Category Archives: Group 5
Nurturing the Flesh: Simialarities between The House of the Scorpian, Neuromancer, and Frankenstein
First Both Matt and Frankenstein’s monster share a very similar style of living space when they are on their own. Matt has his little pig pen with sawdust and rotten oranges, and the monster has his little shack with a dirt floor and low ceilings. This similarity made me ask if El Patron knew about […]
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The House of the Scorpion centers on many of the same issues and ideas that have surfaced in the science-fiction novels we have read to date. What qualifies as “human”? When, after alteration, does a human lose his humanity? The … Continue reading → Continue reading
Freedom of the Will
When I started thinking about the assignment tasked to us to compare The House of the Scorpion with one of our other science fiction readings we’ve had so far over the semester, I thought, “Yikes. This could be tough…” But … Continue reading →
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Human and Emotion Similarities
Nancy Farmer’s The House of the Scorpion relates to many concepts we have already addressed in this course. Starting with Frankenstein, this novel addresses the concept of what it means to be human. Similar to the monster’s creation pro… Continue reading
Why YA books are different
I have read The House of the Scorpion before, so it was interesting to re-read from a more ‘classroom’ perspective. One of the things that stood out most to me, after having read so many other sci-fi novels this semester, is how much differently young adult novels tend to be constructed. Don’t get me wrong; […] Continue reading
Rewriting the Prologue in Peter Watt’s Blindsight
IMAGINE YOU ARE Robert Paglino. That’s Right. I must have been about eight or nine years old when it happened. I can’t say I remember much. I mean I was just a little kid. But there are some moments in life that impress your brain permanently, and you remember some of the most vivid details. […]
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Blindsight 298-301
SHW HIM, the captain says. A lesson that cuts through years of living, cuts through genetic programming… but Siri isn’t fully human. No one here is. It is something he should be able to understand. He stands in my chambers and watches the scramblers on the screen. “Is this an execution? Is this a, a […] Continue reading
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I was never very good with words. Of course I was only 8 years old at the time. Oh those were the days. Certainly not good ones, but I suppose today’s are not much better. At least we were friends … Continue reading →
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Chelsea’s Perspective
I am weakening. This is the last time I’m going to call him. I am going to let him see what I’ve become. Maybe he’ll decide to answer if he sees that the flesh he once experienced, once denied, is finally and definably grotesque… Continue reading
Jukka Sarasti Viewpoint
Preparations complete. Anti-matter reserves – 100%. Theseus expansion – 58% and counting. Charybdis overhaul – 100% Next objective: Dispatch Keeton in Charybdis. Keeton summoned to personal quarters. It will arrive in approximately 3.2337 minutes. Human will delay while contemplating disobeying. … Continue reading → Continue reading