ILIGAN MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE

Pala-o, Iligan City

Midterm Examination
Contemporary LITERATURE

NAME: Arafat M. Maunda SCORE:____________

COURSE & YEAR LEVEL: BSE – English III DATE:_____________

Direction. Elaborate your answers.

1. What are the four qualities of contemporary literature. (10 pts)

Contemporary literature is ironic and reflects political, social and personal views of
society.
Contemporary literature reflects current trends in life and culture, and as these things
change frequently, so does modern literature. Contemporary literature mostly reflects the
writer's point of view and can be seen as cynical. In fact, he questions historical
perspectives and often makes two conflicting claims.

2.Cite any pandemic literature and explain its relevance to contemporary literature. (10
pts)

Contemporary Literature is another valuable resource through which we seek to

understand the human experience shared throughout history. Some works of the ancient
world are dedicated to plagues and epidemics. For example, Homer's epic Iliad (8th century
BC) begins with a plague that ravaged a Greek army camp at Troy, and the biblical Exodus
describes ten executions on Egypt. Although disease is a divine punishment in these two
articles, the pandemic literature covers a variety of other topics as well.
3. In JK Rowling’s Harry Potter, we are introduced to several villains. Is Lord
Voldemort similar to any real historical personality? (10 pts)

Adolf Gitler. In fact, he was born in 1928. I think it is mentioned somewhere in the book or
can be calculated from other available data. That is, he was at Hogwarts from 1939 to 1945
during World War II. (Char lang. 😂)
As O'Dore Roosevelt wisely said, "I believe that the more we know about the past, the
better we can prepare ourselves for the future." Perhaps that is why writers often reflect past
events in their works. As they bring their own twists to history, they teach us valuable lessons
and teach us how to avoid the same mistakes we have made in the past. J.K. Rowling,
author of the Harry Potter series, did so by modeling her character, Lord Voldemort the evil
wizard, Adolf Hitler.

Lord Voldemort is arguably one of the world's most evil dictators after Adolf Hitler. Through
the Harry Potter series, we can see many parallels between the rise to power of Lord
Voldemort and Adolf Hitler in post-war Germany. Both often used various forms of
propaganda and media censorship to manipulate the thinking of those around them. Hitler's
propaganda was most often used to insult Jews, but it was also used to promote the Nazi
Party and Hitler himself. This has been achieved through the production of posters, books,
music, theatre, art and film. All propaganda was focused on disseminating the Nazi
messages of anti-Semitism and nationalism and creating an atmosphere of acceptance
among the German people for these messages, especially the more extreme beliefs
associated with the Jewish people.

Propaganda portrayed the Nazi Party as "re-ordering" in Germany and created the illusion
that increasingly harsh measures were needed against the Jewish population. Many films
have been made as propaganda aimed at disparageing the Jews that Hitler praised and
promoting the power of the Aryan race. One such film was The Eternal Jew (1940), in which
Jews were horrendous people obsessed with the notions of sex and money. This use of
propaganda succeeded in promoting the Nazi message and led many to believe in the same
ideal. In addition to propaganda, Hitler also censored the German media so that they could
see whatever they wanted to show the Germans, such as propaganda, but instead showed
anything negative about the Nazi Party or the Nazis themselves.

4. The Life of Pi offers two versions of Pi’s story. Which version do you believe in, and
why?

Almost everything you see in the book/movie was not part of the "real" story. The
film/book depicts the fantasies and hallucinations of a severely traumatized young man.
Chef (hyena) killed and ate the sailor (zebra) and Pi's mother (orangutan). It can be
assumed that Pi succumbed to her cannibalism and ate her own mother. These actions
cause Pi to mentally recover. Here pi becomes a tiger. A tiger is a survival instinct from his
subconscious and he kills the cook. He can only guess that he eats cooks too.

(And throughout history) the Pi maintains itself as a separate entity from the evil survival
instinct (tiger) that has overtaken it. He wants to tame this instinctive creature. He is a kind of
unavoidable evil... The fact that Pi was previously a vegetarian and animal lover lead him to
make up a story other than a predator. He imagines himself as a separate creature, feeding
on carnivorous predators when necessary.

Impossible "Island" is perhaps the most bizarre part of history. In many ways, Pi sees this
"place" as a refuge and refuge from the open sea. I believe that at this point in Pi's travels, he
lies semiconsciously on his stomach and falls into a pure psychedelic illusion. Part of him
knows this is not real and sees both benefits and risks in these hallucinations. Pi believes
that the island is safe during the day, but dangerous at night.
Finally, he realizes that he has landed on the (real) beach and has safely returned to
civilization, and the tiger part is gone... But instead it instantly melts into the jungle. He
“removes” this aspect of himself when he is no longer needed.

May the odds be ever with you.