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    There & Back Again: Analysing The Journey in Children’s Fantasy Fiction in regards to the Escapism Debate So many children’s fantasy fiction stories began as larks, extempore creations for their delight, and were written down and published by chance – Lewis Carroll invented Alice In Wonderland (1865) simply to amuse Alice Liddell while boating one ‘golden afternoon’, while Neil Gaiman originally started writing Coraline (2002) for his daughter Holly because she liked scary stories. So much so, that

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    fears, hopes, and debates” (Cullen, The Art of Democracy, 2). We study these clues to understand the world around us, as well as why we do what we do as Americans and as humans. I will be touching on themes that relate to this quotation by Cullen, escapism, exploitation, and globalization, and how these themes relate to the course goals. “For most of the twentieth century,

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    As the imagination soared, the opportunities were endless. Escapism became more than just a reality; one could escape Life not only physically but mentally as well. Society was separate from real life on a conscious level, not just a subconscious level. American Romanticism literature brought forth the ideals that

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    The theme that appeals to American Romantics is idealism. As a matter of fact, idealism to American Romantic’s means to basically have a Utopian society. For example, Horace Mann fought to improve public education (“Political and Social Milestone”137). Mann wanted to extend education because it will be the best way to turn the nation’s unruly children into disciplined, judicious republican citizens (“Horace Mann”). He wanted the kids of the

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    Americans and as humans. I will be touching on themes that relate to this quotation by Cullen, escapism, exploitation, and globalization, as well as how these themes relate to the course goals. “For most of the twentieth century, [popular culture] has been denigrated by intellectuals of all ideological stripes as either meaningless escapism or a dangerous narcotic” (Cullen 2). Popular culture is a form of escapism; however, I would argue against those intellectuals calling it meaningless, because, as we

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    often opting for words-'languid', 'driveth' 'galingale' 'slumberous' etc.-that, especially when describing sleepy imagery, force the reader to slow down and contain stresses that give the poem a form of hypnotic rhythm, relating back to sleep and escapism. In addition to his use of phonetics and rhythm, Tennyson includes various images that make the 'sleep state', and therefore the state the Lotus-eaters offer, more appealing. 'The charmed sunset linger'd low', 'like downward smoke' and 'than tir'd

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    Literature is represented in Bernard Schlink’s ‘The Reader’, and Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’ through a character’s understanding of its cognitive value that is influenced by certain ideas, thoughts, and experiences, that exist within fiction and nonfiction. ‘Fahrenheit 451’ is a dystopian novel, that entails a futuristic world administered by an oppressive, volatile and tyrannical government, on the verge of war. The novel presents a society that appears to have vacated all its love of books

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    had the biggest impact on sports overall. The 1920’s was the Golden Age for the growth of sports because this time period included the need for escapism, racism in sports was at a high, and the nation was currently in economic prosperity. To begin, the 1920’s is considered the Golden Age for the growth and development of sports because the need for escapism was introduced during this time period. After a long and hard war, most Americans were eager to forget the war and to move on to something of

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    what makes you marginalized. Steve Rogers is an asthmatic, weak and ill young son of Irish immigrant; Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, his creators, were poor, Jewish artists faced with increasing Anti-Semitism in the world – Captain America was a way of escapism for both parties. The normal,

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    elegant sparkling water and the solo ad is aimed at rough old men that need to quench their thirst so it will be hard to compare the 2 the persuasive techniques used are sex appeal in the water ad and the solo ad uses colour and sound as well as escapism the intention of the water ad is to make you feel elegant and the solo ad is to make you feel tough and feel like a man. Both ads try and make you feel something and in the end they both want you to buy your product so they share that similarity

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