Science fiction

A rumor that has been going around indicates there may be a chance Pearl Prynne will be taken away from her mother. Hester should be able to keep her daughter. Hasn’t she been punished enough? She already has to walk around with an "A" on her chest, exposed to the world of the crime she has committed. If pearl was taken away, where would she go? The identity of Pearl's father is still unknown, so who would take care of Pearl if she gets taken away? Yes, she could go to another family, but…

Offred lives a sad life in a very sad perverted society. In this reading women are subjected to sexual abuse, and give in to the oppression not only of men, but women of higher power as well. I think this story does correlate a lot with the history of not only the United States, but the world itself. While reading this book I had another reading in my social justice class about the Comfort Women in Japan. These two topics correlate eminently because of the sexual abuse each endured. The Japanese…

“If all men are born free, how is it that all women are born slaves?” Mary Astell This question is one that women and men have struggled to answer through history. Do males and society view women with equal rights? In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood creates a dystopia society, which demonstrates the injustice towards women’s rights. In this challenging novel, the narrator and protagonist, Offred is a Handmaid in the “Republic of Gilead.” Handmaids are female servants, who…

The book Unwind is a fictional book written by Neal Shusterman. In the book, everybody donates 99.4 percent of their body when they are unwound. In the future, this may actually be possible. Based on information that I found, it could happen and the future and decrease the numbers of people on the waiting list for organs. Part of the book could happen in today’s world and in the future with technology advancing and the demand for organs rising. Organs are matched by blood and tissue typing,…

In the novel, Bradbury asserts that if one thinks the norms, rules or culture of the society is wrong, one must speak up for their opinion, even if they are one is part of a minority that supports his beliefs (main theme). This theme focuses mainly o montag and his journey. It focuses on how he started as and ignorant fireman who destroys book without hesitation. According to the law, no one can own books. In this dystopian vision, people have replaced books and knowledge with entertainment.…

In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, one of the central ideas is the idea of eternal happiness. This is shown many times throughout the novel, and as the story progresses the idea goes from one that seems inherent to those inhabiting the world of the novel, to one that is clearly strictly enforced and required to keep. One time in which this requirement of happiness is shown is during John’s protest of the modern world and, particularly, of soma. When he begins throwing soma out of an open…

In the book Brave New World, there is a world where everything has become industrialized, including the people. To create an indestructible society, how people think and what they do is controlled before they even are born. I was disgusted when I read how babies are treated in this story to reach this goal of a rich society. Nobody in this story gets to decide their own future. They are all born in tubes and deprived of nutrients and oxygen until they are perfect or inhibited. As they grow into…

Brad Wensil Mr. Eppes English 4 April 12, 2018 The purpose of a time capsule is to capture the era in which it was assembled. To best capture the year 2018 I would put an IPhone, a pair of joggers and a copy of “The life of a Dark Rose” by lil skies. I think these three items well represent our current year, technology, and pop culture. The iPhone is a absolutely massive part of the twenty-first century. It was first developed in the early 2000s and(site) completely dominated…

In Isaac Asimov’s short story “Reason”, the author provides a detailed account of a robot’s creation and upbringing. The robot, named Cutie was created on earth and shipped to space in separate parts; therefore he has no knowledge of Earth or any other bodies in space. Cutie’s stubbornness and reasoned thinking led one of the scientists to comment, “Oh, Jupiter, a robot Descartes” (p. 51). Cutie has a lot of similarities with René Descartes. Both Cutie and Descartes possess infinite curiosity,…

Star Wars is better than Star Trek. Star Wars and Star Trek are both series of movies. With Star Wars they also made a cartoon series called “The Clone Wars”. They had about 6-7 seasons, each with about 20 episodes. Star Trek also had a Tv series called “The Original series”. My opinion that Star Wars is better than Star Trek because, it is way more interesting, it’s a lot more funny, also it is action pack. This is why i think Star Wars is more interesting. It’s just the fact that Star Wars…