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- 251: Around the World In Eighty Days: Summary
- ... in London on time. The one part that I would change is when Passepartout and Fogg are separated on India and then they meet up again coincidentally in Japan. I know that this is science fiction, fiction being the important word but still it is to something that is almost impossible to happen in real life. While Fogg and Passepartout were in the India jungle, they saw a woman, Aouda, who was ...
- 252: The Human Cloning Controversy
- ... sex or sexual organs; sexless) from a single individual, as by cuttings, bulbs, by fission , by mitosis , or by parthenogenesis reproduction. In general human cloning is the "identical twin of another person" (Vere 1). Science fiction movies, filmmakers, and science fiction authors are still far ahead of the scientists in the race between fantasy and reality. In "The Case for Human Cloning," writer Steven Vere states that what been imagined has been misleading: They gave the ...
- 253: Lord Of The Flies By William G
- ... against battleships, submarines and aircraft, and had participated in the Walcheren and D-Day operations (Epstein 104). V. Ideas and Philosophies: A. The [ Golding’s early poems] foreshadow the considerable poetic talent evident in the fiction, but they are not representative of either his mature thought of technique because they come long before the trying experiences of the war years (Baker xiv). B. The shape of society must depend of the ... Allen, Walter. “The Modern Novel,” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Baker, James R. William Golding New York St.Martin’s Press, 1965. Burgess, Anthony. “The Novel Now: A guide to contemporary Fiction” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 120-121 Dick, Bernard F. “William Golding” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973: 121-121 Gordan, David J. “Saturday Review” Contemporary Literary Criticism Detroit: Gale Research, 1973 ...
- 254: Cloning
- ... car accident. He loses both of his arms. Instead of going the rest of his life he has new arms attached to his body. Sounds like something that could only be true in a science fiction novel, right. Wrong, This is something that could be quite possible in the near future. It can all be made possible through cloning. The question that must be asked is; is human cloning ethically right ... Committee Report). State representative Charlie Brown authored legislation that would ban the practice of human cloning in Indiana. He said “Just one year ago, this bill would have seemed silly, cloning was the stuff of fiction, no more likely to happen than having Scotty from ‘Star Trek’ Beam us up to the USS Enterprise”(Unkown). He States “Human cloning is no longer the subject of imagination. It is something that is ...
- 255: The Hobbit: Fantasy World Comparison To Our World
- ... talk with humans and dwarves in the book, which is not possible in real life. Beorn, a human who is able to change into other creatures at an instant, is an excellent example of such fiction. The dragon, Smaug, is the main adversary of the fourteen adventurers and is a type of creature that has long been used in fantasy writing. Although most of the characters' species are merely creations of ... trees, high, rocky mountains, and running rivers just as there are here on Earth. It is not possible that a story such as The Hobbit could occur in real life. However, I do believe that fiction can effectively teach us about reality. There are morals, lessons, and themes to be found within the text that can help us gain knowledge and live our lives more productively. Bilbo Baggins took a stand ...
- 256: The Life and Work of Anthony Burgess
- ... crime, and is high-spirited about beating the elderly and raping the defenseless (Bergonzi 85). This trend can be seen in other books as well. One critic summed it up rather well by saying "His fiction is peopled with lapsed Catholics, failed poets and musicians, ineffective teachers, linguists who cannot adjust to the world as easily as they do to the word, and other intellectual misfits." (Friedman 1). And so, in this manor, Burgess used the setting in which he lived to create the characters of many of his fiction novels. One of the themes in A Clockwork Orange even seems to have a strong connection to Burgess's early life. The "conservative and pessimistic view of human nature" portrayed in A Clockwork Orange can ...
- 257: Rand's "Anthem"
- Rand's "Anthem" Anthem, a science fiction novel, deals with a future primitive society in which the forbidden word "I", which is punishable, has been replaced by "We". Anthem's theme seems to be about the meaning and glory of man's ... are shackled to the weakest and dullest ones among them." Once free from their restrictive society, they rediscover the knowledge of the Unmentionable times, they discover the self and free will. Ayn Rand's science fiction novella Anthem shows intense emotion. The story takes place in a futuristic world of collectivism where the word "I" has been forgotten. The achievements of the past have been lost until one man feels his ...
- 258: Genetic Cloning
- ... car accident. He loses both of his arms. Instead of going the rest of his life he has new arms attached to his body. Sounds like something that could only be true in a science fiction novel, right. Wrong. This is something that could be quite possible in the near future. It can all be made possible through cloning. The question that must be asked is; is human cloning ethically right ... Committee Report). State representative Charlie Brown authored legislation that would ban the practice of human cloning in Indiana. He said “Just one year ago, this bill would have seemed silly, cloning was the stuff of fiction, no more likely to happen than having Scotty from ‘Star Trek’ Beam us up to the USS Enterprise”(Unkown). He States “Human cloning is no longer the subject of imagination. It is something that is ...
- 259: The Hobbit 2
- ... Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien?" I had never heard of the book or the author but we went to the bookstore and picked up a copy. It turned out that it was a science fiction book and I am not the biggest science fiction fan, but I sure am glad I read it. It has becime one of my all time favorite books. The book begins with Bilbo Baggins enjoying a pipe after breakfast. Th is is one of ...
- 260: Film Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- ... their town. Dreyfuss, obsessed with the UFO sightings, nearly drives his family away, and destroys his home in suburbia because of his unrelinquished need to answer his own questions. Although this is obviously a science fiction film, Dreyfuss also turns in just the right amount of delightful comedy to keep boredom from the audience's grasp. Spielberg has won a hit with his heartfelt, intriguing, sci-fi flick that has that ... that Spielberg uses. This film was pretty much original for it's time, but once you see the special effects, you are instantly reminded of films like E.T., Star Wars and other such science fiction slash space odyssey's of our time. But since this movie was made before many of these others, I believe it was just a draw off all of the stories and possibilities of encountering another ...
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