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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois. Throughout his childhood, the family moved often due to economic issues (Reid 1). Often when traveling, the first place Ray would look for when they stopped was the nearest library (Weller 198). Ray would hunt for science fiction books but often found that they were not there. This was…

Dystopian fiction is a genre of fictional writing that magnifies the flaws that exist in our world and what could happen if society continues to take the path it is taking today. Authors of this genre, such as the author of the Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, create the question of not being able to control our fate or being able to control our fate. The answer is simple. We can and can’t control our fate. We have the opportunity, but no one takes it because we aren’t taking these warning signs…

is a Science fiction novel set in a dystopian future society. The novel centers on a law-enforcement type force that is charged with relieving the world from printed literature. The main force behind this group of enforcers are known as the Fireman. Guy Montag, alike other fireman, uses kerosene, their main tool to destroy the books found by fire. As the story progresses, we being to witness a change in Montag’s way of thinking. After making connections with a teenager named Clarisse that is…

Paul Bogard gives an explanation on how the world would be if natural darkness was to become obsolete. in his essay he uses words like "collapse", "irreplaceable", and "wrecking" in order to make the audience see that if people keep on leaving lights on at night and not do anything about conserving the natural darkness of Earth then we're in trouble. The reason for that is because back then there wasn't as much technology as there is now and more and more people are using it now compared to the…

For the “Good Thing/Bad Thing” assignment I chose to watch the first episode of Black Mirror, a British anthology series that features controversially dark and sometimes satirical themes that examine modern society, particularly in regards to the the unknown future of technology. Despite finding the first episode highly disturbing to the point of comedy, I found myself indulged in the series as a whole and even got excited upon hearing that Netflix will renew the series for another season. The…

really emphasizes of the ‘bad thoughts’ he thinks about the neighbor. In Reagans speech, the people of Berlin do not have freedom, and finally they keep people from getting resources. Say that the town that they live in, it is separated in two and one family, gets separated. How would they feel? How would they get resources? All these problems are something that would affect the people physically, and mentally. They have affects on people, as well as an effect on the country itself. In Reagans…

Tom is technically in the third grade. He was held back his first year of elementary school, but made progress after receiving DTT. He has annual IEP’s at his current school, The Help Group- Sunrise School. The Sunrise school specializes in promoting communicative, behavioral, social, academic, motor, adaptive and independent living skills. Tom excels at crafting activities, especially tactile activities (button play, zippers etc.) as well as the special technology program where iPads are used…

Literacy does not matter. These four simple yet disturbing words are the appalling message that we send to our students if our libraries of public schools are closed down. It tells us that literacy has become insignificant. The truth is that even though it may seem that in our day and age, in the new digital world that something tangible such as a book may seem redundant but in fact books and reading books have only become more important. When Will Schwalbe said “Books are the most powerful…

1. Beth's and Mary's car is in the shop. In this sentence there’s one car. To show joint ownership an apostrophe plus “s” is only needed at the last part of the compound noun. The apostrophe plus “s” needs to be omitted after the word Beth. Beth and Mary’s car is in the shop. 2. Tom smoking bothered the residents. The word smoking is a gerund. When a noun is used immediately before a gerund the noun must be possessive. An apostrophe plus “s” is needed after the word Tom. Tom’s smoking bothered…

The heart of every story is the theme. Without the theme, the story is not as exciting, and as well put together. Changing the theme can affect the rest of the story. For example, changing the theme in the invisible man to "friendliness gets cooperation " makes the whole story different. Changing the theme in the invisible man changes almost everything in this novel. In The Invisible Man Book, he is alone all the time, and he is trying to become visible but nothing is working. If the invisible…