Neil Gaiman

ADOLESCENT GIRLS’ STRUGGLES IN FANTASY WORLDS: CORALINE AND SPIRITED AWAY ON SELF, FAMILY AND GROWING UP INTRODUCTION The films Coraline (2009) and Spirited Away (original Japanese title: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, “Sen and Chihiro’s Spiriting Away”, 2001) comes from producers with different cultural backgrounds. Despite being intended for younger audiences, both films, which revolves around the fantasy genre, are uniquely presented in such a way that is shrouded in mystery and uncanniness…

My Journey with Books “Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh, and cry, and find meaning in life.” Books have always been there for me. Through all the cheerful triumphs, the sad high school breakups, and the days were I just felt like escaping. My earliest memories as a child, are of me reading. My passion for books began at a very young age. I learned to read at four years old and it opened up a whole new world for me. I became unstoppable. I read anything I could get my…

The Radiolab podcast does a perfect job of creating an entertaining source of media by using key elements such as the use of diction and language, professional guests, and the use of audio clips and sound. Throughout the podcast, there is a perfect balance between information and new ideas, facts and opinions, as well as personal and general experiences in the history of space. Hosts, and accomplish cramming a lot of information into an hour-long episode and still making it fun and interesting…

The Flames of Insight As responsibility hides behind a red veil, a futuristic society lives under the false notion that everyone is equal, and therefore, everyone is happy. In Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of destroying books in a society where they are forbidden, questions whether what he does is right. Through witnessing a woman burn to death for her books and Faber’s, an elderly former professor’s, teachings, Montag is trapped between the worlds of Fire and…

this story by offering him a lower price again and again, causing him to make an irrevocable mistake in the end. Through the usage of rhetorical devices such as allusion, diction, and symbolism, as well as the details on character’s expression, Neil Gaiman, the author of this short story, gives reader a message about the terriable outcome of greedy heart by depicting how the protagonist…

Stories have existed since the beginning of time, whether it 's an old legend, or a war story that your grandfather tells you. We breathe for stories, anything from reading, to listening to the radio or even watching TV shows. Stories comfort us and educate us. They touch our hearts and make us smile and cry, they make us human. When reading stories there is so much you can gain from them. Stories give you advice, and have morals, which teach you lessons. Even if you read a book for the…

The World Is Glass Neil Gaiman once wrote, “There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie is a prime example of just how fragile people can be. The play is set in the St. Louis apartment where Amanda and her two kids, Tom and Laura, live. Laura spends her time playing with her glass menagerie while Tom works. Laura barely goes out because she is crippled and socially awkward, so her mother…

Discussion and Findings Given what the surmised literary sources reflect, Moore’s work offering the commentary that it does, what has been established is that his graphic novels do attempt to incorporate some sort of social and cultural cometary into their narratives. That having been firmly established, what has also been highlighted is the commentary offered up by his two seminal work’s Watchmen and V for Vendetta. What is left to be elaborated upon now is their pertinence to audiences, more…

Fahrenheit 451 Is equality truly as incredible as it is made out to be? The issue of equality is an issue faced by human beings in every state, in every country, on every continent on planet earth. It is also an issue faced in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. The issue with equality is that there is no way to truly reach it without handicapping the extraordinary. Also, equality tends to promote mass culture, which is extremely detrimental to progress. Because of this and the examples…

“The Lottery” was adapted for radio, television, film and even a ballet. “The Lottery” was also in an episode of The Simpsons. Many authors credit Jackson for giving them inspiration such as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, Richard Matheson, and Neil Gaiman.(Cellania). Who would think a short story that took two hours to write would produce all of this, it is incredible and…