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Item Critique of Scientific Optimism in Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games(2017) Sharma, PradipNot availableItem A disable’s self-affirmationin the fault in our stars by John Green(Department of English, 2023) Khatiwada, DiwashThis research paper aims to explore John Green’s THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (2012) asa self-affirmation of differentlyable (disable) character. It explores the self-affirmation, struggle, pain, importance of family andfriends thereby finding the cause behind it by taking theoretical insights from disability theory in general and in particular. It unravels the impossibility of getting life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness for the disabled characters by analyzing theirhealth and physical condition. The representative characters likeHazel Grace Lancaster, Augustus Gus Waters, Isaac, Patrick Dream’shaving the healthy and prosperous life in Indianapolis.In the novel, Hazel, the main character, transforms from an underestimated and pessimistic girl into an ideal person for everyone with various situations and the help of her friends.This research also tends to highlight the value of family and friends in helping people evolve and show how crucial it is to have supportive friends and family members. Keywords: Self-affirmation, Disability, Optimism,Struggle,Diseases.Item Subaltern Consciousness and Optimism in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children(Faculty Arts in English, 2012-07) Kumar Dhakal, RajThe issue of subalterns and their consciousness is the burning subject matter in the present research entitled “Subaltern Consciousness and Optimism in Midnight’s Children”. Subaltern consciousness is the way out to achieve the sense of identity and existence of the oppressed or marginalized subaltern characters in the post-colonial society. This research revolves around subaltern characters like Saleem, Shiva, Amina, Padma, etc. Different forms of their struggle for the attainment of true identity are vividly presented here. The research has focused that the socio-cultural affairs, hegemonic effects and elitist domination make subaltern characters conscious about their position which contributed for their recognition and identity with abundance of hope. Subaltern Studies of Post-colonialism is one of the best methodologies to study socio-cultural and economic aspect of human beings. So, it has been applied in this research to prove that revolutionary attempts and hopeful ending are the way out to rewrite the history of those including oppressed or marginalized and to maintain their identities. I have focused that rise of subaltern people is possible as they develop the consciousness from different hierarchical acts from rich and elitists. Poor people are marginalized and left back by the main economic and political stream and gaining the power from the elites is challenging. Though very challenging to come to the power, their resistance propels them to come to the power. This study analyses that the subaltern people as rare commodity of the rich and the elites can subvert the history of the rich by making their own history. Finally, this research concludes with the claim of the Subaltern Studies theorists and critics who argue that subaltern people, nevertheless they are not given their fundamental human rights to education, expression and free exercise of will power, can assert their existence through the consciousness generated by the socio-political and elitist ideology.Item Subversion of Utopian Optimism in Veronica Roth’s Allegiant(Department of English, 2017) Subedi, SunitaThis thesis entitled “ Subversion of Utopian Optimism in Veronica Roth’s Allegiant" explores the negative influences of science and technology in human life using the concept of dystopia coceptualized by Keith Moylan. In the novel advanced science and technology are misused by totalitarian government that has resulted into sense of loss, misunderstanding, maladjustment,identity crisis, and conflict.This novel centers on the theme of propaganda. It is a story about the political mechanism of unspecified American society. The protagonist of the novel is Tris .She is captive by totalitarian government without reason.After her failed escape attempt, she has been demoted to the lowest level of human captives.She is forced to kill her relatives in the name of purification. Throughout the rest of the novel, Tris suffers from hunger, fear,paranoia, and identity crisis. She becomes almost lost in the midst of totalitarian government. She takes journey through the icy waters, dark tunnels, and strange spy chambers of the world’smost mysterious dictatorship government. Through such portrayal,the novelist warns about the possible misuse of sicne and technology in totalitarian government to control and manipulate human beings. Key Words :Utopia, Dystopia, Totalitarian,Science , Optimism, Warning