1968 was far cry from Philip K. Dick’s, Do Androids Dreams of Electric Sheep? Yet, Dick’s futuristic environment in the novel was being influenced by the world around him. In 1968, when Dick’s novel was published, movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Barbarella, and Planet of the Apes were coming out. Television shows like Star Trek, […]
People are often looking for the next best thing to replace what was in the past, or they are trying to figure out a way to drag down the present to promote the past. For example, think of the Michael Jordan and LeBron James debate. While each man is accomplishing greatness in his own right, […]
THE BOOK I’m not exactly sure how I feel about The 42nd Parallel. While I do think it is very engaging and daring to an extent, I also feel like it tries too hard (or maybe it’s just over my head). As we’ve talked about in class, the randomness of his different sections, in particular […]
As the other blog posts about The 42nd Parallel have hinted at, the format of John Dos Passos’s “Newsreel” and “Camera eye” sections were what really made this book stick out (negatively or positively depending on the person). While at first I found it slightly hard to follow, the more I read it the more […]
The beautiful but harsh landscapes displayed in My Antonia prove challenging for all that want to live in Black Hawk, Nebraska – especially the Shimerdas. However, a constant theme that keeps recurring to help make life a little bit sweeter, or at least a little bit easier to deal with is the sense of community […]