Fantasy

In a world of everything chairs, plants, houses, spaceships, abortion, smartphones, love and death there is one word for it all life. Life is the one word that describes everything in just one word. Life is everything. The word life is so complicated that it does not just mean a living organism it means so much more. We are so smart that we question everything and create too many problems for ourselves. What is the creation story; how did we get here, from God or gods, aliens or from nature?…

The article “Black Women’s Bodies Are More Than Your Fantasies” by Kris Crews discusses how black women’s bodies are fetishized and dehumanized by society. There are many stereotypes and assumptions made regarding black women’s sexuality, which causes them to be mistreated. I believe this article can be linked to the theory of deviance admiration. This is because deviance admiration explains how people have positive reactions to something that usually provokes a negative reaction. In the case of…

For my book talk, I read Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige, which falls under juvenile fantasy. The story begins in Mission, Kansas, and is later moved to the world of Oz by a tornado. This transportation is much like the one that Dorothy goes through in the famous movie, The Wizard of Oz. Oz, however, is not as it used to be. The author wrote, “My head was swimming. If this was a fantasy, it was a strange one: this wasn’t the Oz that I had read about or seen in the movie. It was as if someone…

In “An American Fantasy? Love, Nobility and Friendship in Casablanca,” Peter Augustine Lawler examines the relationship between Rick and the American political position. The author parallels Rick’s “regression, in effect, toward the subhuman, utterly self-sufficient contentment of the Rousseauean state of nature” with America’s policy of isolationism of the 1930’s (70). Interestingly, Rick’s with draw was the result of pain and heartbreak, just as America’s political isolation was the result…

that explores the blurred connection between reality and fantasy. Tim O’Brien’s novel is fiction but told like its non-fiction. The author alternates between fact and fiction to prove the conflict that O’Brien deals with conflicts that reflect his true courage. The author incorporates metaphorical symbols, and conflicts with characters to contrast the idea of fiction and nonfiction in order to enhance the importance of reality and fantasy. The purpose of doing so is to get the point across about…

The line between truth and fantasy is inherently equivocal because reality and perception are entirely different from one another. Say that perception is an ellipse and reality a circle. In an ellipse, the possibilities for shape differences are infinite. But while any two given ellipses are not necessarily ever the same, two given circles will always be similar. Intrinsically, people’s perceptions always have a possibility for differentiation between one another, but the underlying truths will…

No matter one’s age or state, all people have dreams, or illusions. A balance between fantasy and reality can lead to a healthy lifestyle, but too much of one can be chaotic. This is demonstrated in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams by several characters. Blanche Dubois has lost the family home in Laurel Mississippi, and comes to live with her sister Stella and her husband Stanley Kowalski. Blanche likes to present herself as an elegant and classy lady, but those are just her…

throughout a poorly written article. This question is not the only part of the article that author Lisa Miller forgets to explain, leaves out, or describes in a confusing order and manner. In the article “If These Girls Knew That Slender Man Was a Fantasy, Why Did They Want to Kill Their Friend for Him?”, author Lisa Miller does not answer nor follow the title, does not include or forgets to include key components in the story, and writes the article in an awkward, confusing matter. The article…

“Flowers for Algernon” focuses on a mentally challenged man name Charlie who undergoes an operation to make him three times smarter, but this decision was very unethical. The experiment was being done by two men, Dr. Strauss and Dr. Nemur, who test his intelligence before and after the operation to find out if it worked. After the operation Charlie experienced new feelings starting from love to betrayal just for it to be stolen from him. Charlie’s decision wasn’t ethical since Charlie didn’t…

In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes a character by the name of Charlie Gordon has an operation to increase his IQ. All the time, Charlie gets picked on by everyone, but doesn’t know it; he has a form of mental retardation that inhibits his ability to learn, spell and remember facts and information. Even though Charlie gets the operation, does it really help him out in the long run? Charlie was disliked for being absent minded before the operation and being a bit dull, but…