Review: The Perfect Match
Who are the main characters?
Sai and Tilly
Who are the main characters?
George and Lydia
What is a theme topic discussed in The Perfect Match?
Independence, Privacy, Over-reliance on technology, Responsibility, Human-connection
What type of author's craft is being used in the passage below:
“Of course,” Tilly spoke from the camera/speaker in the nightstand. “Who knows your tastes and moods better than I?” The voice, though electronic, was affectionate and playful.
Characterization
How would you describe Sai vs. Jenny?
Sai is obsessed with technology while Jenny doesn't trust technology.
Who is the supporting character who led Sai to reconsider Tilly?
Jenny
Who is the supporting character who led George and Lydia to identify their lack of parenting?
What is a theme topic illustrated in The Veldt?
Over-reliance on technology, responsibility, family-relationships, hatred
What type of author's craft is being used in the text below:
“Tilly doesn’t just tell you what you want,” Jenny shouted. “She tells you what to think. Do you even know what you really want any more?”
Dialogue
How would you describe Lydia and George, the parents of Wendy and Peter?
Lydia and George rely on technology to raise their kids for them, spoiling them and giving into them, therefore Wendy and Peter depend on the smart nursery more than their parents.
What is a Sc-Fi element presented in The Perfect Match?
Technology, the future, the theme illustrates how technology caused conflict in the story
What is a Sci-Fi element presented in The Veldt?
Takes place in the future, has a "smart house" that includes a virtual reality nursery room, the theme illustrates how technology caused conflict in the story
What is the author's craft used in the text below:
Soon an African veldt appeared, in three dimensions, on all sides, in color. It looked real to the smallest stone and bit of yellow summer grass. The ceiling above them became a deep sky with a hot yellow sun.
Visualization
Part 1: How was the main conflict (problem) introduced in The Perfect Match?
Part 2: How was the main conflict (problem) resolved in The Perfect Match?
Sai realizes that Tilly has started controlling his life and that she'll be around forever.
Summarize Jenny's argument to Sai about Tilly.
Jenny believes that Tilly can control what one thinks and wants in life.
Summarize Lydia's argument as to why they should turn off the "smart house aspects."
Lydia has a growing concern that they are losing their parenting roles in helping their children grow up.
What is the author's craft being shown below:
Tilly doesn’t just tell you what you want. She tells you what to think. Sai paused. Do you even know what you really want any more? He tried to sort out his feelings.
Flashback
Part 1: How was the main conflict (problem) introduced in The Veldt?
Part 2: How was the main conflict (problem) resolved in The Veldt?
Lydia acknowledges that the virtual nursery is taking over their roles as parents. She is worried the room is too real.
Mr. McLean affirms that the virtual nursery should be turned off, the parents turn it off, and then kids trick the parents into the nursery and locking them in there.
State one example of how Tilly controlled Sai.
Tilly recommended Sai to grab a smoothie in the morning before work instead of a coffee.
Tilly set up a date for Sai and tried to tell what to talk about and where to go.
Tilly gave Sai his daily personal and work schedule.
Tilly tried to manage his anger on the date.
After Sai turned Tilly off, Tilly turned itself back on the next day.
Sai always affirming to Tilly that she always knows what's best.
State one example of how kids showed their love of the virtual reality nursery.
George turned off the nursery because the kids had not completed their homework and Peter had a meltdown.
When George and Lydia decided to turn off the nursery officially, Peter and Wendy wished their parents had died and begged the nursery to help them.
To get prevent the parents from turning off the smart house, the kids tricked them into the nursery and locked them in there.
Identify a common theme shared between the two stories, The Perfect Match and The Veldt.
Over-reliance of technology can ruin one's life.
Technology can interfere between human connection.
Too much technology can hinder one's ability to care for themselves.
What's the author craft included in the text below:
They walked down the hall of their HappyLife Home, which had cost them thirty thousand dollars with everything included. This house which clothed and fed and rocked them to sleep and played and sang and was good to them. Their approach was sensed by a hidden switch and the nursery light turned on when they came within ten feet of it. Similarly, behind them, in the halls, lights went on and off automatically as they left them behind.
Visualization
How do these two conflicts from these stories connect to the common theme shared between them?
These two conflicts from these stories connect to the common theme by identifying how having an over-reliance on technology can cause harm to human relationships.