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Jasper Wen wrote a new post on the site Environmental Literature

Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:10:25 -0400

Ursula K. Le Guin is a science fiction author who published and edited around eighty books over seven decades. She started writing poetry at the age of five and spent every summer at her family’s second h […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday, August 11th, on the site Environmental Literature

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 15:47:44 -0400

In “A White Heron”, Sylvie is forced to choose between materialism and nature. To start with the reasons of taking the money, Sylvie believed ten dollars was a lot of money and it was further reinforced with her […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Thursday August 6th, on the site Environmental Literature

Thu, 06 Aug 2020 10:12:43 -0400

Rob Latham summarizes the concept of ecological imperialism by analyzing the works that were released in a new genre of science fiction called “New Wave”, which focuses on “eco-disaster stories” and the “critiq […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday August 4th, on the site Environmental Literature

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 14:53:38 -0400

Le Guin choses to tell the story as a failure instead of a success because the story serves as a warning for those who uses violence. Violence is something that can never be forgotten and Selver emphasizes that […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 30th, on the site Environmental Literature

Thu, 30 Jul 2020 13:34:53 -0400

Captain Davidson views the natural environment as something that would be dominated by superior forces, which are humans in his perspective. He states, “I like to see things in perspective, from the top down, a […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Tuesday July 28th, on the site Environmental Literature

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 02:12:00 -0400

Victor Frankenstein decides to create a female creature at the request of the original one. However, Victor decides to destroy the female creature at the last second in fear of the potential of the two creatures […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Monday July 27th, on the site Environmental Literature

Sun, 26 Jul 2020 08:00:08 -0400

Victor Frankenstein believes that his creature is innately evil because the creature killed William and caused the execution of Justine. However, the creature only became a monster because of his own environment. […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Wednesday July 22, on the site Environmental Literature

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:32:37 -0400

Mary Shelley conveys to the readers that modern science is constantly evolving and that to fully understand it, you must go beyond what is shown to you. For example, Victor Frankenstein’s education in Geneva c […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, Homework for Thursday July 16th, on the site Environmental Literature

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:58:22 -0400

Prospero’s illusions are just a tool to fool his enemies and once they see through it, he is only a frail, defenseless man. Thus, Prospero makes his speech to Ferdinand to explain how his illusions are not real a […]

Jasper Wen commented on the post, In-Class Blog Post, on the site Environmental Literature

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:49:45 -0400

In Ariel’s speech about the tempest, he states “You are three men of sin, whom Destiny, that hath to instrument this lower world and what is in ’t, the never-surfeited sea hath caused to belch up you, and on t […]

Jasper Wen became a registered member

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:56:22 -0400