PLEASE ANSWER, SO DOESNT TAKE THIS DOWN! Many people believe that science fiction stories are tales about incredible gadgets or scientific wizardry and that they lack any serious elements of literature. What was your notion about science fiction as a literary genre before you read the excerpt from The Time Machine? Did reading The Time Machine change your opinion of the genre? If so, in what way did your opinion change? Would you classify The Time Machine as a serious literary work or a simple tale? What literary aspects lead you to this conclusion? In the end, how would you rate The Time Machine from a literary perspective? Present your response in three to four paragraphs.

active voice: my father cut the tree.

passive voice: the tree was cut by my father.

active voice: people buy newspapers every day.

passive voice: newspapers are bought (by people) every day.

active voice: people have been using movies as political propaganda since world war ii.

passive voice: movies have been used as political propaganda since world war ii.

active voice: donna gave me my birthday present.

passive voice: i was given my birthday present (by donna). / my birthday present was given to me (by donna).

active voice: mom will leave the keys on the counter.

passive voice: the keys will be left (by mom) on the counter.

the words in parentheses are the agent of the passive voice and can be omitted when obvious, generic, or simply unnecessary.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.

its b add a sentence to the middle that reflects on the writer’s experiences.

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