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Ready Player One by Ernest Cline We had to write an analysis for class and I am really proud of mine, so Im going to post the best parts here. My prompt was about reality and how the Osasis was reality for Wade more than the physical world. I had to explain the topic, not necessarily my view one way or the other.  At the end is also a small argument that there is a biblical reference in this novel, and that all three parts of the Holy Trinity are actually represented.  What is real? It’s a question that philosophers, mathematicians, artists, and many others have been contemplating for centuries. Some believe nothing is real, that the whole world is just a trick of the senses, that physical reality is just part of an imagination. Others believe that nothing is real except for themself, because they can think, therefore, they’re an entity that must exist on some plane of reality. Who’s to say that the OASIS isn’t reality and the physical plane is just some figme...

The Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence      This series by Mark Lawrence changed my reading life. I read it during high school and four years later, I still think about lines from these books. This is what made me declare Mark Lawrence as my favorite author. I started reading more adult fantasy after this and picked up his other trilogy series (The Liars Key) and the only reason I haven't read the rest of he books is because I want to have the time to fully enjoy them and I'm simply not in a place, mentally, where I can appreciate these books and Lawrences story-telling skills.  These books take place in the future after humanity as we know it destroyed itself. There were the builders, and that represents us/current time in history, and how the world was broken after us and we left fragments behind and now humanity is back to medieval times. That concept is really hitting home now with the stat...

 Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King           This was the first book I've read by King and honestly, now I understand why he is held in such high regard as an author. He is not a perfect author and is a 'victim of his time', as my professor put it, concerning writing any female characters. Despite these faults, he still manages to write outstanding fiction. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was a great place to start for me. I hate horror and only read it once a year to get in the spooky spirit of Halloween.  I read this story from his Four Seasons combined novel, and I am interested in reading the other three stories while this one is still fresh in my mind. Boiled down, this was a story of hope. Prison life is not something that most people want to experience, much less when their facing it with a life sentence. The men in Shawshank have created quite a community behind those stone walls and had an unders...