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- 161: The Reality Of Huckleberry Fin
- Huckleberry Finn is a book that contains elements of romantic and realistic fiction; even though it contains both these elements, it is a book on realistic fiction, and that is how it was written to be. Mark Twain used historical facts and data to make this story realistic, it used situations that would normally happen in the time the novel takes place ... do the same, making it a realistic situation. Yes, Huckleberry Finn contains elements of romanticism and elements of realism. But throughout this book, the element of realism prevails, and thus making this book a realistic fiction novel. These examples I have given should be just enough to prove this point of realism over romanticism. These two elements do coexist, but romanticism isn't a strong enough element to categorize the ...
- 162: Kindred
- Octavia Butlers novel Kindred is categorized as science fiction because of the existence of time travel. However, the novel does not center on the schematics of this type of journey. Instead, the novel deals with the relationships forged between a Los Angeles woman from ... slavery from the point of view of a truly "free" black woman, as opposed to an enslaved one describing memories. On a more superficial level, the fact that the novel has been deemed as "science fiction" opens it up to a greater audience. It is safe to say that the majority of people cannot relate to the troubles and scars of the antebellum south, in fact the only living persons who ... to Dana, because every time she returns, she finds Rufus years older, and acting that much more like his father. This poses one of the general themes that go along with time travel in science fiction. Every protagonist has visions of grandeur of making the future a "better" place. So they go back in time and try to influence the past in order to rearrange the future. But, in each ...
- 163: 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 ...
- 164: The Philosophical Foundations
- ... intellectual heroes, such as an uncompromising young architect who stands by his own judgment against an entire society in a book stressing the virtue of independence. Or maybe one found one's heroes not in fiction but in the great men and women of real life, such as: George Washington leading his battered troops across the Delaware to surprise the British Army on Christmas Eve--or Thomas Jefferson writing the Declaration ... with an assortment of specific characteristics. Some are predominantly physicalistic heroes, some primarily intellectual, some are excellent examples of the principle of mind-body integration; some are grand-scale characters towering through a work of fiction, whether on the printed page, stage or screen--while some perform their great and notable deeds in actual existence. More prosaically, some are male, some are female; some are white, some black, some Oriental; many ... breaks through the hostility to achieve great commercial success. She formulates a revolutionary philosophy of reason and individualism, then gives lectures, writes essays and newspaper columns, appears on television and radio, publishes works of non-fiction and more--in an attempt to reach out to her fellow man with what she knows is a life-giving philosophy. But many of her fellow men are uninterested or antagonistic. The Humanities professors, ...
- 165: There Seems To Be A Need For Violence In Society!
- ... again, a wrong message. Violence is glorified the most throught media, violent movies, TV shows and newspaper sensationalism. Violent movies are born one after another: "Die Hard","The God Father", "Natural Born Killers", "The Proffesinal", "Pulp Fiction"," Terminator 2", etc.When these kinds of movies come out, there are lines for tickets. In some countries people have to stay in lines to buy food. Violence can not be the way to survive ...
- 166: Violent Behavior in Society
- ... media, violent movies, TV shows and newspaper sensationalism. THERE SEEMES TO BE A NEED FOR VIOLNCE IN SOCIETY! Violent movies are born one after another: "Die Hard","The God Father", "Natural Born Killers", "The Proffesinal", "Pulp Fiction"," Terminator 2", etc.When these kinds of movies come out, there are lines for tickets. In some countries people have to stay in lines to buy food. Violence can not be the way to survive ...
- 167: 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 ...
- 168: France And England In A Tale O
- ... with which a private history is associated with a most vivid expression of the spirit of the days of the great French Revolution" (qtd. in P. Collins 424). This comment suggests that Dickens successfully integrated fiction and history, but it is clear from what Forster says later that he prefers the fiction to the rendering of history in the novel: "But in his broadest colouring of revolutionary scenes, while he gives life to large truths in the story of a nation, he is working out closely and ... the French Revolution. Works Cited Altick, Richard. Victorian People and Ideas: A Companion for the Modern Reader of Victorian Literature. New York: Norton, 1973. Baumgarten, Murray. "Writing the Revolution." Dickens Studies Annual: Essays on Victorian Fiction 12 (1983): 161-76. Collins, Irene. "Charles Dickens and the French Revolution." Literature and History 1.1 (1990): 40-57. Collins, Philip, ed. Dickens: The Critical Heritage. London: Routledge, 1971. Conway, Jack, dir. A ...
- 169: Skeptical Views On Noahs Ark
- ... be treated as an ancient legend to which mythical material was added later. However, without contemporary artifacts, it is not possible to prove how much of the original legend was true and how much was fiction based on a real flood. In the Noah's Ark book, the original legend is reconstructed by piecing together fragments from the various surviving editions of the flood myth, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle ... hills not mountains. Additional creationist arguments are answered in chapter 13 of the Noah's Ark book Frequently Asked Questions Questions are in bold face. Answers are in regular type. Was Noah's flood story fiction or fact? Much of the flood story was fiction, but there was a real river flood on which the original flood legend was based. Ziusudra, the Sumerian Noah was listed in the Sumerian King List and therefore may have been a real person, ...
- 170: The Short Story Theories Of Ed
- ... both of the articles, each author is trying to share his view, or theory on the short story. The view of Edgar Allen Poe is very pessimistic toward the novel and other forms of long fiction, while B.M. Ejxenbaum takes a more analytic approach. Poe writes, The novel certainly requires what is denominated a sustained effort but this is a matter of perseverance, and has but a collateral relation to ... put into a work, such as a novel, is your talent, and it is directly related through thought and emotional drive. Ejxenbaum uses much less opinion in his explanation of the differing styles of short fiction and those of novels. The novel is based off a history, or of travels, while the short story, which is generally more fundamental in form, is based off folklore and anecdotes. The short story must ... to give insight into how Poe created his unique and famous effects and moods. Poe was a master at creating effect, in most cases one of mystery and gloom, which drove his poems and short fiction. But he also was a storyteller, and like any good storyteller, he forms plots. And with those plots, he forms his moods and effect. Ejxenbaum sums up this idea with, The particular attention paid ...
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