Oasis In Ernest Hallway's Ready Player One

Some questions I have been asking myself along the way have been, “What is the Great Perhaps of the characters in the story?”, “all of the important events take place on Culver Creek Campus, why is this?”. Another thing I have been thinking of is that John Green keeps the entire novel in the main character, Miles’ point of view. Why is this? Why have no other characters been given the ability to share their perspective on the important events happening as the story progresses?

By making the main characters in the movie female it was able to show that you do not have to be a man to go on a journey of self-change and growth. The movie was also able to really show the path of the hero’s journey through the entirety of the movie. Through the use of two main characters the viewer could see the impact of mirroring actions by Amber and Lisa and how it affected the journey. If the movie was only shoot through the perspective of Lisa, the viewer would know more about Lisa but would not have seen the impact of her onto Amber by the end of the movie. What makes this an interesting journey of a person is how it unfolds. When first watching the viewer would think that the journey is of Lisa growing out of her shell but the real journey is of Amber to become a caring

A baby cannot control what it looks like. It has no jurisdiction over whether it is born male or female. Suppose the baby is lucky enough to be born male. Once the baby grows, he cannot control the color of his hair, whether he has a cleft chin, dimples, or moles. Most importantly, a man cannot control the color of his own skin. Why must mankind criticize these uncontrollable factors? Who is to say one race is superior to the next, and that man is superior to woman? Hillary Jordan’s novel Mudbound has a total of 423 pages. The author envelops hardships such as racism and sexism during the 1940s that are seen as commonalities into the novel. The novel focuses on the perspectives of two different families: the McAllens’ and the Jacksons’. Both

The black characters in the novel are all victims of this “separate but equal” mentality; the younger characters yearn for real equality and the older characters have settled in to their lives by accepting their “fate.” The existing structures of society in Bayonne, Louisiana prevent black characters such as Grant Wiggins and Vivian from ever breaking out of their social class; both are forced to remain in their lives as teachers of young black children who will also grow up to live limited lives. Wiggins says of his classroom, “I’m the teacher... and I

For example, James creates a persona in the mirror believing that his reflection lives a happy life, causing James much jealousy. He says of the boy in the mirror that he, “was free. He was never hungry, he has his own bed probably and his mother wasn’t white” (91). Since the boy in the mirror represents the life which James wishes to have, it is clear here that James resents not having consistent meals everyday and having to share with his siblings, but he also dislikes having a white mother. This information was deliberately written in this way to reveal that even though at this moment, James is a child, he has a seasoned understanding of the odd looks he receives because of his mother. He blames his mother for his problems, believing her race subtracts from him since they are related. Therefore, McBride must believe that conformity begins at even a young age because once one is able to recognize differences between themselves and others, they will begin to begrudge the differences leading to a hatred of their own lives in comparison to another, weakening their self identity. Moreover, through diction, McBride shows his desire to conform and embarrassment of his mother, who makes him different. After an incident at a store over spoiled milk, James thinks to himself, “I thought it would be easier if we were just one color, black or white… I would have preferred that Mommy were black” (103). The purpose of using the word color as opposed to race is done to portray James’s desire for simplicity in the situation, which he believes can be achieved through conforming wholly to either being black or white. James blames his mother for marrying a black man and causing his racial identity crisis, leading to pent up animosity. McBride consequently must regard being biracial as a complication, since it prevents individuals

This allows readers to have a more open mindset when reading and see many different views. Views are normally influenced by opinion or foresight and by attempting to leave behind opinions readers can have a broader understanding. The idea of racism is demonstrated through a contradiction of races, “The black boy and the white” (Cullen 2). This exemplifies a contradiction of races, black to white. Racism plays a key role in this situation because if it was not present the two boys would go unnoticed and race would be ignored. In this time period whites were viewed as the superior race. Whites were more prominent in society and were held to a higher standard. Folk of the African American race were on the rise during the Harlem Renaissance and were becoming more involved in society. However, prejudice was extremely present in society. Blacks were looked at as less of a person than whites and held lesser positions. Other writers pick up on the contrast in characters,“... local townspeople react to a friendship between two boys; one black, the other white”(Turner 230). This is essential as it is easily distinguished that one is black and one boy is white. If it was not for prejudice, little would be thought about two young boys being together. The contradiction of races opens new opinions and room for criticism. Another example of contradiction is employed in the poem, “The

