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Zero sum game
\"Cas Russell is good at math ... The vector calculus blazing through her head lets her smash through armed men twice her size and dodge every bullet in a gunfight, and she'll take any job for the right price. As far as Cas knows, she's the only person around with a superpower--until she discovers someone with a power even more dangerous than her own. Someone who can reach directly into people's minds and twist their brains into Moebius strips. Someone intent on becoming the world's puppet master. Cas should run, like she usually does, but for once she's involved. There's only one problem--she doesn't know which of her thoughts are her own anymore\"--Publisher marketing.
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“It’s Doubtful...It Isn’t Even Logical, It Can’t Be Proved, and It’s Crazy”: Gaslighting, Suspicion, and Insinuations in the Early Works of Amos Oz
This article examines questions of literary gaslighting, and the ways in which the reader’s point of view is tailored and influenced by literary devices and by questions of suspicion and belief in relation to gendered literary positions. It does so by reading two of Amos Oz’s very famous and widely read short stories: “Nomad and Viper” and “Where the Jackals Howl,” which are traditionally read as allowing self-critique of the kibbutz and Israeli masculinity. However, my article offers a reading that asks who is being sacrificed for this critique; who are the scapegoats of the stories. I argue that the arousal of suspicion and gaslighting are key tools in Oz’s writing that lie at the core of the critical perspective itself, and that they allow some excuse, so to speak, demanding the readers’ doubt of the women characters’ reliability, marking them as mentally unstable, and demanding that readers disbelieve women’s testimonies. The first part presents and analyzes the narratological constructions in the stories and how they raise reader suspicions, and toward whom they are aimed. The second part shows how certain topics are more susceptible to the atmosphere of gaslighting and suspicion, especially anything that relates to sexuality. Literary techniques often taint character testimonies and foster suspicion toward minority groups, ultimately appearing to necessitate a confrontation between them. The third part discusses the impact of this stance outside the text, on the now suspicious readers themselves, and the gaslighting experienced by them—especially by contemporary readers.
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Based on a true story
This sophisticated psychological thriller skillfully blurs the line between fact and fiction, reality and artifice. Delphine de Vigan has crafted a terrifying, insidious, meta-fictional thriller; a haunting vision of seduction and betrayal; a book which in its hungering for truth implicates the reader, too--even as it holds us in its thrall.
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Decoding Mass Media Conditioning Through Anti-Leisure Nuances in Dystopian Narratives: Cultivation of Perceptions in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World
This research delves into the nuanced exploration of mass media conditioning as depicted in two seminal paragons of dystopian fiction: Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. Focusing on manipulating societal thought through leisure activities, the study employs a comparative analysis to decipher the active indoctrination and moulding of mindset displaced by technologically driven mass media strategies. The explication of the mass media conditioning harnessed through the modes of leisure in controlling the population of dystopian societies unveils a perpetual trance that suspends individuals from reality. This paper encapsulates the horrors of mass media in a dystopian narrative by critically examining the dynamics of rebellion, conformity, and the suppression of dissent through anti-leisure conditioning. Characters daring to defy this conditioning exemplify the resilience of the human spirit. The socio-political implications of utilising leisure for conformity underscore the risks of prioritising amusement over intellectual pursuits and critical thinking. The research evaluates the mass media’s relevance to the contemporary world, emphasising the significance of understanding the intricate interplay between leisure, control, and societal transformation. As technological advancements blur the boundaries between reality and entertainment, this study reflects on the warnings laid by Bradbury and Huxley, illuminating the impact of leisure-driven conditioning on society influenced by different forms of technological interventions.
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The little liar : a novel
Eleven-year-old Nico Crispi never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading towards \"the east\" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. But when the final train is at the station, Nico sees his family being loaded into a large boxcar crowded with other neighbors. Only after it is too late does Nico discover that he helped send the people he loved--and all the others--to their doom at Auschwitz. Nico never tells the truth again.
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Linguistic Means of Manipulation in English Fiction: B. Shaw’s Works
This article summarizes studies identifying linguistic means of implementing manipulative influence in English fiction. The article discusses various scientific views on the essence and main characteristics of manipulation, the levels of analysis of linguistic means of manipulation, the methods of speech influence that are used in linguistic manipulation, and the types of manipulation. The authors consider linguostylistic means of manipulative influence. The article presents the results of an empirical study of linguistic means of manipulative influence at the lexical and syntactical levels as exemplified by the classic plays by B. Shaw. It is concluded that the above-mentioned verbal means are pragmatically conditioned and have a high manipulative potential. Having emotive and associative semantics, they attract the attention of the addressee, create positive imagery, and stimulate emotional-associative reactions.
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Mascarade
Adrien, an attractive dancer whose career was shattered by a motorcycle accident, squanders his youth in idleness. His life changes when he meets Margot, who lives off scams and amorous manipulations.
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