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    Title: The Sentinel Source: Masterplots II: Short Story Series‚ Revised Edition; January 2004‚ p1-2 Article Author: Virginia‚ Mary E. Document Type: Work Analysis Biographical Information: Clarke‚ Arthur C. Pseudonym: Charles Willis; E. B. O’Brien Full Name: Arthur Charles Clarke Gender: Male National Identity: United Kingdom; England Language: English Publication Information: Salem Press Locale: Moon; Solar system; Space Abstract: A summary and analysis of The Sentinel. Literary

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    Week 4 Compare/Contrast2001: A Space Odyssey & “The Sentinel” Science Fiction In the movie “2001: A Space Odyssey”‚ it deals with a series of encounters between humans and a mysterious black monoliths that is apparently effecting human evolution. In the short story “The Sentinel”‚ the story basically reverses the roll of the black monoliths. The narrator in the short story speculates that the mysterious aliens who left the monolith behind may have used mechanisms belonging “to a technology

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    2001: A Space Odyssey is a movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. This film is about the evolution of mankind. The film jumps through time from monkeys to humans and into the future. The one thing that appears in all time period is the black monolith. In order to further analyse this movie‚ I will look at the composition and design of 2001: A Space Odyssey and look at the design of the set and use of props and how it sets up the futuristic feel of the movie. In the first scenes in the movie before we

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    tried and tested in both Homer’s The Odyssey and 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. Being able to see the similarities between these stories is imperative to better understand the role of the Hero’s Journey. The four most beneficial sections that relate the two stories are supernatural aid‚ the belly of the whale‚ atonement with the father‚ and the ultimate boon. Supernatural aid is essential to these two story’s journeys. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the gods helped Odysseus because he

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    The paper looks at how Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Andre Tarkovsky’s Solaris (1972) make art cinema out of the popular genre of science fiction. Further‚ it focuses on the specific ways the two directors deploy to construct extraterrestrial space to explore key concerns of science fiction‚ including the relation of humans to technology‚ human to the alien or non-human‚ as well as the relationship of the present to the future. The specific constructions of those films shape

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    2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) by Stanley Kubrick is a classic movie that combines nearly every cinematic element imaginable into a single movie that was revolutionary for its time. Right off the bat‚ the movies captures your emotions with an iconic score‚ and strong‚ vibrant visuals. At the very beginning of the movie‚ the watcher is given a pitch-black scene‚ while music plays in the background for several minutes‚ gradually intensifying until it builds to a climax. The music itself takes the watcher

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    endangered by manmade weapons of mass destruction. The movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) perfectly embodied the dystopian contexts taking place within the 1960s. For instance‚ in the opening scene when the apes discover how to use the bone as a weapon‚ and a tool. This scene has two settings‚ first at an African desert at the year of 3‚000‚000 BC. Afterwards‚ the setting shifts millions of years into the future with the new setting becoming space at 1992. The shift between time‚

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    2001: A Space Odyssey The following paper will analyze the movie‚ "2001: A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick" and "The Centinel" by Arthur C. Clarke. Although there are many themes present between the story and the film‚ the following are the most dominant. I will be discussing Scientific themes‚ Religious and Moral Themes‚ and Clarke’s development of the short story into a full-length film. The first issue‚ I will be discussing the scientific themes of the movie. The movie‚ "2001: A Space

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    our imagination. Today’s science fiction movies‚ such as Interstellar‚ are based on new discoveries and research that older movies‚ such as 2001: A Space Odyssey‚ did not have. However‚ both movies stayed true to science‚ etc My goal in this paper is to discuss the accuracy of the physics and astronomy in Interstellar‚ and compare it to 2001: A Space Odyssey. To achieve this goal‚ I have divided my paper up into 3 sections. The first section is a brief plot summary of Interstellar. The second section

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    2001: A Space Odyssey Three million B.C. The gunpowder for a smashing evolutionary hit was amassing for a long time‚ but the necessary spark came from an outside help‚ which soon set the whole world ablaze. From this heated inferno‚ came the most proficient species ever to grace the planet. And now man has to be prepared for what comes next. Arthur C. Clarke skillfully proves the point that ’truth is stranger than fiction’ in his remarkable book - 2001: A Space Odyssey. He also carefully examines

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