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Does The War of the Worlds voice Orson Welles' point of view

The Mercury Theatre production of The War of the Worlds is told from a news broadcaster's point of view for the first two-thirds of the broadcast.

This episode was Mr Welles adaptation of the H G Wells novel of the same name.

The initial point of view in the radio broadcast is that of the audience.

How do you use the word broadcast in a sentence

He tuned into the radio because his favourite broadcast was on.

Fiction readers of whitman's era would have been especially interested in stories set in places such as

Fiction readers of Whitman's era would have been especially interested in stories set in places such as Tahiti.

Which question and reacting techniques encouraged teacher student interaction

The best way to encourage student-teacher interaction is simply to ask questions. Students will respond to questions and experiments.

When was Park Plaza Hotel Leeds created

Park Plaza Hotel Leeds was created in 1966.

What is a characteristic of the invasion novel

it play on reader fear or attack and train them in urban warfare

What happens when the Martian cylinder opens

The townspeople run when they see a large bulging creature with tentacles

How can modern readers better understand the fears and interests of a story's original audience

By studying the historical context of the story.

How do the townspeople first react to the appearance of the mars cylinder the War of the Worlds

They are curios about the object and what it is

Where in the story's sequence of events is the narrator of the War of the Worlds as he begins to tell the story

the end -Apex

Is hoax an adjective

No, hoax can be a verb or a noun. When used before other nouns (hoax letter, hoax caller) it is acting as a noun adjunct.

Which event near the end of the 19th century caused great anxiety in England

The German defeat of France

How did the radio version of The War of the Worlds warn the audience that the broadcast was not real

By announcing it before during and after the broadcast (APEX)

What does Ogilvy the astronomer find on the Horsell Common

A alien cylinder-APEX

How does Wells's narrator add a sense of credibility to The War of the Worlds

by using scientific language that shows he knows what he is talking about

Why is invasion literature still relevant today

it explores common fears and anxiety-APEX

Why does wiesel mention the St. Louis in thus passage

To show how the United States failed to act on behalf of the Jews during WWII.

Or

To show that the United States was indifferent to human suffering

In The War of the Worlds why does Wells choose to have Martians instead of a more realistic enemy attack England

(Apex) To emphasize what could happen if an enemy caught England with its guard down.

In The War of the Worlds the narrator believes that Martians came to Earth because

Mars is dying.

What can you infer about the narrator from this passage of The War of the Worlds

That he is intelligent and well educated - APEX :)

What type of novel plays on the readers fear of attack while also instructing the reader on the technical details of urban warfare

the invasion novel

Why does Wells call the Martian spacecraft the Thing

(Apex) Because he doesn't fully understand what it is yet.

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