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To Kill A Mockingbird is a novel written by author Harper Lee in 1960, however the time period of the novel is during the 1930’s. The novel uses various different symbols and their meanings to deepen the reader’s understanding and perception of the text, the mocking bird being the most prominent. The novels main focus is on innocence and purity...
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The novel ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ written by Harper Lee, accurately displays the racial injustices and prejudice prevalent to the people in the south, during the 1930’s. The text explores themes of prejudice, growing up and courage, in which is further developed throughout the novel and within the characters. ‘Scout’ Jean Louise Finch and ‘Jem’ Jeremy Finch, alongside with their...
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Mr Jones is the first character we are introduced to who represents the Tsar, Nicholas II (1868-1918), the last Russian emperor. During Nicholas II reign of 1894-1917, the people of Russian encountered terrible poverty and upheaval. This was marked when unarmed protesters demanding social reforms were shot down by the army near Nicholas' palace known as the Bloody Sunday massacre...
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Rebellion indefatigably confronts evil, from which the rebel may rectify blind servitude or unbounded freedom. As such, we see Ray Bradbury’s science fiction Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Margaret Atwood’s dystopian The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) explore the deprivation against individual liberty and distortion of knowledge, through heroic protagonists whom are doomed revolutionaries crushed by systematic regimes. Fahrenheit 451 is based in...
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Does our society comprehend the great significance behind dystopian literature and what it symbolises? Fahrenheit 451 and George Orwell’s Animal Farm are microcosms into multiple totalitarian regimes. Fahrenheit 451 was written as an indictment of totalitarian governments and the restrictions they put on humanity. Both Orwell and Bradbury have created societies that are both controlled and manipulated by supreme authority....
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The Giver by Lois Lowry introduces a concept of a utopian society being created through predictability and sameness. What if today was as predictable as tomorrow? Twenty years into the future? The community within The Giver paints a failed attempt at creating a utopian society beneath the seemingly perfect surface, in which results a dystopian community, defines as a futuristic...
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Things Fall Apart is a 1958 novel written by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. The first book in a trilogy, Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe’s magnus opus and is regarded as one of the greatest works of modern African literature. It is a staple of school curriculums throughout Africa and is studied extensively in many English-speaking countries. Set initially in...
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Joseph Conrad and Henry Lawson use environment and setting to challenge the motivations and values of the characters in their texts. Specifically, Conrad uses the philosophical, independent-minded and sceptical character of Marlow to juxtapose the hypocrisy of 1890’s British imperialism in his novella, Heart of Darkness. Conrad typically embellished personal experience in his novels, with a specific interest in inter-cultural...
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S.E Hinton's classic novel 'The Outsiders' is a universal and timeless narrative set in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1965. The story revolves around two rival gangs that go by the names of the Socs and the Greasers that hold a long standing grudge due to their difference in wealth, status and living proximity. The protagonist of the narrative, Ponyboy Curtis, is...
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Imagine a world where we all thought, acted and felt the same. What would life be like if you were just a shell of a person? Welcome to the 2019 Dystopian Fiction Conference, my name is Breanna Duckworth and today I am going to highlight a very important message conveyed through Ray Bradbury’s, Fahrenheit 451. As enthusiastic readers, you will...
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Although living in a society that wasn’t much advanced in technology at the time, Bradbury did an astonishing job in predicting modern society and culture. Although it doesn’t seem very apparent to us, there are many key similarities between what Bradbury wrote about in Fahrenheit 451 and the “free” society we think we live in. Particularly relevant are the topics...
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Social inequality is the existence of unequal opportunities and rewards for different social positions or statuses within a society. It is a serious problem and happens everywhere and everyday, but its effects are often not solved. Brave New World and Gattaca are two texts where social inequality affects the world heavily. In both texts, inequality between the society exists but...
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“No man is an island, entire of himself”. Robert Frost's 'The Mending Wall' and “The Tuft of Flowers”, is a comment on the nature of the individual and its ability to co-exist and interact with others. He examines the way in which we interact with one another and at times, fail to do so. Frost seems to believe that the...
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Waiting for Godot is the conflict between spiritual and philosophical ideas that both demonstrate renewal and diverse perspectives to the viewers. Waiting for Godot was part of the theater of the absurd a movement that appeared after the second world war. This movement looked at artist struggling to find meaning through devastation. The absurdist deconstructed plots and characters to try...
