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November 6, 2019
Dystopian Novel Never Let Me Go: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
As you navigate through Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, you’ll find a touching celebration of life, as well as a heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, false hope, and helplessness to one’s fate. Its world, although it initially seems to be a pleasant one, is gradually revealed to be much more solemn than first glance. Alas, this world is never one that you or I would exist in, but once the truth is unveiled to us, we would find no solace in the fact.
Never Let Me Go revol...
Never Let Me Go: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
As you navigate through Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, you’ll find a touching celebration of life, as well as a heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, false hope, and helplessness to one’s fate. Its world, although it initially seems to be a pleasant one, is gradually revealed to be much more solemn than first glance. Alas, this world is never one that you or I would exist in, but once the truth is unveiled to us, we would find no solace in the fact.
Never Let Me Go revol...
November 5, 2019
Dystopian Novel Never Let Me Go: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
As you navigate through Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, you’ll find a touching celebration of life, as well as a heartbreaking tale of lost innocence, false hope, and helplessness to one’s fate. Its world, although it initially seems to be a pleasant one, is gradually revealed to be much more solemn than first glance. Alas, this world is never one that you or I would exist in, but once the truth is unveiled to us, we would find no solace in the fact.
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October 27, 2019
Dystopian Novel Lost Horizon: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Lost Horizon by James Hilton serves as the genesis of the legendary Shangri-La, a beautiful utopian oasis sequestered from the earthly horrors of poverty, war, and dissipation. For those in a war-torn world full of fear and strife, the Shangri-La might seem like an alluring escape and a true paradise. However, would such an oasis really be a utopia, or would it be a prison? The answer to this question lies within the narrative.
The story begins with three friends having dinner in Berlin when o...
Lost Horizon: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Lost Horizon by James Hilton serves as the genesis of the legendary Shangri-La, a beautiful utopian oasis sequestered from the earthly horrors of poverty, war, and dissipation. For those in a war-torn world full of fear and strife, the Shangri-La might seem like an alluring escape and a true paradise. However, would such an oasis really be a utopia, or would it be a prison? The answer to this question lies within the narrative.
The story begins with three friends having dinner in Berlin when o...
Dystopian Novel Lost Horizon: Analysis by Ralph K Jones
LostHorizon by JamesHilton serves as the genesis of the legendary Shangri-La, a beautifulutopian oasis sequestered from the earthly horrors of poverty, war, anddissipation. For those in a war-torn world full of fear and strife, theShangri-La might seem like an alluring escape and a true paradise. However,would such an oasis really be a utopia, or would it be a prison? The answer tothis question lies within the narrative.
The story begins with t...
September 28, 2019
Fahrenheit 451 Dystopian Novel Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a near-future dystopian society where instead of putting out fires, firemen are tasked with burning every last book they can find. Reading or owning books is against the law, and instead, much more tolerable forms of media are appreciated by the public; that being, anything and everything that is without substance. In this dystopia, the true rebels are the books themselves.
The story of Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, a fireman who partakes in th...
451:Fahrenheit 451 Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury takes place in a near-future dystopian society where instead of putting out fires, firemen are tasked with burning every last book they can find. Reading or owning books is against the law, and instead, much more tolerable forms of media are appreciated by the public; that being, anything and everything that is without substance. In this dystopia, the true rebels are the books themselves.
The story of Fahrenheit 451 follows Guy Montag, a fireman who partakes in th...
451:The Handmaid’s Tale Dystopian Novel Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in Gilead, a dystopian society in what used to be the United States. Gilead employs very religious ideologies, which leads to women having most of their rights removed. Since widespread pollution lead to dangerously low fertility rates, powerful couples are assigned handmaids, women who serve as diminished versions of surrogates. Their main function in the household is to participate in a “ritual”, in which their comm...
The Handmaid’s Tale Analysis by Ralph K Jones
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale takes place in Gilead, a dystopian society in what used to be the United States. Gilead employs very religious ideologies, which leads to women having most of their rights removed. Since widespread pollution lead to dangerously low fertility rates, powerful couples are assigned handmaids, women who serve as diminished versions of surrogates. Their main function in the household is to participate in a “ritual”, in which their comm...
