Science fiction

When you think fiction, your mind probably goes to a fantasy fiction book, right? Well, the book, Jeremy Visick, by David Wiseman, gives you a lot of fantasy, and a little bit of mystery mixed together. Within the book, you will read about Matthew Clemens. After Matthew was sent out to get blackberries, he falls over the bushes and land on a tombstone. He reads this tombstone and the tombstone belongs to a family called, The Visicks. On this tombstone it talks about how a miner and his two sons…

In the mid to late 1700s, William Cooper and Elizabeth Fenimore married and had twelve children, James Fenimore Cooper being the eleventh child born into the family. James was born on September 15 in 1789 in New Jersey, but shortly after he was born, He and his family moved from New Jersey to New York because of his father’s work. William Cooper was a federalist congressman which caused him to travel with his family from time to time. James received a good, rich education when he was young, and…

Horatio Alger was a 19th century American author who is well known for works such as Ragged Dick and The Cash Boy. Alger's juvenile novels are also known for constantly and infamously displaying young black Americans undergoing "rags to riches" lifestyle. Horatio Alger describes three myths throughout Ragged Dick. The messages the Alger myths convey are: (1).each of us is judged solely on his or her own merits: (2).we each have a fair opportunity to develop our merits; and (3).ultimately merit…

Rusted Chains This is a protest poem… Let me finally be nothing else but me. Do not tell me how I should dress, act or feel I shall dress as provocative as I feel I’ll stay at home or work around the clock whether I have a baby or not. I will have kids if I choose too not because my parents force me to. I am free from the chains that have entrapped my beautiful gender. Strapped and chained them to sewing machines, stove tops, mops and unwanted pregnancies. I am free from the tape that…

A setting provides the base of any and all conflicts unfolding within literary work; both positive and negative. How the setting is placed in both location and time determines how the characters resolve conflict and how those conflicts themselves are created. Conflicts for characters in novels unfold due to obstacles formed within the setting, both from the setting itselves direct impact or the characters actions and dialogue. Actions and dialogue can cause shifts in the setting and even change…

Fahrenheit 451 is a dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury that sends a very clear message. It is an amazing story about a society in which books are burnt by firemen. The story follows a man named Guy Montag who is one of these firemen who loves to burn books but slowly begins to question his lifestyle choice. There was a movie made from the novel that was also very great. However, the written version of Fahrenheit 451 is better than the movie version because it has greater detail and more suspense.…

Drones: Not Even Remotely Safe Technology. Ancient people would never imagined the type of technology people use today. It makes tasks easier and more efficient, however, at times some people misuse this technology. In his short story “A Sound of Thunder,” Ray Bradbury demonstrates this idea of utilizing technology through harmful means with the reckless usage of a time machine. Even though Bradbury writes of a technology that has not yet been invented, his idea still stands today. Drones…

Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron’s plot consists of a group of super-humans, “The Avengers,” who together destroy villains and are idolized as heroes. Over the course of the screenplay, “Iron Man”, an Avenger, creates an artificially intelligent, computerized system whose purpose is to rid the world of evil. Becoming intrigued as one of the smartest and most prestigious men in the world, Iron Man sees it fit to further innovate the system. Soon the artificial intelligence tries to exterminate…

Cats are crazy, silly creatures that tend to engage in odd behaviors such as going from being extremely grumpy one second to being unbearingly affectionate the next. They also like to eerily watch us while we pee in the bathroom and knock over things while looking straight into our eyes without a hint of guilt. Cats do the most random things that either make cat haters roll their eyes in frustration or make cat-lovers love them even more. However, there is one cat mystery that baffles even the…

“The Handmaid’s tale” by Margaret Atwood is a dystopian novel, where women are being controlled and have no freedom. Women are expected to cover their body; they are subjected to being treated as the weaker sex that aren’t allowed to read or learn. In this dystopian, women are being controlled by men, by controlling women’s knowledge, feelings and attachment. Women in this society are not allowed to have freedom; they are controlled by the commanders or their wife’s. The women that are…