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- 211: Endocrine Disruption
- ... follows: Dioxin Furan These two substances are chemically different from one another, but are both produced in similar ways. The are left as unwanted byproducts from industrial activity such as medical and municipal waste incineration, pulp and paper bleaching, fuel combustion, and PVC manufacturing. Both of these chemicals are considered very dangerous by the EPA not only due to damage they may cause themselves, but also do to reactions they undergo ... others that firmly believe it is due totally to persistent organic pollutants such as those listed in earlier parts of the paper. It has also been found that several species of female fish downstream from pulp and paper mills have developed male sex organs and exhibit altered behavior patterns. The females that have been masculinized have tried to mate with other females or with each other. The males in this same area were hypermasculinized, showing very aggressive behavior. The possible cause of these conditions are thought to be related to chemicals relased from the pulp factories (such as dioxins, furans, and PCB s). These substances are acting very similar to androgenic steroids. Another example of wildlife studies which have been done are the cases of abnormal alligators in Florida. ...
- 212: Fahrenheit 451: Books - A Part of Our Past
- ... to learn about something we rent a movie about it or watch a show on it. No one reads books anymore just for the fun of it, or so they can read the paranormal, science fiction, horror, classics, fiction or non-fiction novel that surround our world. If we want to see stuff like that we will watch “The X-Files” or rent a Stephan King movie. Actually when you read books there is much more ...
- 213: Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre An
- ... Although not strictly autobiographical, Rhys uses cultural and topographical descriptions to both illustrate her own experiences in Dominica in the early, formative years of her life and to authenticate what she says. She sets her fiction in a time of upheaval and disruption in Dominica, following the emancipation of slaves, and in order to do so shifts the approximate dates used in Jane Eyre, but the significance of this shift is ... in thematic content and characterisation. Her book was written for very personal reasons and invited many comparisons with events in her own life. Antoinette represents the culmination of her female fictional characters. In Rhys s fiction, for the leading lady, we can invariably read Rhys herself. I have therefore focused on those themes with direct relevance to Antoinette. There are a whole series of binary oppositions and comparisons considered by Rhys: Love-hate, fear-attraction, black-white, Anglican-Catholic, history-fiction, freedom-captivity, male-female, British-French. Their number, along with the clear lack of distinction between them, are indicative of the conflicting forces at work, both within Dominican society and those impacting on it ...
- 214: Dystopia in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
- ... to order" in a specific class (Baker 2). The purpose of this paper is to shows that Aldous Huxley clearly introduces a river of cases and incidences, which adds to the dystopia in his science fiction novel Brave New World. Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in England into a family of novelists and scientists. Leonard Huxley, Aldous's father, was an essayist and an editor who also was ... along with the freedom to have your own emotions, will, and mind. In this society, humans are "conceived and mass-produced in test tubes and are genetically engineered with standardized traits" (Critical Survey of Long Fiction 2). Children are raised in laboratories were they are conditioned emotionally and socially through technology and the use of drugs. In their adult lives the "children" are part of a social class already predetermined for ... This is part of the fifth and final proof discussed in this paper where dystopia is displayed in the novel Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley. Bibliography "Aldous Huxley," in Critical Survey of Long Fiction, ed. Frank N. Magill. New Jersey: Salem Press, 1983. Baker, Robert. Brave New World: History, Science, and Dystopia. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1990. Clareson, Thomas. "The Classic: Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World'," in Extrapolation, ...
- 215: The Handmaids Tale
- Many readers are surprised to hear Atwood's novel labeled science fiction, but it belongs squarely in the long tradition of near-future dystopias which has made up a large part of SF since the early50s. SF need not involve technological innovation: it has been a long ... picture affects Offred? Explain. Chapter 32 "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs" is a paraphrase of Napoleon justifying the carnage he caused in attempting to build his empire. When a character in fiction uses it, it almost always indicates the speaker's ruthlessness. Chapter 34 Arranged marriages seem hopelessly exotic to many Americans, but in Western civilization they were the rule rather than the exception until a couple ... but Atwood is trying to avoid fatalism and sensationalism at thesame time. She is also parodying the ponderous, self-conscious attempts of scholars to be humorous. There is a long tradition of "nowhere" namesin utopian fiction. "Utopia" means "nowhere" and SamuelButler called his utopia "Erewhon." The Chair comes from theUniversity of "deny" which is in the country of "none ofit." But gturner@Selkirk.bc.ca of Selkirk College comments further ...