One main theme in the novel is cultural difference. Fitting in for Chan, the protagonist of the story, was extremely difficult due to racial discrimination. His whole family experienced intolerance from the inhabitants of the small-minded town. Chan and his family were settled comfortably

Being that the novel is based on African Americans of the 1890s, the characters of Their

His strict outlook on the girls is a big indicator of this age and how he grew up. Queenies bathing suit screams rebellion as all eyes were on the girls. The girls instantaneously grasping the attention of all the male characters shows how substantial the bathing suits are as a symbol.

As we discussed in class race is socially constructed because in America the white skinned population have something known as the "white privelage" which allows them to be known as the majority group that dominates America, leaving all other races as a minority. Gender is also socially constructed because many people portray men to be superior to woman in all aspects of life. Race being socially constructed relates a lot to this novel because like in the book it explains Robert's fear of being forced into the army while the white folks around him never had to worry about a thing. An interesting situation in this novel about how gender is socially constructed is how Jones always had a fear of how he was unable to find his drive to simply be a man. Another discussion that we had in class was very interesting was how people in the United States see white as a color that represents good, purity and virginity while on the other hand the color black represents bad, evil, and debasement. This takes part in the novel because one day Bob Jones felt good about himself in his uniform and was ready to work because he felt powerful in it. Then as he arrived to work, he came across a white girl named Madge. This girl had the guts to call him a, "nigger", and rejected to work with him because of his race and skin

On March 29, 1972 in Ashland, Ohio, the author of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline, was born. Cline had promising careers as a spoken word artist and screenwriter. However, his main or primary occupation was “geeking out.” He chose this path because he had a love for pop culture, which influenced his life greatly. In his early life, he had several odd jobs: short-order cook, fish gutter, plasma doner, elitist video store clerk, and tech support drone. During Cline time working at a low paying tech support job, he was allowed access to the Internet. This gave his accessibility to divulge into his pop culture obsession. Working as a video store clerk also helped. Cline was a self-proclaimed lifelong video game addict and his favorite video game was Black Tiger. This game influenced or played a role in many of his works.

The opening of the novel with an excerpt from an old-fashioned Dick and Jane reading primer helps to show the distinction between white and black family experiences that we will learn throughout the novel, even though the primer never tells us it is a white family we just assume because of the way the family is described. Dick and Jane books are used to help children learn to read but the use of no punctuation and then no spacing that is shown in this novel makes

The motif of discrimination is portrayed in the book as well as loneliness and companionship and those discriminated against or seen as worthless, are the ones who need companionship the most. Discrimination is very relevant to a couple characters in the book: Crooks and Curley’s Wife. Although these characters are discriminated against, Curley’s Wife isolated for her gender while Crooks is segregated for his skin color. At one point, Lennie innocently enters Crooks ' room which leads to a reasonably long conversation where Crooks finally gets to tell his point of view, “George can tell you screwy things, and it don’t matter. It’s just the talking. It’s just bein’ with another guy. That’s all”

Everyone should be able to find a character that they can identify with and/or look up to in a book. Not being able to find a character who has the same color skin, or the same sexual preference, or the same disabilities as the reader is disappointing for the reader. No one should feel as if they do not belong, and not having that representation plays into that feeling. Darnell Hunt, the director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, told the Huffington Post that “the more TV you watch, the more media you consume, the more likely it is that media ― almost like radiation ― builds up. And the accumulated effect is to make you feel that what you’re seeing is somewhat normal” (Boboltz).

The book’s character’s main problem is finding individuality in racism. For the duration of the book, the narrator is constantly fighting racism and stereotypes. Ellison put many examples in the book to help show the character’s fight to be seen equal. Ellison shows that, through the character himself, that you can not tell people who to be. However, Ellison throws curves at the narrator that challenges