Brave New World is a novel written in 1931 by Aldous Huxley, and published in 1932. In the novel there are some society groups, races, and cultures. First, the Director of the center, whose name is “The Director” (High
authority). He is helped by Lenina Crowne and Henry Foster, both workers from Central
London Hatching and Conditioning Centre, and other people. Appears Mustafá, Bernard
Marx (an Alpha-Plus psychologist who, for some reason or another, doesn’t have
the great physical characteristic of most Alphas). Helmholtz Watson, another
Alpha-Plus man who shares Bernard's dissatisfaction with their controlled and
structured lives, finally, for the system to work better, humans are divided
into several castes: Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas and Epsilons. Alfas citizens
are intelligent, tall and muscular; Epsilons are low, dumb and ugly.
There are some
sociological problems in which are involve many people. Example: Marxism, is represented in Brave New
world, in which the totalitarianism and power make the world spins the way it
is. Liberalism, is one of the most highlighted
problems in the book, "Everyone belongs to the whole world," which
means that when a man wants to go to bed with a woman he asks publicly and she
says yes, even, young children play erotic games with each other, and orgies
are mandatory biweekly events. The entire
society raised with that culture, being liberals. But it is a small group disagreed with everything that
happens in the place, but no one cares about it. Religion, God has been replaced by "Ford", (Ford of Henry
Ford, the man who created the assembly line and mass production). Finally, for the
oppression, psychologic problems, or for
escaping reality, they choose to consume a dose of “Soma” (drug).
Let me your comments:
What do you think about If in the real world people become equal or has a washed mind?
CHILDREN OF THE CORN is a horror movie written by Stephen King, and was first published in a March, 1977 issue ofPenthousemagazine, and later appeared as part of hisNight Shiftcollection.
His father, Donald Edwin King, was a merchant seaman.
King's mother, Nellie Ruth was born inScarborough,Maine.
When Stephen King was two years old, his father
left the family under the pretense of "going to buy a pack of
cigarettes", leaving his mother to raise Stephen and his older brother,
David, by herself, sometimes under great financial strain. The family moved toDe Pere,Wisconsin,Fort Wayne, Indiana, andStratford,Connecticut.
When King was 11, the family returned toDurham, Maine,
where his mother cared for her parents until their deaths. She then became acaregiverin
a local residential facility for thementally challenged. King
was raisedMethodistand remains religious as an adult.
As a child, King apparently
witnessed one of his friends being struck and killed by a train, though he has
no memory of the event. Some commentators have suggested that this event may
have psychologically inspired some of King's darker works,but King
makes no mention of it in his memoirOn
Writing(2000).
King related in detail his
primary inspiration for writing horror fiction in his non-fictionDanse Macabre(1981), in a chapter titled "An
Annoying Autobiographical Pause".
King attended Durham
Elementary School and graduated fromLisbon Falls High School. He displayed an early interest in horror as an avid reader
ofEC's horror comics, includingTales from the Crypt(he later paid tribute to the comics in his screenplay
forCreepshow).
He began writing for fun while still in school.
From 1966, King studied at theUniversity of Maine, graduating in 1970 with aBachelor of Artsin English. That year, his daughter Naomi Rachel was born. He
wrote a column,Steve King's
Garbage Truck, for the student newspaper.
King married with Tabitha.
They have three children, Naomi,Joseph Hillstrom King andOwen
King, and four grandchildren.
King's addictions to alcohol and other drugs were so serious during the 1980s.
King's family and friends staged an intervention, dumping on the rug in front
of him evidence of his addictions taken from his office including beer cans,
cigarette butts, grams ofcocaine,Xanax,Valium,NyQuil,dextromethorphan(cough medicine) andmarijuana.
Sociological
Criticism:
Society:
The movie presents some society groups in which the predominant is the
children, they have control of Gatlin that was the little town where the
children live. They are a group of demonic cultists.
Power:
the power belongs to the children, neither adults have part in the movie.
Economy:
The economy of the town is mostly agricultural,
and the town is surrounded by vast cornfields. One particular year the corn crop
fails and the people of Gatlin turn to prayer in an attempt to ensure a
successful harvest. In the past, the corn suffered blight and fell victim to
natural forces such as pests and dry spells.
Government:
(dictatorship, communism): as we have seen before the government in the town is
directed by Isaac helped by Job and Sarah, the only man who appears in the
movie is an old man who refuses to help Burt and
Vicky due to his secret agreement with the children to supply them with oil and
gasoline in exchange for his life. He was threatened. However, Malachai breaks
the pact against Isaac's will and murders the old man and his dog once Burt and
Vicky leave.
