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    One film type that is genius at portraying these topics is science fiction. From this genre, there has emerged one film in particular that has and will continue to influence America’s behavior—V for Vendetta. Together, I will show how science fiction and V for Vendetta were strengthened in the technical aspect, how they have been influenced by American culture, and how, in turn, they have influenced American culture. Science fiction in and of its self is generally destructive or futuristic.…

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    The cultivation theory will help me find an understanding on the transition of female roles in science fiction films. Films are a big part of the culture here in the United States. Today superheroes are the common films made today but it is slowly starting to shift to science fiction and horror films. Many fans of the superhero movies look up to the heroes in the films and want to be just like them. Depending on the gender the viewer their hero most likely the same. There have not been many…

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    Pulp Fiction – Pop music Pulp Fiction (1994) is regarded as the breakthrough for director Quentin Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino, born in Texas, USA, is both a film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has won the Academy Award for best screenplay with both Pulp Fiction (1994) and Django Unchained (2012). With Pulp Fiction (1994) he also won the Palme d'Or in Cannes Film Festival (Svendsen and Emilsen, 2015). Pulp Fiction contains a mixture of American rock and roll, surf music, pop and…

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    Detective fiction is a sub genre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator a detective—either professional, amateur or retired —investigates a crime, often a murder.In ancient literature some scholars have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts have similarities which what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), the account told by two witnesses…

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    As we walked down the street towards the bowling alley, I noticed a warm sensation within my stomach. “What in the world is this feeling?” I thought to myself. I also noticed I felt relatively relaxed, considering this was my first date with any female, and my first time holding the hand of someone other than my mother when I was little. “Whoa...” I said out loud. “Hmm?” she said, giving me an irrefutable look. I looked her in the eyes, scrutinizing her distinctive look. As I stared into her…

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    Importance of Fiction Fiction is needed because it teaches the world and people the real world on how the world works. The attention grabber in what I have researched is that a lot of people get bullied in school and it is an obligation to help those people. My books name is Eleanor and Park the author is Rainbow Rowell this book’s key details or the main points is about love, bullying, verbal abuse, and abuse. The significance of this essay is how fiction relates to my book and how…

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    Realistic Fiction

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    Realistic Fiction ON-Demand “OMG this place is a mess. How are we supposed to clean this up before your parents get home?!” Sarah said to me worried. We knew that maybe doing this “fun” night, was not a great idea. It was a normal Tuesday summer night. The night air was cold and brisk. The weather was perfect for my plans. My parents had been out on a business trip for the week, so I knew that I had to make the most of it. I wasn’t going to sit and waist a beautiful summer night in side. I…

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    Bizzle had never ventured this far out of his shelf. Well, Bizzle had never ventured out anywhere! He found the safety and warmth he needed in his little hole in the kitchen cupboard. Plus, it wasn't like any of the odd creatures who lived there noticed him. Bizzle was about as big as a dime and had a bright blue coat of fur. Probably mistaken for a piece of lint again, Bizzle thought sadly. Even though Bizzle had a home and all the green beans he could eat, he was very lonely. Occasionally, an…

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    The detective fiction novel, The Hounds of Baskerville by Arthur Conan Doyle, features the well-known Sherlock Holmes and his trusty partner, John Watson. The two are settled in many stories, books, and television shows but in this instance, they are in a detective novel. The novel, narrated by John Watson, tells a detective journey in which townsman Charles Baskerville is supposed to be killed by a hound that is left by the curse of Hugo Baskerville. Sherlock is called upon by the nephew of Sir…

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    Point Of View In Fiction

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    is the perspective from which a narrative is told. The choice of point of view in fiction is probably the single most important decision a writer must make. This choice will bend and shape the narrative, control the storytelling and fundamentally affect the way the reader will respond to the characters. Percy Lubbock called point of view the “relation in which the narrator stands to the story” (Craft Of Fiction 1955 [1921]: 251). Focalization, a term coined by Gerard Genette (1972) as a…

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