Robbie
Who Wrote Robbie?
Isaac Asimov
Who Wrote There Will Come Soft Rains
Ray Bradbury
Who Wrote Flowers for Algernon?
Daniel Keyes
Who Wrote Harrison Bergeron?
Kurt Vonnegut
Who Wrote Omelas?
Ursula K. Le Guin
What is the main technology discussed in Robbie?
Robots!
Why were all the people gone?
Kaboom!
What is the goal of Charlie's operation?
To increase Charlie's intelligence
What was the government trying to achieve in the story?
The wanted everyone to be equal
What is the Alien in Mazes?
A human!
What was Robbie's job?
Robbie's job was to babysit/take care of Gloria
What ultimately happened to the house?
It burned down!
What fun activity do Algernon and Charlie do together?
They solve mazes!
Name 3 handicaps used by the government
Earpiece that played sounds when you thought too much, weights, masks, makeup, sashes, disorienting glasses, voice changers...
What is the paradox in Omelas?
Utopia in exchange for the suffering of a child
What was Mr. Weston's plan to allow Robbie to come back?
He set up an elaborate plot where Gloria would be put in danger at a factory and Robbie would save her.
How often does the sun come out on Venus in all summer in a day?
once every 7 years.
What is the name of the personality test that Charlie thinks he failed?
A Rorschach test! (Ink Blot Test)
How old was Harrison Bergeron?
14 years old!
How does the narrator communicate?
By dancing!
Isaac Asimov argued that technology would be created with safeguards to prevent them from harming people... What are these safeguards referred to as?
Asimov's laws of Robotics
Who wrote the poem There Will Come Soft Rains?
Sarah Teasdale
Explain the Allegory of the Cave
The allegory of the cave refers to how people's understanding of reality is shaped by their experience. Ergo, if you place prisoners within a cave and all they can see is their shadow on a wall, they will see those shadows as reality. Once leaving the cave they would be overwhelmed by the beauty of extended reality and would never be able to return.
Harrison Bergeron was making a social commentary... Name 2 things that the author may have been satirizing and commenting on
Media consumption, blind religious faith, monarchy, communism, The US government, authoritarianism.
What is the theory of ethics that Omelas was critiquing?
Utilitarianism