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Science Fiction

Science Fiction. Or Science Fact??.  Is the android human?  Why should the scientist be not be allowed to marry the android?  Is your religious friend right to object to the potential marriage?  Would you be willing to become friends with the android? . SCIENCE FICTION. Ray Bradbury .

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Science Fiction

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  1. Science Fiction Or Science Fact??

  2.  Is the android human?  Why should the scientist be not be allowed to marry the android?  Is your religious friend right to object to the potential marriage?  Would you be willing to become friends with the android? SCIENCE FICTION

  3. Ray Bradbury

  4. Ironyis about expectations. Irony: the opposite of what is expected. It was a tragic irony that he made himself sick by worrying so much about his health.Is it ironic that I posted a video of how stupid and pointless Facebook is on Facebook?You make fun of your friend for tripping and falling on their face. Five minutes later, you trip and fall on YOUR face.

  5. Ray Bradbury fears technology and what is happening to Americans in the 1950’s • Setting= in the future • Satire: writing that comments humorously on human flaws, ideas, or customs in order to change them • Extrapolates technology and predicts many of our common day electronics. The Murderer

  6. What modern technologies did Ray Bradbury predict?How many did you count? • What is the irony in this piece of writing? • How is this a satire? “The Murderer” Q’s

  7. A technique used in science fiction that allows authors to imagine future events and technology based on the events and technology of today Extrapolation

  8. We are all science fiction author’s today and our job is extrapolate one of these everyday items • Choose one and then imagine how the future version may look 100 years from today • Write a paragraph and describe in detail how it looks-- give specific examples of how people use it • Explain WHY the new feature is included Extrapolation

  9. Allegory: a story or poem can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. Typically a moral or political one. Allegory

  10. Was published in in 1950 in The Martian Chronicles a collection of science fiction short stories by Ray Bradbury. • The theme of the devastating effects of nuclear force was very applicable to the time period of the 1950s. The world was still recovering from the effects of World War II and events, such as the dropping of atomic bombs in Japan was still recent. ‘There Will Come Soft Rains’

  11. Technology will be the salvation of humankind. Technology will be the destruction of humankind. “There Will Come Soft Rains”

  12. 3 Column Notes

  13. Was “There Will Come Soft Rains” an allegory? • What was this hidden message? “There Will Come Soft Rains”

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