American science fiction writers

Liking is for cowards, go for what Hurts - Jonathan Franzen’s work ‘Liking is for Cowards. Go for What Hurts’ is structured around the idea that humans live in a world where increasingly the most important relationships in our lives, are the superficial and short lived ones we have with our tech devices. I agree with Jonathan’s point that that amongst a world of techno-consumerism we hide our real selves, and that we portray the version of ourselves that we think is going to be the most…

Haley Ledford August 19th, 2017 AP English Literature Summer Work Ms. Petersen Linda’s Exile in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Linda in Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is an example of a character who experiences a sudden change in life and is displaced from her home. In the world Huxley describes in the novel, humans are essentially manufactured instead of born so it is therefore “indecent” for a woman to actually give birth to a child that hasn’t undergone government conditioning.…

In Avi’s novel, The Man Who Was Poe, he writes about two characters named Edmund and Edgar Allan Poe. At first, the two seem to have similar backgrounds and Poe begins to see himself through Edmund, but as the novel progresses their similarities fade and their physical and mental differences begin to appear. In the beginning, Poe and Edmund discover they have a similar family background, but as the story progresses Edmund’s mother, Sis, and mental stability begin to contradict Poe’s story.…

You’re Welcome for Arguing Thank You For Arguing, What Aristotle, Lincoln, And Homer Simpson can Teach Us About The Art of Persuasion written by Jay Heinrichs is an enriching novel that advocates the powerful ways of rhetoric. Heinrichs has gained a reputation over the last several years for teaching persuasion to many organizations like NASA and even the Pentagon. As a result, Heinrichs has written many books such as: The Yankee Way to Simplify Your Life: Old-Fashioned Wisdom For A…

Can you imagine being in a world with no people? A world filled with only monsters. The only person left is you. You have nothing and no one to keep you company. This reality is displayed in the novel I Am Legend which was written by Richard Matheson in 1954. It is about a man named Robert Neville. He is left alone in a world filled with vampires. He struggles to survive as they treat him as prey. The movie adaptation, also I Am Legend, was directed by Francis Lawrence and released in 2007. It…

working class is happening today. Another reason that defines a classic novel is that the piece of literature has a brilliant story that is completely unique. (What Are Classic Novels?) The Time Machine was one of the first science fiction novels that really went in depth about the science of time travel. The novel also pioneer the idea of the time machine in order to facilitate travel through time. (Temple) In T.S. Elliot’s essay presented to the Virgil Society in 1947, Elliot describes how a…

Unorthodox is defined as not conforming to rules, traditions, or religion. In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the three characters Bernard Marx, Helmholtz Watson, and John the Savage all display unorthodox behavior. Huxley’s Brave New World is centered around the World State and their sexually driven community. Every citizen is scientifically designed for a specific caste and job. The three main characters, Bernard Marx, John the Savage, and Helmholtz Watson are unorthodox, and all in different…

Recently in class, we have been reading short stories written by Nathaniel Hawthorne. There are many allusions, allegories, and symbols in his work, so we have been focusing on finding those. Two repeating leitmotifs in his work are the devil and evil. These reoccur in many of his pieces, including Minister’s Black Veil, Scarlet Letter, and Young Goodman Brown. After reading both Minister’s Black Veil and Young Goodman Brown, we can see that the devil is a very important reference that is found…

Margret Atwood’s novel "The Handmaid's Tale" published in 1985 is a brutal and unimaginable prediction of America’s future as a totalitarian state. The Republic of Gilead resorts to old fashion traditions in order to get the population back to where it once was. By recruiting fertile women as handmaids who's sole purpose is to carry children for the social elite. The government of Gilead stripped the women of any right to education, forbidding all women the ability to read and write. Instead,…

Understanding Morality in Anthem The city of Anthem is unlike anything seen in the modern world. Ayn Rand’s strange, futuristic society is seen by many as a place from the past. Though Anthem may begin out sounding like this, readers later find out that that this odd city is from the mysterious future. It is believed by the people of Anthem that in order to create a perfect world there can be no sort of ego. These people always use the word “we” instead of “I”. Citizens do not have distinct…