The warning messages of Jeanne DuPrau’s the City of ember to the world with reference to Gil Kenan’s film adaptation : the theory of conspiracy
Other Title(s)
الرسائل التحذيرية لجين دبرا في رواية مدينة أمبر مع الإشارة الى الفلم المقتبس عنها لجل كنعان : نظرية المؤامرة
Joint Authors
Yarub, Ansam
al-Khafaji, Mayadah Zuhayr
Source
Journal of the College of Education for Women
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2019), pp.187-202, 16 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2019-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
16
Main Subjects
Topics
- United States
- Twentieth century
- Political films
- Novels
- Literary criticism
- Novelists
- Americans
- Kenan, Gil, 1976-
- Dubrow, Jehanne, 1944-
Abstract EN
The City of Ember is a very interesting novel that is although intended for young readers, have so many layers and messages that are misunderstood.
In this research, both the novel and the film adaptation are studied with the intent to decode the warning messages that the novelist and the director tried to introduce to the audience.
The research studies four vital messages; the first message is that history repeats itself for the novel has many allusions to the history of Jews and their painful holocaust and even goes back in history the days of Moses and the Exodus, the second message tackles the conspiracy theory that states nothing happens by accident and that everything is planned and connected hence comes the third message incarnated in the film adaptation of the novel, secret societies do exist namely the freemasons.
Finally, the four messages come like a rather dark omen, Man's internal fear of the end whether the religious end represented by the apocalypse or the scientific end and the expiry of earth.
Since the novel is for young readers, the author has provided a silver lining at the final message stating people always find a solution for all their problems in spite of the chronic fear
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Khafaji, Mayadah Zuhayr& Yarub, Ansam. 2019. The warning messages of Jeanne DuPrau’s the City of ember to the world with reference to Gil Kenan’s film adaptation : the theory of conspiracy. Journal of the College of Education for Women،Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.187-202.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881055
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Khafaji, Mayadah Zuhayr& Yarub, Ansam. The warning messages of Jeanne DuPrau’s the City of ember to the world with reference to Gil Kenan’s film adaptation : the theory of conspiracy. Journal of the College of Education for Women Vol. 30, no. 1 (Mar. 2019), pp.187-202.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881055
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Khafaji, Mayadah Zuhayr& Yarub, Ansam. The warning messages of Jeanne DuPrau’s the City of ember to the world with reference to Gil Kenan’s film adaptation : the theory of conspiracy. Journal of the College of Education for Women. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 1, pp.187-202.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-881055
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 199-202
Record ID
BIM-881055