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The Repairman by Harry Harrison

The Repairman by Harry Harrison. Harry Harrison.  March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012 American science fiction author the co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group Anti-military and anti-violence. Plot. What did the man need to do? Fix a very old beacon.

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The Repairman by Harry Harrison

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  1. The Repairman by Harry Harrison

  2. Harry Harrison •  March 12, 1925 – August 15, 2012 • American science fiction author • the co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group • Anti-military and anti-violence

  3. Plot • What did the man need to do? • Fix a very old beacon. • What problem did the man faced when he got to his destination?(in brief) • Alien creature dominated the beacon. They built a temple there. A religious war was undergoing because of the disappearance of holy water—which was used to cool down the beacon. • How did he solved it? (In brief) • He pretend to be the messenger of god of these creature. He promise he can fix it -- the disappeared holy water.

  4. Do you love this story? • Why?

  5. Free discussion • You have five minutes to discuss with your desk mates the following things of this story. • Genre • Narrative • Literature device. • Humor, Irony, Premise. • Definition. Examples of them. • The purpose of the story. • You would better briefly write them down if you do not want to forget them.

  6. Some terms… • Genre • Science fiction • Premise • Exposition • Narrative • First-person narrative

  7. Some terms… • Humor • Irony • Verbal irony(Sarcasm) • Situational irony • Dramatic irony • Exaggeration • Over Exaggeration • Under Exaggeration • Joke • Parody

  8. Purpose • What can be the purpose that the author write this story? • Probably a no meaning science fiction story. • A Sound of Thunder • No meaning is not meaning less.

  9. Purpose • Leisure • Interesting plot. • A creative premise. • Use of a lot of humor. • Tone is over exaggerating • Relaxing atmosphere • Nothing goes very bad and provoke your negative feeling like Allan Poe’s story. • Let you think less. • Words are easy to understand. • No under exaggerating. Example • No verbal irony. • No parody. • Good ending • Obvious bad ending is not very fun… • Maybe not. • Not know for sure.

  10. Homework • Fan Fiction • Stories about characters or settings of the original work written by fans. • Particular important aspect of science fiction. • Term itself is originally used for science fiction. • Under the same style of original story • Over exaggerating • Relaxing atmosphere • Rewrite any part of the story that you do not like. • You need to stat clearly where your part of the story begin, and where it ends. • Need to be at least seven sentences long, but not the longer the better, because you need change the part you are really not satisfied with. • Or paragraphs under the same premise. • Does need to be long because you have limited time. • At least seven sentences.

  11. Over exaggeration VS Under exaggeration • Our classroom is as hot as an oven. • Over exaggeration • Simile • Explicitly expressed “hot” • Does not need inference. • Today is just 39 degree Celsius. • Under exaggeration • Does not explicitly expressed “hot”. • Need inference. Back

  12. Plot • Why did the man being unwilling to do this job?

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