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A Canticle for Leibowitz: Straight Outta the (gernsback) Ghetto

Novel Science Fiction 2 Pages

After the end of World War II, Americans lived under the fear of nuclear war. The government built up huge arsenals of nuclear bombs, and used propaganda to assuage the American people’s fear. The best known example of that is the Duck and Cover propaganda...

Postmodernism and the Matrix

Postmodernism Science Fiction The Matrix 7 Pages

This paper is about the postmodern IR theory with the ideas of Michael Foucault and the movie The Matrix (1999). In first place postmodernism explained as a critical IR theory and its assumptions discussed. Secondly The Matrix (1999) will be summarized. After that the movie...

Science Fiction in the Contemporary World

Science Fiction Technology Virtual Reality 1 Page

Virtual reality has come in and out of popularity over the past few decades but with the advancement of technology and availability of tools, it is now poised to become the future of humanity as it will change the way of how we see the...

Human Beings' Perception of the World

Science Fiction 1 Page

Many science fiction stories feature aliens, especially the interaction between humans and the extraterrestrials. These interactions from range from one-on-one encounters to merely experiencing the aliens’ culture from afar. No matter the nature of said encounter, the human nearly always leaves changed in some way....

Her: Modern Perspective of Love in a Movie

Science Fiction 3 Pages

Nothing can stand the test of time greater than the form of relation or sympathy. But even greater than that is the ability to force that compassion and relation into the reverse perspective… in other words, rather than feeling emotion upon reacting simply to what...

Oppression of the Poor by the Rich in Metropolis

Science Fiction 1 Page

From the beginning of Metropolis, there is a stark divide between the upper class and the working people. We see working people walk like soldier into huge elevators, heads hanging in clear misery, descending into what we can only assume is their version of hell,...

The Analysis of the Story "Harrison Bergeron"

Book Review Literature Review Science Fiction 2 Pages

Can an equivalent society really exist? The story, “Harrison Bergeron” gives one point of view reply to this inquiry all through the story. The story depicts one fundamental clash between Harrison Bergeron, a virtuoso kid who is extremely capable, against a “government” that makes the...

Aye and Gomorrah: Science-fiction Review

American Literature Science Fiction Short Story 3 Pages

Aye and Gomorrah is a short science-fiction written by Samuel R. Delany that dives into the themes of sexuality and social norms. The story highlights the abnormal relationships between two marginalized communities and the struggles they undergo trying to understand their situations. Although the novel...

Cause of Totalism and Rebelion in 1984 and Metropolis

1984 Science Fiction 1 Page

George Orwell’s 1984 (1949) is a cautionary novel which explores a dystopian society mired in propaganda and totalitarianism. Similarly, director Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) is a critique of a futuristic world where growth and industralisation benefit the few and oppress the many. Both texts reveal...

The Hart of Language: Analyzing the Purpose of Riddleyspeak in Riddley Walker

Novel Science Fiction 1 Page

In Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker, Hoban portrays a post-apocalyptic society ravaged by a nuclear war. While he masterfully crafts the story to warn readers about the dangers of technology, the real achievement is in the strange language, called Riddleyspeak, in which the book is written...

Wells’ Caustic Attack on Vivisection in the Island of Dr. Moreau

Science Fiction 1 Page

Vivisection, an issue explored by many different scholars, including religious, scientific, and literary, has engendered a fierce debate since its inception. Philosophers early as Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas began addressing issues concerning mankind’s relation to animal, which had great implications in shaping societal views...

Analysis of a Sci-fi Work

Anime Art Science Fiction 3 Pages

The anime was created by Mika Nomura and Yoshinao Doi, coordinated by Hiroshi Hamasaki and Takuya sato, and composed by Jukki Hanada, withcharacter design done by Kyuuta Sakai, and music by Takeshi Abo. Overview-A self-proclaimed mad scientist Rintarou Okabe leases a room in a trashy...

Dangers of Neoliberalism in 'The New Opium of the People'

Science Fiction 1 Page

George Carlin famously said “When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jack-boots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts”. This quote couldn’t be more relevant in Dave Eggers novel The Circle in...

Martians in Wells’ War of the Worlds and Movie Adaptions: Cultural Imperialism

Novel Science Fiction War of The Worlds 4 Pages

The Martians in the book and the movie The War of the Worlds are a metaphor for the evils of cultural imperialism because their arrival severs the most important means of communication and transportation technology, challenges religion, and leaves identity unclear. The Martians in The...

Portrayal of Might and Moral

Science Fiction 2 Pages

Composers undermine institutions of power to show the unethical values of government with strict systematic control while also conveying how this influences the behaviors of society through creating a lack of individualism. Aldous Huxley’s novel ‘Brave New World’ conveys a dystopic satire of governments who...

Film Review: the Story of "Divergent"

Divergent Dystopia Science Fiction 1 Page

“Divergent” – searching the place you belong to and determining how you fit in as you transition from adolescence to adulthood. Every year, all 16-year-olds must choose a faction. Their choices are permanent “Faction before blood”. Beatrice’s tester (Maggie Q) warns her not to reveal...

The War of the Worlds: a Critique of Imperialism

Novel Science Fiction War of The Worlds 3 Pages

With the close of the 19th century and the dawn of the 20th, much of the world was changing. In particular, world literature was shifting from the ideals of Romanticism to the stark realism of novels written after the Great War. At the beginning of...

The Hurdles in the Journey of Love: Genly Ai’s Character Development

Science Fiction 2 Pages

“Neither man nor woman, neither and both, cyclic, lunar, metamorphosing under the hand’s touch, changelings in the human cradle, they were no flesh of mine, no friends; no love between us” (229). Genly Ai doesn’t think that he will ever be friends with the alien...

Einstein’s Dreams

Albert Einstein Novel Science Fiction 1 Page

Annotations/Journal – Setting and Background Information: The novel is set in Berne, Switzerland in the spring of 1905. Einstein is twenty-six years old, working on his theory of relativity in his extra time. The novels portrays Einstein’s dreams on physics, time and relativity. The year...