Mythological
/ Archetypal Criticism:
The characters faces many situation, someone
are really bad, and they are organized to kill every adult person caused by
town´s sin.
Two characters, Burt and Vicky go through many
conflicts for children ideology when try to escape from children’s violence.
•Strong
Communal Beliefs:
Belief in Supreme Being: creator, judge, religion.
Religion:The
beginning of the story is narrated by a boy named Job (Robby Kiger) who tells
us that he was the only kid in church that day because the other kids were out
in the field with Isaac – child prophet, preacher and harbinger of doom. There are two additional child characters - the main
prophet Isaac plays a major role as the leader of the cult and Sarah (biblical
names) - who are secretly against the cult.
They belief in “He, Who walks behind the Rows” is in the name of a
prosperous corn harvest.
Isaac Chroner, takes all the
children of Gatlin into a cornfield and preaches to them about the prophecies
of a strange, bloodthirsty incarnation of theAbrahamic God called "He Who Walks behind the Rows"
Creator: children
belief in “He, Who walks behind the
Rows” who was the creator of everything also who blesses the corn fields.
Judge: God, but in
the earth is Isaac who controls every child in the town.
•Images:
Color Red: blood,
sacrifice; Isaac, through his 17-year-old
lieutenant Malachai, leads the children in a revolution, brutally killing all
of the adults in the town. Over the ensuing years, the children take any adults
passing through as sacrifices. Also they sacrifice themselves when they turn
19, sharing their blood with the congregation.
Kurt Vonnegut in the of “Harrison Bergeron´s short story. Vonnegut is an American writer who was born on November 11th, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana. He born in one of the wealthiest families in Indianapolis. He was the youngest of three children. His father was an architect named Kurt Vonnegut Sr, and his mother Edith was born into Indianapolis high society, belonging to the Liebers, their fortune derived from ownership of a successful brewery. The financial security and social prosperity that the Vonneguts once enjoyed were destroyed in a matter of years. The Liebers's brewery was closed in 1921 after the advent of prohibition in he united States. Vonnegut enrolled at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis in 1936. There, he played clarinet in the school band and became a co-editor. Then, Vonnegut enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He wanted to become an architect like his father, but his father and brother, a scientist, urged him to study a "useful" discipline. So, Vonnegut majored in biochemistry When Vonnegut enrolled in the University of Chicago 22-year-old as a graduate anthropology student, he married Jane Marie Cox on September 1st, 1945, who was his high school girlfriend and classmate since kindergarten. The pair relocated to Chicago.
Ballerinas.
Harrison Bergeron is one of the best known Vonnegut´s short story for its interesting science fiction concept, and presents a rather horrifying situation through humor and ironies. For instance something ironic in the story is when the announcer struggles to read a comment because of his serious speech impediment, also when the ballerina reads the announcement on television, she had to apologize for her voice because it was weird. Comment: 1. Why does Vonnegut uses the year 2081 in Harrison Bergeron´s story? (personal opinion)
2. For you, what is the most interesting part in the Harrison Bergeron´s story?
Hughes Langston is the author of "Thank you, M'am" short story.Talking a little bit about his life, he was African American writer, known for the use of jazz and black folk rhythms in his poetry. He was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1902 and died in 1967. He went to Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. Also, he studied at Columbia University before serving on a ship to Africa. It is very important to add that Hughes wrote in many genres, but, he is best known in poetry where he is in favor of musical rythms and traditions of black culture. Hughes was prominent figure during the Harlem Reinassance. Also, he served as a Madrid correspondant for Baltimore, Maryland, newspaper during the spanish civil war (1936-1939). In the 1940s, Hughes wrote a newspaper column, first for Chicago defender and later for the New York Post, in where he expressed the thoughts of young black Americans. Finally, Hughes wrote more than 50 books.
Hughes shows some of his experiences in "Thank you, M'am" short story. As he was interested in black people, and it is showed in this short story, because Hughes was a African American. First, we can notice that the characters of the story: Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones and Roger were black people, so maybe Roger was taken and was reflected on Hughes's origen. Many Africans have lived in devastated conditions, poverty, hunger, lack of education and living without their families, there is so much poverty that many children have to see how to survive. In this case, Hughes caught this situation in the Roger´s role. We do not know if the author lived in any moment some difficult situation but he was care about other people like him, that suffers difficulties.
Now, tell me.
1. What do you think about "Thank You, M'am" short story?
2. What is the main idea in the short story "Thank You, M'am"
3. What do we learn about the story "Thank You, M'am"?
Here you can find some information related to "Thank You, M'am" by Langston.
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