The Twilight Zone

The writers Nadine Gordimer and Salman Rushdie both use allegory in their works. Nadine Gordimer wrote the short story, “Once Upon a Time”, which talks about racial segregation in South Africa. Salman Rushdie wrote the novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which talks about the importance of stories. Both “Once Upon a Time”, by Nadine Gordimer, and Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie use allegory to prove the danger of a governing body separating its citizens. In “Once Upon a Time”,…

The influence of overseas developments in television on Australian culture and identity during that decade. History/Intro – TV began in 195X Advertising – coke, sunglasses TV Shows – sesame street, moon landing 1969 Personalities – elvis, beatles, catch phrases? Conclusion INTRODUCTION The 1960s was period of time that saw great changes in Australian society due to the evolution of popular culture. During the 1960s, technological advances allowed American and British cultural influences to…

and what is moral rises, it is best look at different perspectives. When presented with the dilemma of a young boy with godly power. How does one response to a young boy, who uses his power for his every juvenile wish? In one of the most famous Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life” is a story of a young boy named Anthony Fremont. He might look like any six-year-old, but looks can be deceiving. He is a monster. He lacks emotional development, and do things as he pleased without parental guide.…

One day at breakfast, Katie started talking about this dancing lady that appeared in her bedroom just about every night. She had a great imagination and embellished that thing to the point Pete actually started to believe her. Kate would tell the family how strange and mysterious it was. How it was dressed like a ballerina, and she even went into detail about what kind of hair and eyes her little friend had. She made that thing sound as if it was her own personal fairy—like a guardian angel. As…

My first flag is about the character Arnold Spirit from the book, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie. Arnold is a budding cartoonist living at the rez (Spokane Indian Reservation), he sees how his family and friends are suffering inside his troubled home and he takes his future into his own hands. After seeing he got the same textbook that his mother used when she was fifteen (who is thirty years older than him), he decided to leave after his teacher on the rez…

which could mean "to perform a service to humanity" or "to serve a human as food". An alien cookbook with the title To Serve Man is featured in the story which could imply that the aliens eat humans. The story was the basis for an episode of The Twilight Zone. At the end of the episode the line "It's a cookbook!" reveals the truth. Stage performances[edit] Flax on a…

is the Dunkin gift card they have stored on their phone. Finding the fix for the caffeinated sweet drink is apart of a ritual consisting of waiting in a line wrapping around the entirety of Harleysville, stretching longer than the line of the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror ride at Disney World (Metaphor). You would be fooled if you believed that just because it was below freezing temperature out on some of these winter mornings,…

“Trust doesn’t come with a refill. Once it’s gone, you probably won’t get it back, and if you do, it will never be the same and that's a fact.”- Unknown. In the tv series The Twilight Zone, an episode called The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. In the episode, aliens took all the power off and eventually flickering all the lights. The neighbors thought that whoever owned the house with the mysterious light was the alien. Eventually, the whole turned into chaos. This episode is based on the…

everyone he is confronted with, when he is assigned to cover the annual Groundhogs Day festival in Punxsutawney, he merely wants to escape the assignment. As he continues to treat those around him with dismay he finds himself entering an unusual twilight zone between reality and time as he wakes up to the radio playing “I Got You Babe” by Sonny & Cher only to realize the radio is announcing the local holiday, Groundhogs Day. Every day Phil wakes up and the world around him is stuck on a loop of…

fear of the unknown. Americans were unsure of what the Soviet Union may do and whether or not it would result in nuclear war. Oftentimes life imitates art. This can be done in a painstakingly obvious manner or in a subtle manner. For example, the Twilight Zone episode “Night Call” mirrors the feelings of uncertainty and fear in Americans at the time of the Cold War. The main character in the episode, Ms. Keen is wheelchair ridden. She lives alone and besides her caretaker, spends most of her…