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Science fiction as a literary genre has come a long way from Verne's search for the center of the earth and Wells' travel through time in his time machine. Contemporary science fiction is more willing to challenge the limits of possibilities and more eager to push the boundaries of human imagination. More importantly, science fiction often acts as a precursor to scientific thought, and forebodes new research; projects such as Google Glass can be traced to similar ideas presented much earlier in…

Literature is a curious thing, it allows an author to express themselves in any way they what. Whether they express themselves in a literal and direct way, or through indirect plot scenarios and ___ is up to the author. Herbert Gray Wells was an author who did just that. His works of science fiction resonated many common beliefs of his era. Not only that, but he had a way to express his own beliefs. In terms of his famous work of science fiction “The Time Machine,” he presented many of the…

Step X: “You are here.” I am a sophomore at the college of CSB/SJU. I am a nursing student and take school very seriously. I think that being a nursing student takes dedication and commitment, which was important for me to learn in my first year of college. My concerns are centered around my future, family and friends. I believe that my concerns are very self centered because of the point of my life that I am in. I am trying to find out who I am and where I belong in the world. My interests are…

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits written David Wong takes place in two contrasting areas. To begin with, the novel starts out in the countryside of Colorado and later transfers to a fictional city named Tabula Rasa. Tabula Rasa is a city much like Las Vegas only with fewer restrictions. Additionally, the story takes place thirty-to-forty years from now, in a future that resembles the present with just some quirks that you would need to adjust to if you were…

In my previous essay, I explored Brenda Shaughnessy’s “I Have A Time Machine,” a poem that described her experience traveling into the future with her time machine. Through a window in the machine, Shaughnessy could witness her past. I endeavored to explain what was special about the time machine since it can only move forward one second at a time into the future. I latched onto the machine’s window into the past and considered the viewpoint that it provided for her. As a result, my entire essay…

The novel begins with reports of small gangs of enigmatic “bipedal, three-toed lizards” viciously attacking people within the jungles of mainland Costa Rica. Notorious paleontologist and dinosaur expert Dr. Alan Grant and his colleague, Dr. Ellie Sattler (a paleobotanist) are called upon to investigate these occurrences, and much to their shock and horror, these lizard-like creatures are revealed to be small carnivorous dinosaurs (Procompsognathus to be exact). Nevertheless, their investigation…

The Picaresque Genre illustrates the character of a sly, common hero who undergoes episodic and rapid experiences in a tainted society. Often, this hero, or picaro, uses satire to face and reveal the corruption around him. Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy includes many picaresque traits such as the absurd and rapid writing style, the witty and persistent picaro, and the constant denial of a greater power. The novel’s incorporation of picaresque patterns and characteristics prove it to be…

in a stunning case of irony a fictional comic on the “welfare queen” by the onion's fake editorial artist “kelly” has been taken up by the very source of its satire; anti-welfare peddlers. rightfully so, the originally over the top cartoon has now become a representation of all that conservative republicans find wrong with social welfare. However, it goes beyond that,appearing at first like any american editorial cartoon with its simple lines with blatant labels on benign seeming personal…

Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal certainly carries a very strong impact and is a powerful piece of writing that can leave an audience stunned. It is a satirical narrative, about overpopulation and famines in Ireland, and Swift’s opinion on what can be done to solve it. The “proposal” he had in mind was that people simply fatten up and eat the children, because he believes that they serve no purpose and in actuality are merely contributing to the complication at hand. Swift also uses…

A Sound of Thunder and Being Prey share many similarities between the texts. They also share many differences. The comparisons between the stories is found among the conflict, setting and a main character of the stories. In each story, the main characters were faced by dangerous animals. Have you ever been attacked by a swarm of crocodiles? Have you ever gone back in time, back to when dinosaurs were alive? The setting of the stories A Sound of Thunder, by Ray Bradbury and Being Prey, by Val…