Fan Fiction: The Impact of a Fan-made Genre Essay

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan Questions: 1. In the novel, Lily’s husband once told Lily that “You are strong… But you----and please, do not get angry with me---are blind when you look at your old same. She is not your same in every way” (217). Incorporate the novel as a whole, do you agree or disagree his statement? 2. What does the Secret Fan symbolized in the novel? How does it act as that symbol to develop the theme of the novel? 3. How do the experiences in the mountain change Lily and Snow…

The Fiction of Literature: Folk Tales, Fan Fiction, and Oral Tradition in the Internet Age In 1951, JRR Tolkien wrote a letter to his publisher, Milton Waldman, in an attempt to describe his vision for The Lord of the Rings. After outlining the scope of his many interconnected plots, Tolkien self-consciously articulated his hopes for his novel’s reception: "Do not laugh! But once upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from…

do Lewis' job for him and complains about Lewis' directions. 'Couldn't direct a poofter.' (Pg10) Lewis gets emotionally attached to the patients and more or less throws his relationship and education out the window to help fulfill their dream, 'Cosi Fan Tutte'. ‘It’s not the fact that you’ve let me down, Jerry, it’s more the fact that you’ve let everyone down. [He looks at the theatre] This theatre could have been ringing with the music of the spheres, instead of that, a dreadful silence has descended…

October 2015 Fan Art? Fan Art. The question whether fan art is legitimate art or not has become one of the most debatable topics today, when people have become so crazy about some artists or characters that there are huge events such as Comic Con which have a great deal with fan art. The artists produce works, which can be in different forms like literature, music or visual art, then they want people to respect and appreciate their work. And, that is what fans do. As a part of being the fans, they express…

The book Raving Fans: A Revolutionary Approach to Customer Service, links together many critical aspects of running a successful business operation with the concepts we have learned this semester in Management 402. The book highlights three critical aspects/secrets to servicing and retaining high quality customer service levels or the Raving Fan status through the application of several fictitious businesses. According to Charlie, the Area Manager’s mentor, the three secrets to exceptional customer…

number of home runs hit in 1998) would appear to have a significant impact on the many sports fans who regard these athletes as sports heroes. Yet what is most interesting about this phenomenon of more and more popular, highly paid athletes admitting to using performance enhancing drugs is the fact that for the most part, these admissions do not appear to significantly affect people's view of them. Instead, it appears as though most fans simply care about the performance of their heroes, regardless of…

feature of a factory or an industry. In most of the case the temperature plays a vital role in the process of manufacturing or the process carried in that factory or industry. The most common and simplest way of controlling temperature is by using a fan which is automatically connected to a network such as it is switched on when the temperature of the surroundings increases. The change in temperature of the surroundings can be sensed with the help of thermistor or a sensistor. These electronic components…

4. RESULT AND DISCUSSION 4.2 FAN PERFORMANCE Figure 2 Performance curve of change of pressure against flow rate The grey curve corresponding to high fan speed (100%) lies above the orange curve corresponding to medium fan speed (50%). The orange curve lies above the blue curve corresponding to low fan speed (30%). This is due to the increase of fan speed, the amount of medium flows through the fan in a direction parallel to the pump shaft increases; impeller pushes the liquid and adds momentum…

CEO “I have been a passionate athlete and sports fan ever since I was a little boy, playing football in my hometown. I also have a passion for business. I used to work in my parents’ butchery as a kid and opened my own pub when I was a student. At the Adidas Group, my passion for sports and for the business inspire me in my daily work” (Hainer). That quote came directly from the CEO of Adidas himself, Herbert Hainer. Hainer was born in Germany, and has a degree in Business Studies. He started as…

increases profit through increased attendance. In 1974, when the Cleveland Indians ' fan attendance was down, the owner implemented "Beer Night" where they sold beers for 10 cents at the first game of a three game series against the Texas Rangers (Berger, 1990). Attendance was up by 3500. The night turned out to be the first and last "Beer Night". When a brawl occurred during the 5th inning, hundreds of Indian fans charged the field and beat up the Texas Ranger players. Seventy-six people were arrested…