Category Archives: Group 6
1- The Importance of the Squash and Stretch Principle
After learning about the twelve principles of animation last class, I began to consider how important these principles are in animated films and cartoons. The first principle, squash and stretch, plays a very important role in animated films and cartoons because it can bring a character to life. The basis of how the principle works […] Continue reading
The Other Hybrid
The primary theme I see emerging in The House of the Scorpion aligns with nearly all of the other science fiction we’ve read for the course thus far. The recurring theme of “other” and “otherness” stands out from the beginning of the book. I’m focusing on the blending which serves as the catalyst that makes […] Continue reading
Construct and the Clone
Nancy Farmer’s straightforward writing style has me constantly comparing Matt to Akin, from Lilith’s Brood. Both characters are products of genetic engineering. The Oankali incorporate foreign species into their genetic make-up, while Matt develops in a cow; this might not … Continue reading → Continue reading
More Similar Than Odd
The House of the Scorpion (Scorpion, from here on out) is by far the easiest book I have read for this class (with the exception of WE3). Though the book has a straight-forward and somewhat predictable plot, the book is easy to understand with its familiar scenery, non-confusing vocabulary, well-developed characters and, most importantly, a […] Continue reading
House of the Scorpion: Nothing New
The House of the Scorpion – while certainly a different sort of reading experience due to it’s intended young adult target audience — presents and grapples with a number of the same key issues that have cropped up in texts … Continue reading →
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Clones, Replicants, and Creatures…Oh MY!
What makes someone a human is a very important theme in Science Fiction. But humanity, or “humaness” is a hard thing to define. It is simply just one of those know-it-when-you-see-it kind of traits. Although many famous science fiction books and movies include casts of characters that may not be biologically human. Sometimes it is […] Continue reading
The House of the Scorpion
The major departure I’m seeing in The House of the Scorpion from the other books we’ve been reading is a stark lack of the science side of science fiction. Even in the most intensely scientific moment of the opening of … Continue reading → Continue reading
The House of the Scorpion
“To do anything, he would have to go outdoors, which Celia said again and again was very dangerous” (7) In The House of the Scorpion, Matt repeatedly references the Spanish mythological creature the Chupacabra. It is a creature that “suck[s] your blood and [leaves] you to dry like an old cantaloupe skin” (10). The repeated […]
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Rewriting Blindsight
CRUNCHER PEELED AWAY the silvery leaded skin from collar to toe. Then he carefully handed Mom’s face to Sascha. It was like passing a chemlight; he receded into the darkness, where he navigated more through knowing- through kenning- than he … Continue reading → Continue reading
Regret and Rage
We were all on edge. There wasn’t a personality among us that was in possession of any particular fondness for Siri Keeton. But still. . . it was hard — impossible even. We felt mostly guilt. Michelle and Sascha for their part in releasing the oxygen into the chamber. The gas was toxic to the scramblers. […] Continue reading