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1.Who am I ?

2. What’s my place in the universe?

3.If the world is a machine, what’s my part of it?

§Fantasy 三大奇幻小說家

(1)   Narnia – C.S. Lewis

(2)   The Lord of the Rings– T.R.R.Tolkien

(3) Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin

§The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas -  Ursula K. Le Guin

→It is a philosophical parable with a sparse plot featuring bare and abstract descriptions of characters; the city of Omelas is the primary focus of the narrative.

→In the story, Omelas is a utopian city of happiness and delight, whose inhabitants are intelligent and cultured.

§Utopia

→A utopia is a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities.

→The word was coined by Sir Thomas More in Latin for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean.

→The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and imagined societies portrayed in fiction.

*Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

→引用 William Shakespeare 的 <The Tempest> 中Miranda’s quotes

“Miranda:

O wonder!

How many goodly creatures are there here!

How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world

That has such people in't!”

*<The Tempest> - William Shakespeare

→Prospero : black magic/ 打敗島主，島主的兒子淪為家奴

→Miranda (Prospero’s daughter)

*Animal Farm – George Orwell

*1984 - George Orwell

“BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!” (*引申:希特勒)

*The Island (movie trailer) 絕地重生

§Words & Phrases

*scapegoat 代罪羔羊

*keep the record/ journal /promise

*make/keep/break the promise

*Keep woman金屋藏嬌