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…"It's all downhill from here" is a phrase that is supposed to be comforting, but according to this article, that wasn't an aphorism any runner came up with. This brief essay on what makes downhill running so hard started out with the story of Grete…

…To be a human is to have emotions, to empathize with people, and to have memories and a past which you value. In Blade Runner, the replicants express more emotions than any human does. The humans operate as if they are machines, not taking…

…Aldous Huxley's satirical novel "Brave New World", written in the aftermath of World War I, and Ridley Scott's science fiction film, "Blade Runner", made in the 1980s, both reflect a society having undergone major technological advancements, so much so…

…In the worlds of the narrative text Brave New World (1932), composed by Aldous Huxley and the visual text Blade Runner (Director's Cut) (1992), directed by Ridley Scott, perhaps the most significant thematic concern is that of the intervention…

…The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner, by Alan Sillitoe deals with an athlete facing conformity. Smith, Sillitoe's character is a young "rebel," who is in a borstal for stealing money from…

…, blankets, whisky and pots. It was not long before some of the men at the trading posts decided they would go inland and get the fur themselves. These were the people known as the coureurs de bois ([French for 'runner of the woods'] a fur trader who went…

…World" created a dystopia designed to warn of the possible damage to humanity from mass production, totalitarianism, sexual promiscuity and drug use which were appearing at the time, the 1920's. More recently Ridley Scott used his film "Blade Runner…

…Both Scott and Huxley depict future dystopias in their texts Blade Runner and Brave New World. Despite contrasting mediums of production and half a century separating their composition, both evolved in contexts of rapid technological change and changing…

…"Brave New World", written by Aldous Huxley, and "Blade Runner", directed by Ridley Scott both explore futuristic dystopias. The composers use science fiction, film noir, satire and irony to depict futures which could develop from the issues relevant…

…. However, the dominant species in this setting is not the human race; rather, it is the natural environment that embraces humans as a part of its habitat. This theme is unequivocal in Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" (BNW) and Ridley Scott's "Blade Runner…