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This essay is based on the fantasy/science fiction book that you chose to read:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
one of the fantasy or science fiction books recommended in Essentials of Children's Literature Chapter 9
Write 3- pages, double spaced) analyzing your chosen work of fantasy and/or science fiction in terms of how the alternate world that the book suggests reflects or critiques the historic and/or cultural context that produced it. In other words, look at the time the book was written. Are there any parallels in the fantasy book with what may have been occurring politically, historically, socially, or culturally? Looking for last-minute assignment help? Grab it now!
For example, if there is famine or a pandemic in the fantasy or science fiction book, was there a pandemic or famine during the author's time in our world? Or does a recently written fantasy or science fiction book contain real world contemporary symbols, such as cars, smartphones, streaming services, Starbucks and the like? Look at the film Avatar, for example. It is fantasy and science fiction, yet its underlying themes reflect colonization of another planet and exploitation of the planet's resources with blatant disregard for the indigenous people who live there. Similar occurrences take place on our planet now and have done so historically.
Make specific references to your book, considering the following:
how the text/s reflects social, cultural, and/or historical conditions
what the author/s intended to critique and how they created that critique (e.g., through characters, symbols, settings, etc.)