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In the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by P.K.D., two androids by the names of Roy and Irmgard Baty are married, a fact that provokes the question of the reasoning behind this marriage and the different themes that could be revealed through it’s existence. This analysis allows the reader to compare and contrast between this married relationship and the only other example of marriage in the novel, the marriage between Rick and Iran Deckard. The differences between the marital…

The struggles before success is never a popular topic people like to explore. The life of Joanne Rowling before she wrote Harry Potter was a struggle from her education, to trying to find a job, and even to her marriages. Like many writers, Rowling did not expect fame and fortune. All Rowling wanted was the opportunity to share her creativity and have an out from her world of struggles. Little did she know that her escape from her life would one day become a beloved and inviting escape for…

In "Ban Harry Potter," the author uses hypostatization, faulty analogy, and false use of authority in an attempt to prove their point that Harry Potter books in school will inevitably cause children to "grow into suicidal nuts." First, Hypostatization is found in the second paragraph where it says, "History has shown that encouraging... drug addiction." This is hypostatization because the abstract concept of Harry Potter leading to drug addiction is not backed up with any evidence, but is…

Rowling, was born in Yute, United Kingdom in 1965 (“J. K.,” Contemporary). She is best known for writing the Harry Potter series (“J.K., Authors). She has a creative imagination and has been writing since she was a child (“J. K.,” Authors). She wrote her first book when she was six years old; it was about a rabbit named Rabbit and a giant bee named Miss Bee (“J. K.,” Encyclopedia). Soon after writing this story, she knew she wanted to be a writer (“J. K.,” Encyclopedia). Rowling had many jobs…

Harry Potter, who? Walking through campus, a mall, or even through a park, one will see people reading several different types of novels. However, nowadays it is rare to find a J.K Rowling novel in sight. It is much more common to find the works of Suzanne Collins or John Green being read now since the Harry Potter series ended in 2011. One will even find that it is increasingly common to find people who know nothing of the “chosen one” and would prefer to keep it that way. Due to these things…

J.K Rowling is an exceptional author and is seen as a big role model in the modern world. She continuously demonstrates her ambition to succeed in every novel she gets published. She has taught many people the importance of failure and why on the contrary of some beliefs, it’s actually a good thing. She speaks about this concept in her 2008 Harvard commencement speech. J.K Rowling emphasises three key points in her speech which are to pursue your dreams and interests even if they don’t lead to…

Winners and losers A capitalist society is based on the idea that you can’t get ahead in life without stepping on someone else’s back. In Ursula Le Guin’s story “The ones who walk away from Omelas”, written in 1973, show a society where everyone is happy and full of life. This town is an almost utopian society when the story begins. Children are running and playing, and the narrator talks about how great the city is. However, the city is not as good as it seems. This is because the source of…

In science fiction, dystopias are used to depict the possible future of a world or city that has been through conflicts that developed the current world, in the text. Two scholarly journals that examine dystopias are ““Engaging “Apolitical” Adolescents: Analyzing the Popularity and Educational Potential of Dystopian Literature Post-9/11,” by Melissa Ames, and ““It Was the City Killed the Beast:” Nature, Technophobia, and the Cinema of the Urban Future,” by James Clapp. Three short stories that…

Every person is different and everyone has their own opinions. THe community that a person is born in is not a choice made by the individual. Two pieces of literature that really bring out these ideas are, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin and “The Unknown Citizen” by W.H. Auden. In both pieces the author brings out a situation where a person is unhappy with their life and how the people around them live. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” tells an amazing story of a…

Ursula Le Guin “Dispossessed.” Ursula Le Guinn’s The Dispossessed is overtly political and reflects the conflicts of the time in which it was written, most particularly the Cold War and the Vietnam War. Does this work within or against the traditional nature of the science fiction genre in which she is writing? The over indulgence in the political reference by Ursula best suits the genre of science fiction. However, it is necessary to note that the period for this literary work has been…