... , a general conclusion by the reader can be drawn that there were not likely any survivors, at least within or around the city where the house still stood, and yet suddenly a dog appeared seemingly from out of thin air. The animal's presence further added to the confusion when it died ... is simply left to the reader to devise in their own mind. Another "untied string" is with regard to the main character - the house itself. This "house of the future" is portrayed as having a brain, and the ability to make logical judgments based on changing criteria (such as its reaction to ... question...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... a knowledge that things also used to be better in the past. Of course, the aesthetic setting is not particularly innovative, the first novel to deal with enviromental collapse was AG Street's 1938 novel Already Walks Tomorrow. But in Ballard's fiction, things have long past the point of no return. In The Drowned World there is no hope for things to return ... ...

• Word Count: 5247
• Approx Pages: 21
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the children's affections. David McClean, the psychologist, responds to George after examining the nursery, "You've let this room and this house replace you and your wifeThis room is their mother and father, far more important in their lives than their real parents" (4). The children ... children cultivate affection for the nursery until it completely supplants their feelings for the real parents. The parental supersession triggers the children's familiarity with the house, which causes their love towards the parents to vanish. Similarly, the nursery enhances the children's reliance upon...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in order to discredit the profession and attempt to cease the censorship. His boss, Beatty, finds out about their scheme and Montag is unknowingly sent to burn down his own house; Montag later set Beatty on fire and fled his town to escape oppression. By breaking the social norm, Montag voiced his opinion and took action, in the end coming to ... ...

• Word Count: 560
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate