The Martian Chronicles

The book I read was Edgewater by Courtney Sheinmel. It has 317 pages. The main characters are Lorrie Hollander, her sister Susannah, their aunt Gigi, Lennox, and Charlie Copeland. The story takes place in Idlewild, New York. The main conficlict is that Lorrie and her sister are completely out of money and all traces of their trust fund were completely erased. Lorrie i stelling the story. The first day of every month, Lorrie's mother transfers money into her daughters trust fund, enough to…

known as C.S. Lewis, is one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. He was a British author and noted Christian apologist, meaning defender of the Christian faith, and is most well known for writing the “Screwtape Letters” and The Chronicles of Narnia series. Known as the ‘Father of Modern Fantasy’, Lewis was an author of many talents and was able to write anything, from fiction to nonfiction, from children’s books to adult novels, there was nothing that this man could not…

C.S. Lewis In The Chronicles of Narnia, there is a quote that says, “One day, you will be old enough to start reading fairytales again” This is a quote that people could take many ways, which is where the adventure starts with C.S. Lewis. The world of literature wouldn’t be the same without having one of the most well known authors. Clive Staples Lewis was an important and legendary literary author because of his early life and religion’s, his middle life and struggles being in the war, and his…

Religious Symbolism in Out of the Silent Planet Christian religion is relevant through characters and setting by symbolism in C.S. Lewis' book, Out of the Silent Planet. “[Thus w]hat we want is not more little books about Christianity, but more little books by Christians on other subjects--with their Christianity latent" (Nelson). Because Lewis became a Christian after being an atheist, he conceals a lot of his religious references in his writing pieces, such as Out of the Silent Planet. When…

The Sacrifice is Real. What is sacrifice? Sacrifice in my mind is giving something up for the people you love and/or care about. Sacrificer can be hard. As we know in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis, sacrifice is also constant. It’s always there, always changing. In this book, there are four young children; Peter, Lucy, Susan, and Edmund. They witness sacrifice all throughout the book. From the beginning to the end of the story. The first sacrifice made in this story is…

In E.B. White’s novel Charlotte’s Web, he uses the natural cycle of life and death to highlight his belief that life is cyclical and not fair, so instead of living in fear of death on should enjoy life’s small pleasures. White uses Wilbur’s life span and his interaction with other characters to showcase the fear and joys of living. When Wilbur is born as the runt of the family, he is chosen to be slaughtered, so from the get go Wilbur’s life is shrouded by death. Life and death are already in…

During the time Lewis was in college and later as a tutor for the college, some his readings exposed him to material by christian authors. Those authors were George MacDonald, and G.K. Chesterton,who was also a journalist, this is a quote of Lewis speaking of the effect these two authors had on his atheistic life, “In reading Chesterton, as in reading MacDonald, I did not know what I was letting myself in for. A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading…

I ambled around my family's spacious property, the same property I had traipsed around almost every day in my life. I had walked this property feeling elated, dejected, and even puzzled, but today I was feeling as aggravated as I feel when a teacher gives out homework on a sunny day. I would have much rather been inside my comforting house, eating a delectable dinner, as delicious to me as any five star restaurant, with my family, than looking for my annoying brother. Through our dense treeline…

Lewis was a writer and was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, United Kingdom. He died January 14, 1898 in Guilford, United Kingdom. Some poems that Lewis wrote are Jabberwocky,The Hunting of the Snark, and The Walrus and the Carpenter. Some people that influenced Lewis Carroll are Alice Liddell and Hans Christian Andersen. Lewis wrote¨ Alice's Adventures in Wonderland¨ and ¨Through the Looking-Glass.¨ He went to school at Christ Church (Oxford) Rugby School, Richmond School, Yorkshire. At…

The Imposter (2012, Bart Layton) is a stimulating documentary that expresses the account of Frédéric Bourdin, a 23 year old man from Spain, who was deprived of a joyous childhood, and allocates his time to stealing the identity of minors, including Nicholas Barclay, a 13 year old boy, who disappeared in 1994. Frédéric Bourdin successfully swindles Nicholas’ family into undoubtedly believing he is their missing teenage boy, despite Frédéric appearing entirely different from Nicholas and having a…