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While science fiction might be most notably known as a hard-hitting, thought-perpetuating genre featuring novels of fascination, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy brings a refreshing element to the table; absolute hilarity. The title of this iconic book written by Douglas Adams immediately sparks interest. Before you can say “Zaphod Beeblebrox”, the novel immerses you. Arthur Dent and his friend Ford Prefect embark on a space adventure. The book’s title doubles as the title of the…

In the paradoxical world of the modern, rejection of traditional poetry allows for new contrasting and often conflicting ideas to come together into one. The poetry of Marianne Moore in particular is full of contradictions; she examines average subjects in hyper-detail and employs both precision and an overabundance of metaphor and anecdote in order to develop her own personal style. Her poem “Marriage” is a fragmented piece that tackles the inherently contradictory “institution” of marriage.…

How to Live Life In E. B. White’s “Once More to the Lake”, White describes the tale of his trip to a familiar lake he went to with his son. Since White also grew up at that lake, he experiences moments of déjà vu. The theme of “Once More to the Lake” is written through the author’s tone, his literary devices, and the similarity to “What are Homosexuals For?” Throughout “Once More to the Lake” White’s tone is consistently anxious (Tone Vocab…). Although, at the beginning White seems nonchalant…

More traditionally poetry is used to share details of a poet’s thoughts, emotions and views on different things that he or she has experienced. The author of the poem “Sixteen”, Chelsea Rathburn, seems be using it to share experiences she has had facing motherhood as a single parent but Chelsea then explains that it is a persona, kind of like a fictional narrative. Chelsea is a creative writing professor at Young Harris Collage and is marred to James Davis May. Together the couple had…

Challenges of growing up The two poems “Identity” by Julio Noboa Polanco and “Hard On Gas” by Janet S. Wong both use symbols to explain how growing up is like. In “Identity” the author uses weed and flowers as different types of people. In “Hard On Gas” it uses a rough car drive to show that life is hard. In “Identity” the symbol the author uses are flowers. The flowers are people who get everything and that everyone loves them. While the weed, which the author wants to be, is looked down by…

Martina Navratilova once said, “Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people” (Navratilova). Stereotypes can be encountered everywhere, and every person is guilty of doing it. Stereotypes can lead to people thinking and acting differently, this is often done without realization. Stereotyping can be found everywhere, it can be found in books, movies, and the places people go. Stereotypes can generally be defined as fixed images or a set of characteristics that a person might attach to a…

Modern Renditions of “Duck and Cover” Films Many modern day science fiction movies reflect much of the same “sensuous elaboration” as the films Sontag examined from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Similar to their predecessors, contemporary SF films such as Interstellar, Elysium, and Mad Max all convey a common theme regarding the downfall of the Earth, as we know it. All three of these films represent the possibility of an “earth shattering end to life as we know it,” as described in Imagination of…

“If we’re going to solve the problems of the world, we have to learn to talk to one another. Poetry is language at its essence. Its the bones and skeleton of the language. It teaches you, if nothing else, how to choose your own words,” explains Rita Dove (Rita Dove Quotes). Rita Dove is an inspiration to all people who have a voice and want to be heard. Not only has she published many poems she also published a book of short stories (Rita Dove 1). In writing these poems and stories she has…

Genre: The Secret of Scenes in Science Fiction. Science fiction is a genre that is well known to raise many questions about the world we live in and how humanity might react to certain situations be it the possibility of aliens, zombies, or robots. Although, when analyzing the category of science fiction as a whole, how can one really classify something as science fiction? Throughout an analysis of the film Resident Evil (2002), in relation to two other science fiction films titled Jurassic Park…

Despite its flaws, CBS’s television show Big Brother had me hooked instantly when I first found it. I like the strategic gameplay that appears on the show. I like having someone to root for and someone to root against. The personalities that appear on the show are fun and exciting. Watching how people live for three months while simultaneously evicting people each week intrigues me. Through an online search, I found a fan run Big Brother simulation game hosted online. Played primarily on…