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Nethergave falls under the genre of scifi because the protagonist Jeremy jumped into a virtual world to escape the horrible first day of school and ended up being trapped there. Although the book is not in the future , that doesn't mean that the book is a work of science fiction. The fact that his avatar is a jaguar and has all the qualities that he aspires to have proves that the book is fictional because a human can't be a jaguar. And the fact that he's in a virtual world proves that there is some element of science and technology.
In conclusion, Gloria Skurzynski’s “Nethergrave" is nothing short of a wonderful sci-fi narrative.
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It is John Gardner's novel "Grendel" from 1971 that initiated the trend of telling a story from a monster's point of view. The story is essentially the epic poem Beowulf spoken trough the eyes of Grendel
In this passage, Nick reflects on what the landscape must have looked like when the Dutch explorers arrived to the continent. He is looking at Gatsby's house, and at this point in the novel, we know that Nick believes that New York, as well as the people he has met, are vile, corrupt and greedy. He contrasts this view with that of the pristine continent on the arrival of the European settlers.
The phrase "fresh, green breast of the New World" presents a view that is "fresh." The land is new, but it is also fresh in the sense that it is not rotten. The land has not yet been "infected" with the corruption of modern times. Therefore, the phrase is intended to represent a time before America had become a land of greed and vice.
