PERIODIC TABLE OF

CLASSIC BOOKS

S P E C U L A T I V E F I C T I O N / S C I - F I , H O R R O R , R E A L I S T I C

F I C T I O N / H I S T O R I C A L , A D V E N T U R E , H I G H S O C I E T Y , A N D F A N T A S Y

SPECULATIVE FICTION/SCI-FICLASSIC NOVELS THAT HAVE THE GENRE OF SPECULATIVE FICTION/SCI-FI:

1984Clock Work OrangeA Wrinkle in TimeWar of the WorldsThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeAtlas ShruggedThe Time MachineFahrenheit 451Catch 22Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxySlaughter House Five20,000 Leagues Under the SeaCat’s Cradle

SPECULATIVE FICTION/SCI-FI COVERS

HORRORCLASSIC NOVELS THAT HAVE THE GENRE OF HORROR:

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeThe Legend of Sleepy HallowFrankensteinThe Pit and The PendulumDraculaThe Picture of Dorian Gray

HORROR COVERS

REALISTIC FICTION/HISTORICALCLASSIC NOVELS THAT HAVE THE GENRE REALISTIC FICTION/HISTORICAL:

A Man With Out A CountryOf Mice and MenUlyssesWar and PeaceTo Kill A MockingbirdThe Grapes of WrathThe Death of SocratesUncle Tom’s CabinThe Great GatsbyLes MiserablesAll The King’s Men

REALISTIC FICTION/HISTORICAL COVERS

HIGH SOCIETYCLASSIC NOVELS OF WHICH INVOLVE THE UPPER CLASS OR HIGH SOCIETY:

Great ExpectationsLes MiserablesPride and PrejudiceGone With The WindFountain HeadA Tale of Two Cities

HIGH SOCIETY COVERS

FANTASYCLASSIC NAVELS THAT HAVE THE GENRE OF FANTASY:

The Divine ComedyThe OdysseyA Midsummer Night’s DreamBeowulfAnimal Farm

FANTASY COVERS

ADVENTURECLASSIC NOVELS THAT HAVE THE GENRE OF ADVENTURE:

The Princess BrideHamletThe Hunch Back of Notre DomThe Old Man and The SeaA Man With Out A CountryThe Count of Monte CristoThe Adventures of Huckleberry FinLes MiserablesRobinson CrusoeA Midsummer’s Night DreamMoby DickKing Arthur and The Knights of The Round TableLord of The FliesThe Sea WolfUncle Tom’s Cabin

ADVENTURE COVERS

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1984 War of the Worlds

Animal Farm The Odyssey Beowulf

Clockwork Orange

20,000 Leagues Under the sea

The Fountain Head

A Midsummers Night Dream

The Divine Comedy

Wrinkle in time 

The Strange Case of dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A Tale of Two Cities

The Sea Wolf The Lord of the Flies

Atlas Shrugged The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Gone With the Wind

King Arthur and the knights of the round table

Moby dick

The Time Machine

Frankenstein Pride and Prejudice

Robinson Crusoe

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Fahrenheit 451 The Pit and the Pendulum

Great Expectations

The old man and the sea

The Count of Monte Cristo

Catch-22 Dracula Les Miserables The Hunch Back of Notre Dom

Hamlet

Hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy

The Picture of Dorian Gray

the Great Gatsby

A man Without a Country

The Princess Bride

Slaughter House Five

All the King’s Men

The Death of Socrates

Uncla Tom’s Cabin

Grapes of Wrath

Cat’s Cradle Of Mice and Men Ulysses War and Peace To Kill a Mockingbird

TABLE KEY

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are speculator fiction/Sci-fi

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are both speculator fiction/Si-fi and horror.All the boxes that are the same color as this box is horror.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are realistic fiction/ historical.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are both realistic fiction/ historical and high society.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are high society.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box is both realistic fiction/ historical and adventure.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are adventure.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are both adventure and fantasy.

All the boxes that are the same color as this box are fantasy.

QUESTIONSDescribe the basis of your arrangement. (What unique characteristic(s)

allow(s) your objects to be arranged in their particular manner?)  We based our arrangement/ categorization on the themes and genres of

the books we categorized. We chose to use genre as our basis of categorization because it is already a widely known and used system in bookstores and libraries. We chose a color-coded table to visually represent this system. Each category is represented by a different color. There are also colors for multi-category combinations.

What are the important features of your table?There are multiple important features of our table, one of which is the method by which it visually conveys our methods of categorization and the items (books) categorized therein. As stated in the previous answer, each color represents a distinct category that describes one or more of the items (books). Again, there are also colors for multi-category combos. These the categories the colors represent are listed in a key.

QUESTIONSHow is the arrangement of objects similar to the Periodic table of elements?

Explain.   There are multiple ways in which our arrangement of objects is similar to the

periodic table of elements. One example is that both arrangements can be divided into different groups. In fact, this property is vital to our table. Another way in which our arrangements are similar is that they both categorize their respective contents according to said contents’ properties. In our case, the properties used were genre and thematic components. In the Periodic table of Elements, the properties used are more having to do with electrons and neutrons and such.

How is your arrangement different from the periodic table of elements? Explain.  There are quite a few ways in which our arrangement is different from the

Periodic Table of Elements. In fact, there are probably more dissimilarities than similarities. In the PT of E, columns and rows and their relative positions and arrangement hold great significance. This is not so in our arrangement. In ours, we rely more on non-linear groupings to convey information.

QUESTIONSMendeleev and other scientists have created a periodic table of

elements and predicted characteristics of missing elements. Make a prediction about an object on your table that has not yet been discovered (the object will follow the last known one on your table). You should provide an actual example of the object and you should provide detailed reasoning for why this particular object will fit into your periodic table according to your argument.

 I predict that when Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is “discovered”, it

will easily fill in a “missing” space in our table. This is because it fits at least one, and arguably more, categories on the table. It first of all fits, most obviously, in the Fantasy and Fantasy/ Adventure categories. It would fit into these categories because it is rife with fantastical elements and the protagonist certainly goes on an adventure.