Neil Gaiman

A movie adaptation is the transformation of a work or story in whole or part into a feed movie. The graphic novel Coraline is an adventure story written by Neil Gaiman and was later adapted into a movie directed by Henry Selick. Even though most movies are made from the basis of the original novel, the remodeling of the novel Coraline was paradoxical in how they used the “Hero’s Cycle” to convey a different meanings to the target audience. The mentors in the Coraline graphic novel was…

inventor of the lottery: Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author. She was a popular writer in her time, and her work has received increased attention from literary critics in recent years. She influenced Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson.[1] She is best known for the short story "The Lottery" (1948), which reveals a secret, sinister underside to a bucolic America village, and for The Haunting of Hill House (1959), which is…

Rumors abound that in the upcoming book "Winds of Winter" the real hero is not Jon Snow, but instead Tyrion Lannister. He rebuilds all the kingdoms after the devastation of the Battle of Winterfell. Lannister is a cunning dwarf and a brilliant strategist, to boot. Both these qualities will not only help him to survive but also to become the main architect of the restoration process. "Winds of Winter" is expected to focus heavily on Stannis Baratheon and Lannister. Both of them will…

created through simple, short sentences but very descriptive. These descriptions are not what we usually think of hell because other readings and movies have embedded the image of hell as flames all around you while you are burning for your sins. Gaiman decided to go against this approach and decided to describe hell as empty with no flames, just you sitting there with only the demon while you are tortured by having to live through your sins again. “The room was long, and the demon waited by a…

Two of the easiest poems in this collection to find the feminist message in are “Cinderella” and “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Sexton takes these two timeless tales and picks out the ways in which they cause readers to condescend women. She does this deftly and magically in these poems and provokes deep thoughts on the ways women are portrayed in the original tales. Sexton does her best to take the focus of her poem “Cinderella” off of how ugly the step-sisters and move it to how black…

They may seem to, on the surface, but somewhere on the inside, underneath it all, they sense it, and they resent it.”-Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys. Greek may not have control over fate, but they do have free thought. This presents an interesting dilemma, asking if one can exist without the other. Greek myths prove it can. Some heroes are dragged along into their destiny. Hercules…

The Ocean at The End of the Lane is a novel which was written by Neil Gaiman, and it was originally published by William Morrow and Company in 2013. It is a novel of fantasy, in that a seven-year-old boy experienced something horrifying and peculiar. The theme of this novel is the childhood memory which has been lost when you get older. Although it was a fantasy story, this is the book more for adults than children. This book starts with a scene of a middle-aged man returning to his hometown…

Joseph Campbell’s monomyth theory is evident within J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book as the notion of the “special world” (Vogler 10) is glorified through contrast in relation to the core themes of the texts. Within both novels, the protagonists are only able to truly experience the themes of family, belonging and the supernatural whilst in the special world, placing an emphasis on this realm. Furthermore, contrast is consistently…

for anything. On the road to get to know each other and as the Genie learns that Hazel has no gap in her life that could be filled with wishes, they sit down and talk about their pasts. “We wound up in a public park, sitting on a bench by a lake” (Gaiman). The Genie found out about Hazel’s past, and Hazel found out about the war that the genie had experienced. While they sat by the lake, the genie found out what made Hazel’s values from her past. This was an important step to him changing his…

I have been an avid lifelong reader. As a child, I would read under the covers, with a flashlight, or on long road trips. My family encouraged my love of reading. Often, I would receive books or "book money" as gifts. In particular, my father encouraged me to read science fiction and fantasy. I enjoy all genres of books, but science fiction and fantasy have always held a special place in my heart. This led to one of my favorite books, The Giver. The Giver, by Lois Lowry, has been particularly…