I am doing a project for school in which I must choose a fiction novel from a foreign country (not USA or England) and exlain how history affected the story.  The book i chose is Planet of the Apes written by Pierre Boulle, it was written in 1963.  I know that it is a dystopian novel and that it attacks racial discrimination.  If you could give me any more ideas of how history affected this novel and where you found the information, that would be awesome.  Thank you.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963#Events\n\nHonestly it has eveyrhting that hpappened from like restaruants opening, to war events, all accross the world.
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i always found an intrest an ancient egypt. It always told of the power of the past and opens inpiration to my writing. (i am a writer). They always put things about this in scolastics at the following website.
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I say apes. Have you ever heard of "Planet of the Apes"?
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Well, you are probably going to choose the first answer but I'll try anyway.  Perhaps one of the most life changing quotes in the book is on page 30, where Atticus teaches Scout that just because someone's different, you must think about their life before you judge them.  This lesson can be applied throughout the book.  There are a lot of racist times where this lesson is not being followed, especially in the Tom Robinson case.  Good luck!
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Try watching the movie... it'll help put some of this into perspective too.  The book is definitley better, but the movie is one of my all time favorites.
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Dan Brown's novels are actually nothing new in terms on actual information.  The ideas presented in the fictional novels are ideas that have been presented in various other books that have been published years before.  \n\nDan Browns novels are popular due to the hype, the publicity and the very Hollywood inspired feel the stories ride on to carry their ideas.\n\nMost people fear that the books (and in effect the movie as well) is meant to be anti-Christian and to buy them is to support anti-Christian ideas.  Such people have the right to feel that way.  Personally, however, I am a believer in God as well as in the importance for man to have the freedom to make educated decisions even in matters of Faith.\n\nThe novels Dan Brown has written are ultimately throught-provoking and possibly dangerous to those whose faith lack a true conviction.  In many ways, however I feel this is a good thing: if people do not TRULY believe, then they should be made to decide on whether or not they will change that. \n\nHow they choose to change that, however, should remain ultimately their right and decision to make.
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that is funny.  someone saying "Why would you believe a race of aliens without question?? Just because they have traveled through space doesn't make them trustworthy."  why would you believe a book just because it was written along time ago?
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My favorite book is Timeline by Michael Crichton. It is a very exciting read, and I love the combination of futuristic technology and medieval times into one story.
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Actually the shadow of truth is not about the holy grail, the church doesn't care about this part... but the truth from the novel is that Jesus is a mortal prophit and his divinity was invented by men long ago. This is what people should research for, and not quote the bible cause the bible has already been modified.
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Since this is based on Shakespear's "Julius Caesar," I am guessing, talk about the development on how Brutus changed from trusting Caesar to eventually stabbing him in the back. It would be important to talk about Cassius in the sense that he persuaded Brutus slowly but successfully. Go over the importance of the relationship between Brutus, Cassius, and Caesar and how they changed throughout the play.\n\nThat's what I get from it at least. Take a look at Sparknotes.com for help on specific details of the plot you can use to your advantange on this paper.
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It's a great book.  Wonderful author.\nAccording to this article, the author doesn't plan any sequels.  I think it ends perfectly.\nBrave New World is another book about the concept of manufacturing and the controlling/ perfection of the human race.
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a HUGE impact. look at the da vinci code. even the author said it was completely fiction and people still took it seriously and started to question their ways of life and religion. or take the red book everyone carried in communist china. that little book ruled their lives (along with mao, but he was the author so it's all connected). there you go. it can change a person's whole point of view almost instantly
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Jeff A, take off your pointed hood and open your eyes.\nLet's look at it from a bigger picture and ask ourselves a couple of questions.\nWhat percentage of the Global population living under the poverty line is black, asian, colored?\nNo matter how you look at it, there is a corelation between the color of skin and prevalence of poverty.\nNow, slavery and colonialism have various debilitating effects. These effects take a lot of time to heal. Every civilization in the past has at one time or the other had slaves from other conquered cultures e.g Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Nevetheless, in none of these cases has the proportion of slaves to citizens come close to the prevalence of the United States. At the height of slavery in the US, there was 1 african slave for every 4 citizen.\nIn the case of previous civilizations, the negative effects of slavery have been greatly healed by the passage of time. It has been barely a century since slavery was abolished in the US, and just a copule of decades since civil right reforms were implemented in the south. It is over optimistic, to the point of naivette, to assume that societal and racial relations in the US would be normalized after only a copule of decades.\nThis brings to mind a skit in an episode of "Family Guy" where a colonial white man removes the shackles from his african slave and says "Okay, its over now. We're cool, right?".\nIt is understandable that minorities unconsciously feel slighted about the past and wish to strike back. In roman history, an army of escaped and former slaves led the Thracean Spartacus led a bloody revolt against the Roman populace.\nIn modern US society, It is sometimes taken as a subconscious mental victory that it is politically incorrect for a white person to say "Ni99er" while black people can refer to each other that way. These irrelevant mental victories help to heal racial problems in the society.\nBeing born and raised for the first 20 years of my life in a West African country, I have the advantage of being able to look at the US society from an outsiders perspective.\nFor anyone who says that the current US society is racially fair, I ask them to research the average family income for a black, hispanic, asian then caucasian family. Numbers dont lie, but ultimately, time heals all wounds (hopefully).
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To everybody that does not get this question.\nHe is referring to the novel "1984" by George Orwell.\n\nhttp://summarycentral.tripod.com/1984.htm In 1984, George Orwell warns of the terrifying dangers that man may create for himself in his quest for a utopian society.  It warns that people might believe that everyone must become slaves to the government in order to have an orderly society, but at the expense of the freedom of the people.\n\n\nAnd yes it has been.
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I don't have a copy of it here but I would like to remind you - and the rest of the ummah worldwide - that it was a work of _fiction_! Like the DaVinci Code. I've read almost every fictional thing Rushdie has written and he never just sticks in sotto voce comments that are 'Rushdie's idea'. So you'll find that this comment is also put in the mouth of a fictional character.\n\nReally! You need to learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction! Check Wikipedia or something.
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A THOMAS JEFFERSON EDUCATION TEACHING A GENERATION OF LEADERS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Oliver Van DeMille.  It is mainly on the differences in choices of education that is available to parents for their children--mainly homeschooling.  It does have a lot on how public and private schools came about and why.  I think it may have some references for your paper.  I hope so anyways.
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I read the book myself about 5 years ago at school. Its all metaphors and political commentary. The link below will provide all the information you could need.\n\nAs to the above answer "do a google", you will find the 95% of the questions on here coud be solved quicker are more effectivly with a google search by the user.