Science fiction

In Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, the reader is introduced into a futuristic, dystopian society that is built on the remnants of the United States, called Gilead. Throughout the novel, Atwood uses satire to mock and warn the United States of the danger in the strongly held political opinions in the 1980’s, when the book was written. Atwood extrapolates the ideas to their extremes, showing the danger of their acceptance. The absurdity and outrageousness of her exaggerations give the novel…

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried - Winston Churchil. Democracy is not really by the people, there is always someone who actually controls everything. In the novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the notorious1 big nurse, Nurse Ratched rules the mental hospital and keeps everyone under her control. Democracy is cynical and in the novel it is developed through the diverse2 events occurred in the hospital. Through an…

In the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand, the main character Equality’s society is built on strict rules and guidelines. These rules are enforced from the time they are born. They are taught never to love, have any self motivation, or individuality. Equality breaks free from these rules, and lives in the Uncharted Forest with Liberty, someone who also broke free from The City. Equality envisions creating his own society, one far different from the society he has raised in. Although Equality’s ideal…

“But then the world got full of eyes...books leveled down to a sort of pastepudding norm” (Bradbury, 54). In the book Fahrenheit 451, the author, Ray Bradbury, touches on certain subjects that are questionable. For example, the book is practically screaming the theme all throughout, which is if society chooses to abandon knowledge; it will lead to our ultimate destruction. He also included a lot of technology that wasn’t around during the time the book was published representing today’s rapid…

Nohely Sanchez Mr. Rochester English Honors 1 10 December 2015 Fahrenheit 451 Symbolism Essay Fahrenheit is a book about a man who’s job is to start fires. Fahrenheit provides an idea of knowledge to the reader. Montag proves that there is more to books than what people think there is. In Fahrenheit 451, the author uses fire as a symbol to make the things that don’t fit into the society disappear In the first part of the book Montag realizes that the firemen didn’t prevent any fires, they…

The narrator named Montresor tells this story in first person. Immediately at the beginning of the story Montresor lets you know his hatred towards an individual named Fortunato. According to Montresor, Fortunato has insulted him repeatedly and has vowed revenge on him. During carnival night, Fortunato has had a few drinks and Montresor takes advantage of this by enticing him about a new sherry wine named Amontillado. A wine, which happens to be one of Fortunato’s favorite, since he considers…

People generally tend to deceive others for the purpose of good or evil. In Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Philip K. Dick sets the novel in the near future. Here, a nuclear world war, given the name World War Terminus, just concluded a few years ago in the year 2021. The destruction left behind in the aftermath leads to a radioactive dust covering Earth, killing many different kinds of life forms. The purpose of the androids that were created were to replace their human archetypes’…

Ordinary world: David Dolf lives in Redline City where a group of kids including himself are separated from the real world. They are raised by an organization where the kids have great combat skills and incredible intelligence. Call to adventure: The organization tests the children’s skills and David got the highest score in intelligence and combat skills. Suddenly attackers appeared and kills David’s close friends, however David was able to escape. Refusal:After the incident David realizes…

“Stuff your eyes with wonder, he said, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s much more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.” Imagine the world if television screens took up entire parlour room walls and characters could speak directly to the listener, addressing them by name. This is the society that my novel, Fahrenheit 451, is set in. Goodmorning Year 10, I am Ray Bradbury, a well-known American fantasy and horror author. In my novel Fahrenheit 451,…

What Impacts do Robots Really Make? In “All Can Be Lost,” Nicholas Carr, writer of NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and Wired, warns that the advancement in technology can lead to the deterioration of human skills. Carr explains that humans are so involved in finding ways for robots and drones to do their jobs that they are forgetting how to innovate and translate information into knowledge. Losing the ability to translate information also limits humans from being able to think deeper and try and…