Science fiction is a type of literature that is based upon a
made-up reality—a fantasy, if you will—of the future and technologically
advanced societies. The story, “Reality
Check,” by David Brin, has quite a few elements that qualify it as science
fiction. For one, the story takes place
some time in the distant future. We know
this because there is a reference to the past year of 2147 when “the last of
their race died.” Additionally, the
story begins by assuming the reader is some type of computer-human hybrid by
the way it requests the reader to “pattern-scan” the story “for embedded code
and check it against the reference verifier in the blind spot of [the] left
eye.” Further, the narrator discloses
toward the end of the story how his people have a “machine-enhanced ability to
cast thoughts far across the cosmos.” The
story represents a dystopian society, or at least a society that is deemed to
be failed and dystopian by the narrator.
This is evidenced by the narrator’s reference to his planet as “The
Wasteland” and how he discloses how much of his “population wallows in
simulated, marvelously limited sub-lives.” As the story concludes, it is made clear how
unhappy his society is when it is stated that they have been “snared in [a] web
of ennui.” Because of these loathsome
descriptions of his society, it seems quite impossible that the society could be
anything near a utopia thus could only be seen to be dystopian.
A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food.
Another “poor, hunger-starved beggar boy” is found in the street and carried into a house, where he dies.
A four-year-old local boy dies “for want of food and means,” as does his mother.
You hear the story of a man leaving his home and walking hundreds of miles in search of work or food and returning after a couple of months with sufficient money only to find that his wife and children have all since died.
These four are clear explicit examples of starvation during Elizabethian times, since England faced hard times during Elizabethian times, since the population grew larger by a third, and the resources stayed the same, they had to divide the same products between more people.
Answer:
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans' rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
Explanation:
Answer:
Setting of the scene include additional information about where and when the action takes place. They are added to the dialogue in the script and are written in brackets.
We could also say that it consists of all information and details, other than the dialogue itself.
Now, we only need to read the text carefully again.
1) Since Frank and Ann came into Darcy's room, we would write it as [ENTER FRANK AND ANN].
2) Frank asked for keys, so we would write [FRANK:] Darcy, do you have the keys?
3) Darcy don't know the exact location of the keys, so she checks her pockets first, before going out of the room to find them:
Darcy: [searching her pockets] I left them upstairs. Wait here for a minute. [exit Darcy.]
Act II focuses on the love between Emily and George
