English assignment

Instructions: For each question you answer, you should clearly label the question, and answer it as fully as possible. Each section has a word or sentence limit. Some students may need to write more. That’s fine. The objective of this exam is to allow student(s) to illustrate their understanding of the issues brought up in class.

Issues like identity, what makes us humans (Different from robots), effect of technology on our lives and morals

Part II

(Complete all questions)

Instructions: Write 150 words for each question.

1. Choose a major character from one of the stories since Mid Term and argue for (in the case of robots) or against (in the case of humans) that character’s humanity. (i.e This means, if you are arguing for a character’s humanity, you must choose a robot. If you are arguing against a character’s humanity, you must choose a human.) Use quotes from the story to illustrate and prove your point.

Stories: AND THE MOON BE STILL AS BRIGHT, Night Meeting , The Million Year Picnic

1. Consider The Million Year Picnic (from The Martian Chronicles). Take one topic of all the topics we have discussed in class and show how the story illustrates that topic. Use quotes from the story to illustrate and prove your point.

The Martian Chronicles:

Look up the story The Million-Year Picnic:

http://knigger.org/bradbury/the_martian_chronicles/lang/en/#/page/2585

* Simple English*