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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.
→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)
“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
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