Home For Peculiar Children: An Analysis

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children ( also called Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, is the first in the Peculiar Children Trilogy. In Peculiar Children, Riggs writes of a young boy named Jacob. All throughout Jacobs's childhood, his grandfather told him preposterous stories with impossible people.. After his grandfather was murdered, Jacob isolated himself. He then talked to a psychiatrist who told him that going could be beneficial to visit the place his grandfather told stories about. There, Jacob learns that the unfathomable stories he was told, were possible. He learns the people and places are real, and that he has a special gift, alike them. Jacob befriends them, just as his grandfather did years before.

By interlacing these techniques, Silvey effectively engages readers, appeals to their emotions and manipulates their beliefs and values to make them think deeply on issues covered in the novel and agree with his opinions on said issues. Another strength is the characterisation of people and their relationships and reactions to the changing world around them. Whether they survive, change or sink, is what captures my attention and maintains

Northrop Frye 's the Educated Imagination, published in 1963, attempts to bring out the meaning and effect of possessing an educated imagination in contrast to its opposite. Dr. Frye analyses how his theory advances society’s interests and overcomes its limits through the three levels of the human mind. In his essay, the three levels are broken down in a detailed manner, which links it directly its thesis. Frye presents definitive answers to his questions in the beginning of his essay, “What good is the study of literature? Does it help us to think more clearly, or feel more sensitively, or live a better life than we could without it?” Conclusively, the education of an individual’s mind is critical to understand the world we live in and to the advancement of our society. Educating the mind consists of absorbing and modifying literature, understanding and evolving art, and placing science within context without having data as the boundaries of our imagination.

Popular fictions texts expressing views of the future educate audiences about current issues and the dystopias that develop from them. Texts such as the film ‘Gattaca’, directed by Andrew Niccol and novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ by Ray Bradbury explore futuristic societies and the implications that become of their innovation. Although entertaining, texts such as these are didactic and must be taken seriously, as they communicate messages to audiences regarding prevalent concerns and possible futures based on society’s choices.

Fiction novel’s shows us the views and perspective others. This type of literature help us gain a more broader perspective and can teach us more about our society. The idea of banning fictional novels is a very foolish idea. These novels do more good than they do harm and are beneficial for our curriculum and learning. Taking away this literature will not benefit our learning and will only harm our learning. “Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.’’ said G.K. Chesterton.

Ransom as being a main character in the story has a very distinctive characteristic. This all begins with learning that Ransom is philologist from Cambridge University that is seeking a adventure by taking his walking journey. With being a philologist this influences his personality by him not only having a eagerness to learn but also with the drive to want to know the unknown. However this takes a tole on him in the beginning of the story when he is living in fear while on his journey to malacandra but as well as while he is there. A article relating to the explanation of Ransoms character says “Sometimes his emotions are tied to specific objects; at other times "he did not even know what he was afraid of: the fear itself possessed his whole mind, a formless, infinite misgiving"”(Schwartz, Sanford). This quote explains and shows

Ransome lays dead in the hold of the ship, although in the movie Ransome doesn’t die.The movie is different.The purpose of this essay is to show the difference of the movie and the book and which is better. The movie is different from the book, and the reason was that they were both made at different times and not by the same people, personally I favor the book better and this is why, you can imagine what the characters look like while in the movie it tells you what everything looks like.

As the world continues to advance technologically, the demand and interest of books will continue to decline. If we aren’t careful we could end up like the society in Fahrenheit 451 where books are banned. In Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury’s central argument is that the tv and radio and other technologies will make the general populous forget about books in order to get a more immediate high. This in turn will turn the people into empty shells without emotions or any complex thought.

In one of her famous fictions, Oryx and Crake, the purpose is not to imagine a world of an unrealistic future like science fictions. But instead is a speculative fiction in which the novel

Fiction 1950 - 1963 Some people argue that, a step forward may bring great success by altering old ideas, such as different means of literature, that have been accepted as a common norm for many decades. Furthermore, advancements through new and diverse ideas may shape the world of literature and writing on a global scale. In the article, “Fiction 1950 – 1963,” by Rob Latham, it is evident that even when popular trends become overthrown by new styles and ideas; it may still bring success and a curious audience to a new period of the science fiction genre. When it comes to the topic of science fiction, Rob Latham argues that the pulp genre, which defined science fiction for over two decades, had been superseded by a new movement of ideas known

New versions of Bradbury’s writing is scattered around Hollywood in different stages of development.(3) Bradbury won many honors and awards in his life. Bradbury was named “Idea Consultant” for United States Pavilion at the 1964 World’s Fair. He was very excited because he is changing lives. What you do now in your life with have a part in the future. His function for science fiction writing is “ ‘Hey, it’s worthwhile going to work.’ It means to offer hope and to name the problem and then to offer the solution.(1) Bradbury has influenced many people through his life but the most important thing is that he knew he changed lives and had an influence in the future to

Speculative Fiction

They say that ignorance is bliss. That is somewhat true, as not understanding the atrocities in our world would surely make a happier person. However, innocence can also lead to calamity. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, is a coming of age story about Bruno, the son of a Nazi Commandant under Adolf Hitler. Bruno was initially very ignorant of what was happening in the world and was very immature about moving from Berlin. As the days went by, he got used to his new home and his thoughts were maturing, as he started thinking with logic and rationale. Bruno finally understands that he has to be a good person to everyone regardless what others might think. His character has strongly developed. Despite Bruno being unaware of his situation and his father being a Nazi, he matures from being childish and unsatisfied for moving to finally finding purpose in life by being a good human being.

There have been a lot movies based in World War II.  The one that stands out the most is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.  Made in 2008, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is a Holocaust movie filmed from the frame of reference of an eight-year-old boy.  The director-writer, Mark Herman took the story of two boys, written by John Boyne, and developed a masterpiece (The Boy in).  With the use of these two boys, Mark Herman takes the divide of cultural bias and economic injustices and links them together.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is an accomplished film made with incredible character development, heart-warming acting, powerful viewpoint, and a meaningful message.

Using imagination and creativity, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has defined literature as transformative. In this seven-book series J.K Rowling imagined and creatively pieced together a fantasy world of muggles, wizards, tyrants, and heroes to symbolically share with readers problems plaguing modern society. Similar to Shelley’s work of the past, never before have readers in the modern era seen teenage and adult mania surrounding an 11-year-old wizard. Some will argue that J.K. Rowling’s young-adult series lacks depth or wants to twist young minds by using magic and evil, but through close examination it is evident that