In David Gerrold’s “Star Truck” the author gives examples and arguments to how the writers and creators of Firefly uniquely built the world for this science fiction/western hybrid through subtext, unique philosophical questions, and relatable uses of modern-looking technology. I believe that the author has provided numerous quality examples to demonstrate his opinion on this subject and has done an excellent job and persuading the reader. Gerrold’s writing provides examples from the show Firefly to show how the writers used subtext in lieu of monologues, or other means, to help build their characters. He also argues that a show asking philosophical questions such as “what does it mean to be a human being?” helps to create an intrigue for the audience as other shows, even within that same genre, don’t take the same approach to asking those types of questions, if they’re even asked at all (190).
This essay argues that the gendered performance of the characters is due to Linda Nicholson’s biological foundationalism as explored in Interpreting Gender (1999). The differences in reactions between the men and women of the story are not
Cinder Book Analysis Many people hide the truth, or just lie to get out of a situation. This may provide pleasure for a small amount of time, but the truth could be revealed. In Cinder by Marissa Meyers, Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper, and society, the lesson that concealing information, which is thought to hide unfavorable characteristics, can cause detrimental circumstances is learned by Cinder and Rose, and is shown in society. Sixteen-year-old Cinder is a cyborg and an exceptional mechanic.
In “Cinder” by Marissa Meyer, a teenage cyborg girl, Cinder faces many challenges. In her world, Cinder is considered different from everyone else because she was a cyborg, and she is constantly mistreated because of it. Even Cinder herself hates her 36.28 percent non-human parts. “ [Cinder] had no rights, no belongings.
To begin with, Carr starts his article by attracting the audience attention in the introduction, by citing a piece from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, in which HAL says
In the book Renegades by Marissa Meyer, many things happen throughout the book that many will find interesting. This story follows two main characters, Adrian Everhart and Nova Artino/Mclain. In this world, there are these people who are prodigies with superpowers that they either inherit or are born with. There is also a Council that is made of the best superheroes or Renegades, all around the city that this book takes place in and the son of the top two Council members is Adrian Everhart with their leadership skills and the ability to make whatever he draws come to life. There are also villains in this world of heroes called the Anarchists and within these villains is the niece of the formerly ruler of Gatlon City during the Age of Anarchy.
The creative piece presented was written to respond to major themes developed in the film Blade Runner (1982). One of these themes presented is the moral issue regarding the creation of synthetic humans. To address this the topic question “The real or synthetic: do we even care?” was utilised. This theme is continuously prevalent in the film as the Replicant protagonists’ fight a profound battle to establish themselves as more than slaves for mankind, as it is “Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it?
Dystopian fiction often utilises the concept of Manufactured Consent to create warnings for readers regarding what may happen when a society is unaware of social movements. Ray Bradbury’s novel, ‘Fahrenheit 451’, introduces readers to Clarisse, An individual oppressed through the expectations and pessimistic government. Comparably, the television show ‘Stranger Things', directed by the Duffer Brothers, reveals the character of Eleven, as an outcast.
Sci-fi Is the New Masculinity In the novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Junot Diaz writes Yunior's narrative on Oscar, his family and their struggles of living as Dominicans in New Jersey in the time of the Trujillo regime. There is a strong emphasis on male gender role and extreme machismo attitude that is expected of Dominican men through out the book. The word machismo derives from the Spanish word macho meaning male or masculine. Diaz brings out the struggles of each character trying to live up to cultural standards.
Sheila Pour Gholam Hosein Dr. Christopher Keep English 1028G: The Storyteller’s Art II: The Rise of the Machines T.A: Alexander Morgan 9 February 2024. The Epistemic Crisis of Human Identity Caused by Androids Humanity's chase for perfection is so close to reach that technology is able to create the perfect imitation, blurring the line between the real and the fake human. In Phillip K Dicks, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? characters continuously question the real, creating a crisis in knowledge, where individuals are no longer able to determine the real from the fake.
In a futuristic world where cyborgs exist, cars can fly (called hovers), and people live on the moon (called Lunars), Linh Cinder resides. She is the main character of the enchanting book called Cinder, which was written by Marissa Meyer. Cinder is a cyborg who works as a mechanic in New Beijing, but she is still under the guardianship of her detached, adopted mother who forces Cinder to give all the money she earns to her. The adopted mother does this because she is too lackadaisical to actually get up and do anything for herself that involves work. Cinder lives with her guardian and adopted sisters, and it is quite uncomfortable for Cinder because two out of the three people are cruel to her.
The ‘fist ' is a group that beats and kills chrome, well the ‘novemberists ' are the group that help keeps chromes safe and out of harm. When She Woke is about the skin colour of people and how they are treated for what they look like. In this novel, racism is shown as a problem in society, but not for blacks and whites for all colours. It shows the treatment and segregation of chromes through a person’s action, the ability for an individual to trust and the way people speak to chromes. Racism is given a twist and seen in a different way no less cruel.
Both Neuromancer and Dawn are works of science fiction taking place in the future of our own world. In this way they both provide ways to look at our own society through a different lense. Both Gibson and Butler bring to light many of the problems of our own world through their literature. Two articles are highlighted as well: In her article, Razor Girls: Genre and Gender in Cyberpunk fiction, Lauraine Leblanc addresses the issue of gender as a dichotomous system.
Nonetheless, traditionally, science fiction had begun as a promotion of positive attitudes towards progress in science and technology. According to research, as the number of female authors in science fiction grows, this influx may not be a result of encouraging physical science and technology. Instead it seems to have a continual growth in social advocacy rather than technical competence. The new wave of feminist literature is a way to attack the traditional sex roles addressed in society. Feminist science fiction has helped women raise awareness and has created discussion in the public regarding the disadvantages of contemporary sex roles and consideration of options for the future (Bainbridge,
In Ray Bradbury’s dystopian short story, “Wondercopy”, the world reliance and abuse on technology is depicted in which synthetic robots are created to replace the human kind. Symbolism and irony are employed along with the unified tone to posit the theme of conflict between man and technology longing for freedom and man overstepping his role to emulate the creator. Symbolism is evident throughout the short story. The “Wondercopy” symbolizes the abuse and reliance society has on technology, creating the dystopian society in the story. The rise of technology leads to conflicts of the dehumanized world.
