I‚ Robot Isaac Asimov The following entry presents criticism on Asimov’s short story collection I‚ Robot (1950). See also‚ Isaac Asimov Criticism and CLC‚ Volumes 3‚ 9‚19‚ and 26. INTRODUCTION The author of nearly five hundred books in a wide variety of fields and genres‚ Asimov is renowned for his ground-breaking science fiction and for his ability to popularize or‚ as he called it‚ "translate" science for the lay reader. In I‚ Robot (1950)—a collection of nine short stories linked by key characters
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and Edgar Allen Poe‚ William Sydney Porter (known as O Henry) is the most read author in the world and bears the title of « master of the short story ». He has been called many things. Some people have called him the twentieth-century Balzak. Some have called him the American Maupassant because of his so well made surprising endings. The short story is the one fundamental and self-contained genre in American prose fiction‚ and the stories of O. Henry certainly made their appearance in consequence
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1 ANNA O. - BERTHA PAPPENHEIM: A CHRONOLOGY OF HER LIFE AND TREATMENT BY Richard G. Klein (New York City) This chronology will be updated on a regular basis—stay tuned. The chronology that follows was put together in order to help me make better sense of the founding case of psychoanalysis‚ the case of Bertha Pappenheim or Anna O as she is known in the analytic literature. The text has been divided into five different time divisions. Events found in sections A through D are drawn mainly from Joseph
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O. Henry William Sydney Porter (September 11‚ 1862 – June 5‚ 1910)‚ known by his pen name O. Henry‚ was an American writer. O. Henry’s short stories are known for their wit‚ wordplay‚ warm characterization and clever twist endings. Biography Early life William Sidney Porter was born on September 11‚ 1862‚ in Greensboro‚ North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. His parents were Dr. Algernon Sidney Porter (1825–88)‚ a physician‚ and Mary Jane Virginia Swaim
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Burden and Blessing of Mortality‚” dying is analyzed as not only a burden but also a blessing. By employing rhetorical modes such as division‚ definition‚ and illustration‚ Jonas paints a beautiful picture of how one should view death and the many views in which one can look at its foreboding shadow. Just by reading the title of this excerpt‚ the reader can easily establish that the rhetor uses many examples of division‚ the concept of death being divided into both a burden and a blessing. Jonas tells
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The House of a Brave New World: Brave New World Vs. The House of The Scorpions Introduction: Dystopia; an “imaginary” society in which citizens are dehumanized and live what readers deem as an unpleasant‚ worthless life. Nancy Farmer’s novel The House of The Scorpions and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World are two dystopian novels that paint a surreal image of two societies on two opposite sides of the spectrum. Farmer’s novel depicts the life of a clone of the head of a huge drug cartel named
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“Night Face Up” is a fiction about a man goes through a motorcycle accident and the combination of dream and reality at the hospital. He feels uncomfortable because of the medical treatments‚ but the strange thing is that he dreams of a savage world where he comes from Motecas. Acolytes of Aztecs are looking for him and they want to kill him‚ so he has to run to avoid them. The philosophical assertion in this story is Aristotle’s hylomorphism because both reality and the dream are alive to the protagonist
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Alexandra still considered a feminist‚ although Cather positioned her in a male role throughout the novel O Pioneers? Although Alexandra was depicted as a “tall‚ strong girl‚” (p.10) which is typically viewed as characteristics of a male‚ she was indeed a feminist in Willa Cather’s novel O Pioneers! In the introduction of the novel‚ an argument arises due to the differences of O Pioneers! in contrast to some of Cather’s other pieces as well as several other novels of that time period.
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Mobile phones: A blessing or a curse? It’s been years since someone had to look for spare change in their pocket to make a call out on the street from a pay phone‚ have we forgotten that mobile phones are somehow a blessing? The question here is whether mobile phones are a blessing or a curse. According to the “2013 mobile growth statistics” 91% of all people in the world have mobile phones and 56% own a smart phone‚ also according to mobile growth statistics the average age of owning a mobile
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Blessing by Imtiaz Dharker Poetry Essay In this assignment I will write about how life in other cultures in the poems “Blessing” by Imtiaz Dharker and “An old woman” by Arun Kolkata. “Blessing” by Imtiaz Dharker is a poem set in Asia. The people of the slum suffer in terrible conditions‚ the poet describes the reactions of people in the village when a water pipe bursts and shows how precious it is to them. “An old woman” by Arun Kholkatur is a poem also set in Asia. It is about an old
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