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Review: Children of Men by P.D. James
The Children of Men by P.D. JamesMy rating: 1 of 5 starsView all my reviews (goodreads) This is going to be a very informal review. And a negative one at that. I cannot stress how disappointed and angry I was at this dumb novel! I watched the movie in my film class, and was enchanted. Continue reading
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What Makes the Hunger Games Better than its Competition?
The Hunger Games is one of the most famous dystopian books with a huge fanbase and hugely successful movie adaptations. I can sit here today and tell you that I am a hunger games fan myself. As of a month ago however, I would have said much the opposite. Past Linnie would have been like, Continue reading
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I think Brave New World is the Best Written Dystopia
Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World in the 1930s as a warning against controlling governments. As one of the first dystopian novels written, Brave New World’s themes have been repeated in other dystopian novels throughout literary history. However, these novels fail to capture the true complexities that plague society in reality. Despite its extreme social Continue reading
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My name is Madeline, and I’m a reader and a writer. On this platform I will be sharing my analyses and observations on what I read in addition to some reviews.
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