Jules Verne

continuously read fantasy and science fiction stories that inspired him to write his own, and the authors he read influenced his creativity and sharpened his literary and artistic skills. The Brothers Grimm, George Orwell, Edgar Allen Poe, and Jules Verne inspired him to write highly creative stories filled with magic, mystery, and horror, and the works from realistic fiction authors such as Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Thomas Wolfe, and John Donne taught Bradbury how to use literary…

The book Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a prevalent symbol which often appears throughout the book which represents Marie-Laure’s strength. Often told that she was ‘brave’ and treated with extreme delicacy and patronisation, Marie-Laure said, “When I lost my sight, Werner, people said…

“We’ve grown used to the idea of space, and perhaps we forget that we’ve only just begun. We’re still pioneers.” On January 28, 1986, President Ronald Reagan addressed the Nation’s fears and sorrows after the explosion of the NASA Space Shuttle, the Challenger. Almost a half-century ago, man began to look past the stars and into the cosmos and planets beyond Earth. The brilliant mind behind the curtain, Wernher von Braun, “The Father of Modern Rockets”, sparked the curiosity and imagination of…

4. High Maintenance cost As mentioned before, the French government sold a land for the Walt Disney company to build Disney Paris and the size of the Disneyland is very large. Although the construction cost was lower than expected as mentioned in the above part, but the high maintenance cost should not be neglected. However, French government did not provide long term subsidy to the park to cover the high maintenance cost and therefore Disneyland Paris have to spend a lot in the maintaining…

All throughout the world, there appears to be one undeniable, yet perpetual force gradually tearing everyone and everything apart; hopelessness. Often caused by instability or vulnerability, hopelessness can plague nearly anyone who doesn’t attempt to combat its vile side effects. Hopelessness loves company, producing an inseparable bond between itself and self-doubt. Although, on the surface, hopelessness seems insurmountable, it can be fought. In All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr…

Golding recalls that as a child, he had been quite a brat and enjoyed bullying his peers (Biography.com). That being said, he was also an intelligent child with interests in science and literature. Growing up, his favorite authors were H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Edgar Rice Burroughs (“Golding” 800-801). He had always been interested in writing and attempted to write his first novel at the age of 12. The opening sentence reads, “I was born in the Duchy of Cornwall on the eleventh of October,…

Yokohama’s history goes back to the pre-Edo period, back to the year 1859. Up to the end of the feudal Edo period, when Japan still had a policy of national seclusion, with little contact with foreigners, a major turning point occurred in Yokohama, when Matthew Perry arrived just south of Yokohama with a fleet of American warships, demanding the trading ports be opened for commerce. The shogunate then agreed by signing the Treaty of Peace and Amity. It quickly grew and became the base of foreign…

One of those most significant parts of Bradbury’s childhood is that he spent the vast majority of his leisure time in public libraries, absorbing as much science fiction by artists such as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, creator of Tarzan of the Apes. In his twenties, he stopped reading genre books and embraced a wide field of non-fiction essays. He attributes the lyrical power of his prose to the amounts of poetry he reads every day,…

ongoing discoveries are fueled by the purest of human inquisitiveness and ever evolving technologies. The dream of venturing into the cosmic fringes of the Earth's atmosphere was first inspired by fiction writings of famous authors H.G.Wells and Jules Verne. Two…

William Randolph Hearst created a media empire after his father, George Hearst gave him the San Francisco Examiner. After that, he battled the Ney York World publisher Joseph Pulitzer by purchasing the New York Journal and earning awareness for his “yellow journalism.” He went into politics during the century’s turn, and won himself two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives but was unsuccessful in his attempt to become President of the United States and New York City’s mayor. These things…