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Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen
Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
If we do not heed the warnings in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel the Handmaid’s Tale, we, similar to handmaids will lose ourselves to society’s conveyor belt: go to school, graduate, attend college, graduate once more, raise a family, and then work away the rest of our lives. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale acts as an in depth metaphoric replication of modern society. The society in which Offred resides in, through historical events, reasoning, and the decrease in birth rates, the government's action is justified as the people's moral values are suppressed and their rights taken away from them. Likewise, in …
Bugs Are Not Loved, David Bober
Bugs Are Not Loved, David Bober
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The story The Metamorphosis is about Gregor, a young salesman, who turns into a giant insect. Over the course of The Metamorphosis, Gregor slowly begins to hate his change more and more. During his change, he slowly separates from his family to the point where they are relieved when he dies. This story is important because the protagonists has clear ordeals with change and how it affects him. From the story, I learned that most change is often resented, and when change is pushed, it usually ends negatively.
Two Minds - Two Stories, Matthew Vazquez
Two Minds - Two Stories, Matthew Vazquez
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
This is a project about two separate writers from two different eras that have one main thing in common, the conflict. The two short stories show how each writer uses their literary elements to portray a stunning masterpiece. This gets the reader thinking about what type of connection can be made and the relations between them.