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Do You See What I See? Satire is generally sarcastic and it can be both humorous and biting. There are two types of satire, Horatian and Juvenalian. Horatian is tolerant, indulgent, witty and funny. Juvenalian is generally very biting. The speaker generally attacks vice and error with indignation and contempt. Satire is meant to be used to raise the awareness of the public to hopefully instigate a change within society. Megan LeBoeuf states, “Satire is a powerful art form which has the ability…

By the time James Gillray began his prolific career as a caricaturist, European interest in the ‘science’ of physiognomy was being reawakened and popularized by Enlightenment scholars, most significantly through the writings of Johann Caspar Lavater. Lavater attempted to decipher the universal language of facial expression and outer appearance to understand and categorize the hidden character traits of humans. A caricaturist by definition will purposely exaggerate and distorting the human form…

The misfortune that occurred in Ireland during the year of 1729 is highly apparent when reading “A Modest Proposal” by Dr. Jonathan Swift. From reading this proposal, it is initially alarming how the author states that his solution to Ireland’s significant issue of poverty would be to murder and sell children to rich, Ireland inhabitants who would “give ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child” (Swift 7-8). This shocking solution would astound anyone reading the proposal for the first…

In this assignment where we had to find the theme of the book The Timekeeper by Mitch Albom, I made a mind map to represent my ideas. I think the theme of this book is to “appreciate the time you have” and not complain about whether it is too much or too less for your needs. To prove my theme, I picked six evidences - more time, hope, less time, time, aging and power. Firstly, I chose more time to show my theme because people are unsatisfied and do not appreciate the time they are given, instead…

Marty McFly faces many challenges when he goes back in time to the 1950s. Marty is from the 1980s and is seen in contrasting decades, dealing with the differences in popular culture between the 1980s and 1950s. When Marty is taken back in time, he experiences a culture shock as the town is nothing as it is now. For decades the town evolved and changed catering to people's needs and desires. Immediately upon when Marty arrives in 1955, the town is shocked to see such an upscale car, which they…

The Eloi area of of the two post-human races in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel The Time Machine. By the year AD 8072,701, humanity has evolved into two separate species: the Eloi nd the Morlocks, whereof Eloi live a banal life life of ease on the surface of the earth, while the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing and infrastructure for the Eloi. The narration suggests that the separation of species may have been the result of a widening split between…

Thematically, the common thread among the three short stories “The Secret Miracle” by Jorge Luis Borges , “Journey Back to the Source” by Alejo Carpentier, and Julio Cortazar’s “Continuity of Parks” is the manipulation of time. Each use the cyclical nature of time to tackle a sort of worldly completion. Hladik finishes his book, the reader in “Continuity of Parks” becomes the ultimate reader by being completely absorbed by his book, the house in “Journey Back to the Source” comes full circle and…

“If we don't end war, war will end us.” One of many meaningful quotes said by none other than Herbert George Wells. Known by many as “the Father of Sci­ence Fic­tion” and praised upon for his humanitarian efforts on women’s rights. If it was not for Wells, modern day technology may not exist. He not only opened the world’s eyes to science, he encouraged innovation. Early Life Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley England on September 21st, 1866. (Bio.com) Wells was the youngest of his…

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Matt Haig two years ago at an event for his book, A Boy Called Christmas which I loved. It was at this event where I first heard about How to Stop Time which he was still working on at the time. The whole concept of a person not aging on the outside and slowly aging on the inside had me intrigued. However, I had completely forgotten about the book until earlier this year when I saw it on the Savvy Reader's “Most Anticipated Reads of (Early) 2018” blog post. The…

One theme in Ted Chaing’s “Exhalation” is acting for the greater good, in this case, to add to the pool of scientific knowledge. The narrator, a mechanical being in a world populated with other mechanical beings who believe they will live forever, is an anatomist. He has suspected for some time that the prevailing hypothesis of how memory is stored is incorrect. He comes up with an idea for an experiment to find out. The experiment poses great risk to his body, so he deliberates over whether he…