Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Demosthenes and Locke in depth

Demosthenes 

Radical- who opposed the rule of athens by macedonia. (Alex the Great). Use of persuasion and influence to gain power. e.g Cold War/ Anti Russia, wont win public favor. The spead of fear equals power and keeping together to fight in a unusual situation. 

In the Science-Fiction world of Enders game, progress is propelled by fear. Agree or Disagree

Science Fiction 
-Genre
-Conventions
-Aliens
-Unknown /Vulnerability, Control
-Space/Battleschool, inter-galactic battle
-Future
-Apcalypse/End of the world

Fear
-Peter/Mean, aggresive, psycopathic and mentally unstable
-Vulnerability/Control
-Not being good enough/Ender, Graff.
-Not being sophisticated enough/Bugger better technology, weapons
-Enhanced knowledge
-Death

Progress
-Technological
-Species
-Human capabilities
-Society

Propelled
-Pushing forward

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