The Forbidden Planet

In the movie "The Forbidden Planet", we get to see the future of human kind from a very different perspective. We see the extrapolation beyond our Earth and into the wonders of outer space. In the film, humans travel far away from Earth to rescue those who were abandoned on a planet that had never been seen before. When the rescuers land however, they learn of a new kind of extrapolation themselves (which I find ironic). They begin to see the technology that the creatures of the planet had built, and they got a glimps into what they were capable of with the help of the last surviving humans out of many. The biggest extrapolation that I saw in the story was the brain monitor. When they showed the intelect of the species living there compared to humans, people were seen as stupid though they held a very high IQ. I found that most interesting because I got a glimps into the mindpower that people will hold in many years as we advance more and more into the world of science and technology. One thing about the movie I also found interesting was the turn of events after the kiss in the garden. Suddenly, the animals were not friends with the girl anymore, and that was extrapolation in itself. Not only does it show the nature of humans to be disconnected with the environment, but I also saw it as somewhat of a foreshadow into what is to come for humanity when nature turns against us. By the use of our many new inventions, we have already turned against it. I did like this movie a lot because I found it very intertaining and it made me think a lot about our world, along with pondering what is to come in the movie and in the real world.

"Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman

In today's world, an organized society means to be constant. It means that we must follow ongoing and constant rules, we must live by the constant law, and remain constant in our beliefs and our endeavors. Taken to an extreme, we must remain constant with time, and obide by the clock.
The piece ""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" reminds me somewhat of the phrase 'If you're early, your on time. If your on time, you're late. If you are late, you are forgotten.' Along with that, it reminds me of certain societies where one is not an indevidual, but rather, just another of many. For example, readings like "Ferenhiet 451" or "Anthem" remind me of such a thing...where one lives by the law, but not by what they want from there lives. Then, out of all the chaos, there is one rebellion that changes the way of the world by being themselves.
""Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman" is about a society run by time, enough to where smashing the system is a felony resulting in death. The Ticktockman is practically a dictator that is the Master Timekeeper of the world. Everything must go according to plan. The irony is, however, in the end, he himself ends up being late.
The idea of extapolation is in this piece because it plays a role in futuristic society. We find ourselves on our way to such a life because of the way we grow up being directed by bells and whistles. I liked this piece very much because it kept me thinking, and it relates to the importance of time in my own life.

Sales Pitch

In the reading "Sales Pitch", the reader gets a glimps into the author's interpretation of the distant future. In those days, the solar system is no longer a mystery to mankind, but society as we know it. Business is everything to the people of this century, and people are somewhat hypmotized by the way of the world. In this reading, there is one man that is being driven crazy by the ads and way of life, he is willing to leave everything he knows to start over beyond the solar system. At one point in the story, a stranger comes to his house to sell himself and drives him to leave the solar system to start a new life. Though he travels until death, the robot follows him all the way until the end. Going back and using our definition of science fiction, we see ourselves in a life of misery because of what we have created for ourselves. We see extrapolation to the point where we cannot handle what we thought we wanted. I did enjoy this piece, but I also thought it sad that we may be that in a hundred years; we may be a world without wildlife, without peace, without independence of technology, and even without freedom.

There Will Come Soft Rains

In the class definition of science fiction, we said that it is people's intrigue of the idea "what if". In the story, I saw the world in ashes, the life broken, robots living routinely, and no signs of life worth living. What if our world becomes like that? What if everyone dies in the fires of hate that countries have for each other? What then? This concept has to do with extrapotlation because not only are there robots and many strange things, but also, the thought that we might all be dead from the result of was. Just like the last story, I did not like this story because I do not wish to see the world in such a light as this...no beauty or freedom, life or peace found anywhere.

Events Proceeding the Helvenican Renaissance

In the short story "Events Proceeding the Helvenican Renaissance", we see (what I am assuming is) Earth in a new light. As readers, we get a glimps of the world many years from now. The Earth has developed many new technologies and extrapolations, it is a strange concept to us to see what our Earth is bound to become. The story connects with science fiction because it demonstrates people's constant obsession of "what if". Just like many other science fiction stories, the "Events Proceeding the Helvenican Renaissance" brings up an idea from an author, developes that idea with something familiar to the reader, and makes the story come alive by backing it up with science. In the concept of extrapolation, human beings imagine things in the world that could be in order to make life more easy for us. In the story, we see that people carry their passports in their skin, gods speaking to each person indevidualy, and people traveling in and out of the planet. It is all so strange to us now, but the science of the story backs it up. I personally did not enjoy this piecee as much as I thought simply because I do not want to live to see the day the world becomes like that. The story reminds me of the book "The Hunger Games". It is as if people become less indevidual and more seen as a race. To me, the "Events Proceeding the Helvenican Renaissance" sounded like people were seen as victims, as if being trained to become soldiers.

