Date: 12th March, 2019 Text: What You Need by Henry Kuttner (can't find an online copy...sorry!) Question: none really Write an analytical paragraph on What You Need and somehow link it to the idea of ideal worlds (the module currently being studied) Word Count: 260 words Kuttner highlights the consequences of having a single person … Continue reading What You Need Analysis
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Happy Endings Analysis
Date: 12th March, 2019 Text: Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood Question: How does Atwood manipulate narrative voice, perspective and/or focalisation to suit the purpose of her narrator? Word Count: 427 words To expand on the idea of the lack of quality of contemporary literature in Canada, Atwood manipulates narrative voice in her short story Happy … Continue reading Happy Endings Analysis
When The Machine Stops Analysis
Date: 5th March, 2019 Text: When The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster Question: How does Forster use "The Machine Stops" to project both his fears and values through his short story? Write an analytical paragraph. Word Count: 398 words Forster projects his fears of a future society worshipping technology and losing the ‘normalcy’ of … Continue reading When The Machine Stops Analysis
The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Analysis
Date: 3rd February, 2019 Text: The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin Question: How does De Guin use the roles of the narrator and audience to interrogate the notion of 'utopia'? Write an analytical paragraph on this. Word Count: 484 Le Guin’s writing style invokes the audience to create their … Continue reading The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas Analysis
Vignette
Date Sent to Limbo: 13th March, 2019 Exercise: Write a vignette by picking one of the following words: evolution. differentiation, integration, diffusion, hourglass, fire. (as much as I like math and science, I chose fire) Word Count: 112 words A house stood surrounded by a mass of flickering crimson. The house was fine — your … Continue reading Vignette
‘What You Need’ Scenario
Date Sent to Limbo: 08.03.19 Text: What You Need by Henry Kuttner (can't find a legit online copy that works...sorry!) Exercise: Imagine that you need the ability to create a machine that could be used to create an ideal world or profoundly change the world for the better. How would it work? What would it … Continue reading ‘What You Need’ Scenario
Youtube — Broadcast Yourself
Date Sent to Limbo: 7th March, 2019 Text: Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood Exercise: Write an interacive story with about 6 choices per branch. Write a purpose for your story beforehand. Word Count: 959 words For this story, the options are in astericks and are italicised. It will probably get VERY confusing scrolling up and … Continue reading Youtube — Broadcast Yourself
On Robots and Bipedalism
Date Sent to Limbo: 23rd March, 2019 Text: Heat Death of the Universe by Pamela Zoline Exercise: Expand on a previous creative to make a 700 word short story. Then, write a reflection. Word Count: 789 words + 385 word reflection A smooth rolling of wheels is heard, echoing from the darkness of an underground … Continue reading On Robots and Bipedalism
Library Question
Date Sent to Limbo: 20th February, 2019 Stimulus: Given an image with a reference question sent to a library: "Any statistics on the life span of the abandoned woman?" Exercise: Use this image to write a creative focusing on narrative voice. Word Count: 368 words I sit in the second row of the library, working … Continue reading Library Question
On the Concept of Inner Circles and Communities
Date Sent to Limbo: 27th February, 2019 Text: The Three-Dimensional Yellow Man by J.Y.L. Koh Exercise: Using The Three-Dimensional Yellow Man as an example, create a 600 word piece of creative writing using a conceit. Include a reflection of about 500 words afterwards. Word Count: 947 words (ummm...whoops?) + 560 word reflection Conceit: Society is … Continue reading On the Concept of Inner Circles and Communities
Stories Sent to Limbo 