Yet none of it struck him quite as much as the sensation that there was someone or something else in that grim room, both unseen and present, and coming for him as much as for anybody.
Ends on a disturbing note.
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“Look, that’s the little sis. Saw it all. Poor little thing.”
How did she die? Why does Aggie not mention that she saw her sister's death?
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He would meet the President! He would shake the President’s hand.
He is not actually meeting the President. It is a simulation in his game.
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From the age of six months, when he was first enrolled in the school, he had hit every mark that Pathways expected of its pupils—walking, talking, divesting, monetizing, programming, augmenting
Another example of a futuristic society. Schooling begins as early as 6 months old, and important milestones include walking and talking. Schooling in this day and age begins at around 5 years old.
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ideologues,
ideologues: an impractical idealist/theorist
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We’re going to a laying out.
What does this mean? Is she dead? Is it a funeral?
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It was his first time at this level. Another world began to construct itself around Bill Peek, a shining city on a hill.
How can he be playing a video game and walking along the beach at the same time? Can he only see one scene or does the video game incorporate his surroundings into the scenes?
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The boy blinked twice more; he did not care much for history.
He seems to get easily distracted by either himself, his own thoughts, or the woman and the girl.
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He was simply global, accompanying his father on his inspections, though usually to livelier spots than this.
The story mentioned earlier that his father was an inspector and it hinted that he was supervising the men in charge of monitors. What are the monitors for and why do they need inspection?
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“Got something in his hands—or thinks he does.”
The toy the boy is playing with seems to be some sort of simulation-type machine.
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Same went for the girl: never left the country, eighty-five-per-cent chance of macular degeneration, an uncle on the database, long ago located, eliminated.
How does the narrator seem to know these statistics about the girl? Are they related, or maybe friends?
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Forty-nine years old, type O, a likelihood of ovarian cancer,
The narrator mentioned in the above paragraph that the woman was very old, but 49 does not seem old at all. Nowadays, a senior is usually considered 60-65+.
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girl child
Same phrase as seen in "Barbie Doll" by Margie Percy. Is the meaning behind it the same?
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Invent real tears, hard love, slow-spoken, ancient words, difficult as a child’s first steps across a room.
Very powerful last sentence. Seems to pronounce today's society as shallow and lacking in depth and emotion.
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Invent us as we were before our bodies glittered and we stopped bleeding:
The author seems to dislike the idea of a futuristic society and is almost pleading for things to go back to the way they were, or the old times.
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The genre is dead. Invent something new.
Ironic how the author says the genre of science fiction, one can assume, is dead when we live in a society that continuously focuses it's energies on advancements. Science fiction is about the invention of new, exciting, futuristic things.
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We are beginning to live forever, in lightweight, aluminum bodies
The average lifespan of someone today reaches a much higher number than it did even 50 years ago. This can be due to the advancement of technology.
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Muzak.
Muzak - refers to background noise or "elevator music"
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We are the gods who can unmake the world in seven days.
Can possibly be referring to the damage we have done to the Earth throughout the years - pollution, global warming, war, etc.
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In the Great American Indian novel, when it is finally written, all of the white people will be Indians and all of the Indians will be ghosts.
This may suggest the conquering of a preexisting society. The white man takes over and the previous society is lost.
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should express deep affection in a childlike way.
Often times, innocence is associated with children.
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obviously from horse cultures.
Repeated phrase again. A society in which horses are popular, probably for transport, contradicts a society in which cars are driven very fast. Is the author suggesting the Indian society is not as technologically advanced?
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There must be one murder, one suicide, one attempted rape. Alcohol should be consumed. Cars must be driven at high speeds.
Between whom? A white man and an Indian woman? An Indian man and a white woman? Why must this happen? Suggests a dysfunctional society or a society in which the two groups may not get along.
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Indian men, of course, are storms.
Wording is interesting. The author seems to assume the audience knows Indian men are storms and he is just reiterating this idea.
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If she is compared to murky water, however, then she must have a secret. Indians always have secrets, which are carefully and slowly revealed.
What kinds of secrets are these? If all Indians have secrets, then how is that one Indian woman compared to "brown hills, mountains, fertile valleys..." and not murky water? Have her secrets been revealed? Perhaps this has something to do with purity.
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blue veins running through his skin like rivers.
This is one of many references to nature. However, the author mentions the white skin of the white man and the brown skin of the Indian woman before he makes these comparisons.
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preferably from a horse culture.
This phrase is repeated twice - what is its significance? Note how this origin from "horse culture" is preferred and not mandatory.
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If the hero is an Indian woman, she is beautiful.
How can someone be beautiful with such "tragic" features? The author seems to be contradicting himself.
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All of the Indians must have tragic features: tragic noses, eyes, and arms. Their hands and fingers must be tragic when they reach for tragic food.
What is the significance of the word tragic? It is an odd word to describe the physical features of someone or something It is usually used to describe a situation
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Touching the derivation of the name Vondervotteimittiss, I confess myself, with sorrow, equally at fault.
What does the narrator believe he is at fault for?
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Uplifting an axe, and forgetting, in my wrath, the childish dread which had hitherto stayed my hand, I aimed a blow at the animal which, of course, would have proved instantly fatal had it descended as I wished. But this blow was arrested by the hand of my wife.
Is it possible that Poe's wife was aware of his cruelty towards their animals? Is this her first discovery of it and her first interference?
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It is impossible to describe, or to imagine, the deep, the blissful sense of relief which the absence of the detested creature occasioned in my bosom.
Why did Poe become so disgusted with the cats specifically? What came of the other animals he and his wife owned?
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sagacious
sagacious: having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgement
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Fiend Intemperance
This refers to the "devil" or the immoderate drinking of alcohol. After some research, there are a few different speculations concerning the reason Poe was inclined to drink: fears and anxieties, physical symptoms and a nervous disposition.
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we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of these United States.
This document was written in 1848, supposedly granting women various rights and privileges, but it wasn't until 1920 that women were granted the right to vote. So, what did these rights include?
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