Cause and Effect

Star Trek: The Next Generation episode creates a lot of cause and effect of one accident that happened again and again. At the end of the episode, we understand that the major explosion that has been happening again and again was caused by the time lapse that occurred from the collision. The Enterprise would repeatedly hit another space station in the same distortion and be thrown back in time to the previous day and do it all over and over again. Eventually, the people aboard the Enterprise began to recognize the same activities over and over again, and began to have déjà vu from the repetition. For example, the captain would read the same chapters again and again, then he would feel as if he already did go through that part. The doctor gave the same diagnosis again and again until she remembered what was wrong with him was not an ear infection. Along with that, there was also the poker game, the voices, and the breaking of the glass. Later, they discover what has been happening to them and they eventually fix the problem.
This piece is science fiction because it takes a usual thing and makes it unusual. Also, the story creates skepticism and follows the usual mystery in many science fiction stories involving time lapses and outer space. I did like watching the movie in class because it made me think and make up my own theories along the way.

Homelanding

Homelanding, by Margaret Atwood, is told from an inside point of view of Earth telling one who lives outside. As readers, we get the opportunity to see ourselves in the light of an outside source that has no knowledge of humanity and our culture as if they are looking at us for the first time. First, of course, there comes the description of our physical appearance like arms, legs, fingers, our head, and our hair. Moving forward in the story, it does not move into how unique we are or into the power of one, but rather what we tend to value as a whole including the sun. “We pride ourselves in our sunsets…in summer, we lie about in the blazing sun, almost naked”. This shows a somewhat compelling idea about our existence, along with our compel to the color red. I found that interesting as well because of our tendency to spill blood for things we desire, and for temporary luxuries.
Though it fully describes the basics of our shell as a species, I also find it interesting that this story lacks the description on how complex the body is. We as humans understand the many functions that our bodies possess, and we also understand that describing what we look like does not describe who we are, for we are individuals.
Lastly, the story talks of death as a beautiful thing that we respect greatly. We as people know that what we are respecting is the life that individual lead and the body they used through their life being left behind. It describes that we are all temporary, and we know it, so we look for ways to benefit ourselves in the time we have.
I think that this piece was a very good intro to science fiction piece because it takes humanity and looks at it with skepticism. Our day to day activities become unusual to our own eyes, and I find that to be science fiction; it is an invented story that creates controversy, skepticism, and rearranges our thoughts of the usual to make it unusual. I did like this story very much because I thought it was very well thought out.

Science Fiction Blog #1

My name is Dylan Gordon, I am a senior this year at Arapahoe High School this year, and during this last semester, I am in Mr. Allen's Science Fiction Class.
I have lived in Colorado all of my life and I love everything about it. Often, I go to the mountains with my family and/or friends and hike, camp, ski, and sometimes hunt. Other than that, I love sports including swimming, track (pole vaulting), and I like to play tennis for fun in the summer. My favorite sport of all time, however, is football. I watch football A LOT, and I spend my Sundays with my family watching the NFL. Along with sports, I play the flute with numerous different groups and I have been performing since I was ten years old. Another hobby is that I love horses, working with them, riding them, and just being around them. In my family, I have my mom, my dad, an older brother, a younger brother, and four younger sisters. When I'm older, I want to go into the medical feild, but I am still unsure whether I want to become a nurse, an OT, a PA, or a doctor. I guess I'll know all in good time.
My first experience in science fiction was when I was a little girl and I saw star wars for the first time. I loved the mystery surrounding the plot, and I loved the idea of forces, and obscure creatures. Since them, I have always loved Harry Potter, and other stories like it that are fantacies and invole imagination.
To me, that is what science fiction is. It is the world that exists beyond our own, one we cannot see, we can only imagine it. I brings a sence of curiosity to me, and I want to take this class because I find it very interesting, exotic, facinating.