To me, the most memorable part of “Landscape, History and the Pueblo Imagination” was the Pueblo’s migration story. Silko describes their journey into the “Fifth World” through a tiny hole that had to be expanded […]

I believe the little girl, Sylvia, is the true hero in this short story. The story prioritizes animal kinship over violence because in the end Sylvia decides to remain quiet and keep her knowledge of the white […]

In his article “Biotic Invasions: Ecological Imperialism in New Wave Science Fiction”, Rob Latham discusses the evolution of science fiction writing in terms of invasion and colonization. He discusses several nov […]

Douglas Barbour’s essay “Wholeness and Balance in the Hainish Novels of Ursula K. Le Guin” discusses the themes of light and darkness that are prevalent in Le Guin’s books that are set in the Hainish univers […]

While the story may be seen as a failure to colonize the Athsheans, I choose to view it as a victory for the Athsheans and for nature in general. With the promise of the Terrans leaving their planet and never […]

One of the many differences between the Athsheans and the Terrans is their sleep cycles. The Athsheans run on a “polycyclic” sleep cycle, sleeping in small bursts of time rather than overnight, which means the […]

The opening of Chaper 2 describes Selvan’s journey through the woods, noting things like the “roots of copper willows, thick and ridged”(25) and “tiny mushrooms that sprouted in circles”(25), showing his deep […]

In response to Victoria’s question: How do Nature and Enlightenment coincide with each other? How do they contrast each other?

In the beginning of the book, nature and the idea of Enlightenment coincide when […]

ENLIGHTENMENT IN FRANKENSTEIN

-Enlightenment era: an intellectual movement in Europe during the 17th to 19th centuries
-The Enlightenment era popularized the discipline of science, as well as humanity and […]

Although Victor originally agrees to create a female companion for the creature in order to protect his friends and family from the violence of the creature, he is deeply conflicted about creating another creature […]

Victor believes the creature to be innately evil, but reading the creature’s story of his journey from Victor’s apartment to the forest outside of Geneva was heartbreaking and shows how he slowly became evil due […]

When Victor Frankenstein meets the creature in the Alps, the creature is surprisingly eloquent and intellectual. He speaks to Victor about loneliness and the desire for acceptance, believing that Victor should […]

In Act III, Ariel appears as a “harpy” to Alonso, Sebastian and Antonio, representing the tempest as a half bird, half woman mythological creature. In his speech claims that the men have been stranded on this uni […]

The two different conspiracy plots for murder are in Acts II and III are remarkably similar, yet have a few key differences. Both conspiracy plots are being planned so the conspirators can improve their station […]