- 216: Open Arms
- ... same idolatry and could be dismissed with the same scorn. Lord Acton had said that she was greater than Dante; Herbert Spencer exempted her novels, as if they were not novels, when he banned all fiction from the London Library. She was the pride and paragon of her sex. Moreover, her private record was not more alluring than her public. Asked to describe an afternoon at the Priory, the story-teller ... in the actual presence, kept his distance and kept his head, and never read the novels in later years with the light of a vivid, or puzzling, or beautiful personality dazzling in his eyes. In fiction, where so much of personality is revealed, the absence of charm is a great lack; and her critics, who have been, of course, mostly of the opposite sex, have resented, half consciously perhaps, her deficiency ... loss seems inappropriate. Everything to such a mind was gain. All experience filtered down through layer after layer of perception and reflection, enriching and nourishing. The utmost we can say, in qualifying her attitude towards fiction by what little we know of her life, is that she had taken to heart certain lessons not usually learnt early, if learnt at all, among which, perhaps, the most branded upon her was ...
- 217: 1984: The Plot
- ... called a telescreen for the least signs of criminal deviation or unorthodox thoughts. This novel, like Orwell’s earlier work Animal Farm and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, is an example of anti-utopian fiction, that kind of fiction which shows man at the mercy of some force over which he has no control. Anti-utopian novels are usually intended as a criticism of the time in which the author lives. Nineteen Eighty Four ... suffering in graphic detail, and his presentation keeps the reader alert by shifting suddenly in unexpected directions. In this novel, Orwell wonderfully implements a dichotomy between the reality of our world and the unreality of fiction. The barrier between what is real and what is depicted in the novel is obliterated as Orwell satirizes and mimics contemporary society. Orwell’s style captivates the reader into the reality of the world ...
- 218: The Study Of Violence In Ernes
- ... the way they sailed very carefully at first in case I ever wanted to use them in a story. That s funny now. (Hemingway, 3) Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to write personal books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa. As he liked to write about wars he had seen and made pronouncements about other writers. He was always a ... death. He did feel that killing himself was more heroic than patiently waiting for the next injection or wasting away in a foul-smelling bed. Ernest Hemingway constantly used real people and situations in his fiction. He also liked to read personal books about bullfighting in Spain and hunting in Africa, as he liked to write about wars he had seen and pronouncements about other writers. He was a legend, and ... created a Hemingway who is not only incredible nut obnoxious. He is certainly his own worse-invented character BIBLIOGRAPHY (1) Hemingway, Ernest.(1995). The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories. New York, NY: Scribner Paperback Fiction. (2) Castillo- puche Luis Jose . (1974). Hemingway in Spain. Garden City, NY: Double Days & Company. (3) Information Network on the Net. (No date). [Online]. Available (4) Microsoft ® Encarta ® 98 encyclopedia ©. (1993-1997). Microsoft Corporation. ...
- 219: Haliburton Created Sam Slick To Voice His Own Positions
- ... ideals are hopeless, the stories lose some of their characteristic humour and a certain partisan quality emerges. The continuing value of this work, the important lessons we glean from it may be a full- blown fiction, but it also contains many social commentaries that could exist either in a journal or a fiction, just as Haliburton’s characters seem to exist in accounts of both fictional and real-life history. There is nothing wrong with being a businessman, a Nova Scotian, or an American. Nor is there anything ... to assume that symbols, generalizations and moral ideals, because not adequate for describing an everyday, physical reality do not describe an equally real and important if different kind of truth. There is truth to his fiction because the roundness of most people’s character is highly overrated. Our actions are predictable and we often do act out the roles prescribed by the categories we give ourselves over to. Perhaps the ...
- 220: The Positronic Man
- ... choice: to make his dream a reality, he must pay the ultimate price. I must say that I didn't have very high expectations for this book because I am not a very big science fiction fan, but this book changed my mind. There are many reasons why this particular book changed my view on science fiction. One of the major reasons for my enjoyment of this book is the way in which it was written. Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg set this story up wonderfully. I personally liked the way the ... would deteriorate just like ageing human. So this ultimately showed how human Andrew was. I really enjoyed reading this book. I would say that this books target audience is aimed more towards the seasoned science fiction reader. I would definitely recommend this book to people that I know are interested in psychology and or futuristic literature. I would recommend this book because of its uniqueness about the life of a ...
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