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The evolution of dystopian text emerged throughout the French revolution, 1700’s, although it was commonly anti-collectivist until the late 20th century. Dys (bad) topia (place) are ancient Greek words that are used to create fictional texts of an unfavourable society to live. Generally, these civilizations are controlled by oppressive governments or other forms of despotisms. Usually a combatant will be...
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Jonas is the protagonist in the book named The Giver. The Giver is about a futuristic utopian society which has tried to relieve its citizens of choices to ensure sameness, fairness, and equality. We start reading with Jonas who is eleven years old; in the book every December they hold a ceremony where each child moves up a year in...
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SEGREGATION Slavery is the act or practice of owning slaves and making them work very hard without proper remuneration or appreciation. Slavery was abolished in 1890 however this led to segregation in the early and mid-twentieth century. Scout, the narrator is able to bring out the hardships the slaves go through during the trial of Tom Robinson. They are depicted...
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Hero. This word is mentioned frequently, but what makes a person a hero? Is heroism only saving the world from villains trying to enslave the human race, or can it be a small act of kindness? Can it be both? Yes, for a hero is someone who is brave, courageous and helps others in need. In the book The Outsiders,...
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Screen adaptations of literary works have always been a popular film genre throughout the world and some of the greatest films have been based on famous literary pieces, most commonly novels. The most common debates or discussions that could have been occurred during that were about the notions of a specificity and fidelity. Specificity is when literature and film have...
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All throughout history, prejudice and discrimination has been a prominent force in society. Discrimination and prejudice are built into our human nature with many discriminant acts being labelled ‘normal’. This is only done because certain groups consider themselves superior and use discrimination as a vantage point to maintain their privilege and power in society. To Kill A Mockingbird (1960) written...
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Rohinton Mistry’s A Fine Balance and Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold (COADF), both traditional literature novels set in the 1900’s explore the im0pact internal and external influences have on character development of young protagonists who challenge the discriminatory values of the intolerant public society and ideologies of their families. Both authors explore the impact of the problematic...
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Why are we still living in a world where racism, mistreatment and prejudice still occur daily? Its 2019 and its time to change, it’s time to take a stand and defend those who can’t speak for themselves. That’s what a hero would do, wait, no, that’s what Atticus Finch would do. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee published on...
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The work is concerned to set forth the miserable conditions of man, his weakness, pride, and vanity, his unmeasurable desires, the prevalency oh his passions, the corruption of reason. -Swift during a sermon. Gulliver in his travels through the four books gains a lot of new experiences and perspective on life and his way of seeing the world. Swift has...
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In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the author demonstrates how she uses literary techniques to convey the theme to the readers. The story is about a young girl named Scout living during the Great Depression and the Jim Crow era with her brother and father. The town is a society sharply distinguished between the whites and...
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The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it. Everyday we have opportunities to stand up and change things for the better and many of us choose to sit by and do nothing. In William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies, he...
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As Scout stands on the Radley front porch after having walked Arthur (Boo) Radley home at the end of the story, Scout finally fully understands what point her father was trying to make. She's soaking in Boo Radley’s perspective and imagining his life as a witness to theirs. Scout saw what it was like from someone else’s perspective and not...
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Abstract Narration is the common element between image and text. Screen adaptation of novel and epic explores the emotions of peoples in form of moving or motion of images moreover now a day’s more information related to novel and academic work available on internet. Whereas, literature based upon a lengthy and complex text which evoke the critical thinking and other...
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The “Theatre of the Absurd” was a dramatic philosophic movement in France during the 1950s. This metaphysical theory was thought to be influenced by World War II considering that the Nazi’s were infiltrating France. With people feeling hopeless to the inhumane treatment of other’s it is hard to think that there is a meaning to life. “Absurd” is a term...
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“Prejudice is the child of ignorance” (William Hazlitt). In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee describes Maycomb, the town the story takes place in, where white people are prejudiced in all ways possible. Although everyone in Maycomb is prejudiced and rude towards black people, Harper Lee tries to show the reader the light by showing how the people...
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Throughout the beginning of Things Fall Apart, one of the most notable symbols is Okonkwo’s pride. Okonkwo is portrayed as a very prideful man, who is driven entirely by his ache for status and ability to be “manly.” He is afraid of becoming like his father and becoming a coward lacking pride, and unable to support his family. This pride...
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