Science Fiction

What is Science Fiction? 

It is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation).  

Who are some of the famous authors? 

Jonathon Swift

Cyrano de Bergerac

Ibn al-Nafis'

Mary Shelley

Edgar Allan Poe 

What are the settings like?

"a handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method."

Banned Books

The general reason why books are banned because the government doesn't want to let you know certain information(censorship). They only want people to know only certain information that they only like. Some other reasons why certain books are banned is because of profanity, the books contain religious or/ references, sex, violence, and etc. They may only want to protect us in some kind of way, but we should still have the right to know about them and read them, w/ FREEDOM. Our education would be affected because, within all of those books that I have read, I have learned new and knowledgeable information. 

Section 9

Words

• Ravaged, ravishing, a queen, sleek, ermine. He makes this comparison because he shows how an animal can have human qualities
• "bewildered" meaning he really isn't used to the world today
• renal failure, dialysis, biopsy, the words are used to put the reader in like the doctors perspective.
• It explores the issue of how some owners spend thousands of dollars on their pets.

Sentences

• It's useless
• to the author it's pretty interesting, but really not important
• to show how significant the unit is

Paragraphs

• It's really more like a novel

Essay

• It is divided because if it was smashed into one article the reader might lose interest
• The tone is like informative
• It would change drastically