Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade. Raymond Chandler is one of the most imitated writers in the mystery genre. Like Hammett, Chandler started his career by writing for various pulp magazines of the 1930 s, especially Black Mask. Although his cynical detective/narrator changed names many times over the years before finally becoming Philip Marlowe, he remains the one hero in Chandler's dark and ... collected and published under the title Killer in the Rain (1964). Before the book was released, all of the narrators names were changed to Phillip Marlowe. In the last forty years another school of detective fiction has emerged, the police procedural. This school was mainly formed as a variation from the often extremist action and drama of the hard boiled detective genre, a compromise between the almost pacifist country house ...
- 106: Smoke Signals - Movie Analysis
- ... his son and the infant Thomas from the blaze. The movie is narrated by Thomas, who has become a devout believer in spirits. He waits patiently for visions and enjoys stories of both fact and fiction. Yet, he is also a bit of a nerd who spends too much time watching Indians on television and Dances With Wolves. Nonetheless, Thomas who was raised by his grandmother continues to worship Arnold even ... that it was a decent movie. It is not a film I would normally have rented, let alone pay $7.00 to see in a theater. It is very much a dialogue movie, as was Pulp Fiction, but it lacked any of the action I crave. The comedic moments in Smoke Signals were very light and did not make me laugh, which left nothing else except plain drama. Overall, my rating ...
- 107: The Sun Also Rises: A Review
- ... It wanted me to bring it out slowly, so I often found myself reading five or ten pages and laying it aside to absorb without engulfing. A man gets used to reading Star Wars and pulp fiction and New York Times Bestsellers and forgets what literature is until it slaps him in the face. This book was written, not churned out or word-processed. Again, I thoroughly enjoyed reading. I never noticed ... analogy and symbolism aren't fond of me. Trying to see that the bull-fighters and their purity or lack and how it relates to Him as a writer surrounded by a universe of new fiction printed for the masses, that is all fine and well. The short sentences, the lack of qualifying, "he said"s and "she saids" and such, the tragedy of his love for Brett, those are ...
- 108: The Vampire Genre By V Sthe Va
- ... chase, the Count is beheaded and stabbed through the heart and then his body crumbles to dust. In this novel, the main character Dracula is the basis of all vampire conventions in modern day vampire fiction. These popular conventions are as follows: Vampires are living dead as they have no heart beat and do not breathe, yet they think, walk and speak as humans can. They are immortal but they must ... nose and claw like fingernails and ofcourse the fangs. All of these features belong to predator animals and reinforce a sense of fear in the audience. As well as coming under the horror genre vampire fiction usually contains a sub plot and a genre within a genre. In almost all vampire films and novels romance is present. Dracula follows the theme of love and the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula ... it is from a vampires point of view and is about the inner turmoil of being a vampire. This film is about love, belonging and morality as well as the basic vampire horror. As vampire fiction as been around for over a hundred years the conventions of the genre have to be added to, edited or a combination of the two in order for audiences to keep on seeing the ...
- 109: The Vampire Genre (v.s)
- ... chase, the Count is beheaded and stabbed through the heart and then his body crumbles to dust. In this novel, the main character Dracula is the basis of all vampire conventions in modern day vampire fiction. These popular conventions are as follows: Vampires are living dead as they have no heart beat and do not breathe, yet they think, walk and speak as humans can. They are immortal but they must ... nose and claw like fingernails and ofcourse the fangs. All of these features belong to predator animals and reinforce a sense of fear in the audience. As well as coming under the horror genre vampire fiction usually contains a sub plot and a genre within a genre. In almost all vampire films and novels romance is present. Dracula follows the theme of love and the 1992 film Bram Stoker's Dracula ... it is from a vampires point of view and is about the inner turmoil of being a vampire. This film is about love, belonging and morality as well as the basic vampire horror. As vampire fiction as been around for over a hundred years the conventions of the genre have to be added to, edited or a combination of the two in order for audiences to keep on seeing the ...
- 110: House Of The Seven Gables
- ... trials were because he was living in the very time they were taking place. Therefore, I do think that the personal history and cultural background affect what the author writes about whether the book be fiction or non-fiction, but most of the time, non-fiction. An example of an author I can come up with where I strongly think their personal history and cultural background significantly influence what she writes about is Amy Tan. I have read two of ...
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