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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature for Children

In nine pages this research essay discusses the importance of horror, fable, and myth genres in terms of intellectual development ...

Fantasy Literature and Science Fiction

has its own set of rules, mostly that there are no rules. So perhaps a better paradigm to explore is whether or not, within a giv...

Cyberpunk Lit: “Neuromancer”

movement, and the technical developments of the 1980s" (Neuromancer, William Gibson). The word "neuromancer" is a compound: "neuro...

Fantasy Literature for Children

In five pages this report considers fantasy literature for children in an agrement with Ursula K. Le Guin's definition that fantas...

Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien and the Creation of Terror

In six pages Tolkien's science fiction fantasy is examined in terms of how the author generated terror throughout the novel. Seve...

Fantasy and Science Fiction Mythology Uses

troubles of Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira who have been living on a desolate planet. A rescue team finally arrives lead by ...

Submissive Characters In Children's Literature: Influence Upon Self-Perception In Female Children

set down for them without making any fuss. Laurence Behrens and Leonard J. Rosen, authors of Writing and Reading Across the Curri...

Science Fiction Shakespeare

possible, but have not been invented yet. This will sound strange, because science itself is just getting started, but really, all...

If Shakespeare Wrote Science Fiction, Ariel Would Use a Transporter

machine, and cannot understand why his mother doesnt really seem to love him. Among the science fiction elements are the followi...

H.G. Wells/The Time Machine

on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...

Children's Language Development

This paper reviews and offers conclusions on empirical literature that pertains to young children's language development. Seven pa...

Hesse & Le Guin/Views on Dichotomy

finds it difficult to escape from his lifetime habit of dichotomous thinking when it comes to gender. Therefore, he tends to think...

Fantasy to Postmodern Evolution of Children's Literature

In eight pages the evolution from fantasy to postmodern in the children's literature genre is considered in an examination of The ...

Distress by Greg Egan and Human Values

ordinary life, one can take the comments at face value, or use them as somewhat of a springboard for further thought or discussion...

Khaled Hosseini, Mark Twain, and Harper Lee on Childhood

I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warnt man enough--hadnt the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakeni...

Children and Young Adult Literature with an Annotated Bibliography

Covey who wrote the original book regarding the seven habits of highly successful people. While the elders book is rather intricat...

Holocaust Literature and the Portrayal of Children

adults, their youth and relative weakness decreased their chances of survival in the camps, where they were subjected to violence,...

Autistic Children Interventions

autistic children (Sallows and Graupner, 2005). In Sallows and Graupner (2005), 48 percent of the group were enrolled and perfor...

Children and the Psychosocial Effects of Television Violence

to real-world violence, and thereby less empathetic to the pain and suffering of others (Chidley 37). Observations of teenagers re...

Reason and Religion in Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

In 5 pages this paper analyzes the science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke by examining the science and religion connection of t...

'Politics of Fantasy' in Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig

In five pages this tutorial analyzes Kiss of the Spider Woman in a consideration of how it represents 'politics of fantasy.'...

Outside Looking In

he realizes are poor quality. The boys awakening to reality is a shock. He suddenly understands that he has built up an entire f...

Fantasy Literature for Children and Spiritual and Christian Symbolism

In seven pages George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin and C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe are compared ...

Charlotte Bronte's 'Jane Eyre' and A Child's Perspective of the World

In 6 pages the child's worldly perspective is illustrated through Rochester's interest in one of Jane's paintings, her distant fut...

Literature Review for Use in a Project on Leadership in Kuwait

or values. It is by understanding leadership and its influences that the way leadership may be encouraged and developed in the con...

Theories on Eugenics and Black Children

and "scientific evidence" was tailored to support racial biases. George Albee, professor of psychology at the University of Verm...

Divorce in Families w/Special Needs Children

childrens future that parents learn to cope and, hopefully, remain together, or at least learn to act as a team. Research shows ...

Metaphors and Symbolism in Children's Stories

help, grownups refuse to give it what it needs, and offer it instead what it detests. As a substitute for stories that bring suns...

Current Perspectives/Math and Science Education

NAS emphasizes developing outstanding science and math teachers in grades K-12 (Gordon, 2007). Research has also been instigated...

Do Children Living With Their Mom Only do Worse

The incidence of children living in single-parent homes continues to increase and it is usually the mother raising the children. M...