This story, I believe, illustrates how dads feel about their daughters getting married. I think that the dad in this story took it well that his daughter was marrying an alien. He makes assumptions about his daughter's fiancee- like parts of him in the refridgerator regenerating. I think that all dads do this. They feel that when their daughters get married, they are losing their daughters. After all, the minister usually asks the father, "Who gives this bride away?" I think that dads are totally legitimate in feeling this way- as long as it doesn't get out of hand.
Charissa -- You make a good point about the father-daughter connection depicted in the story.
Emily -- You're right that the story didn't seem as SFnal, thought there were some subtle extrappolations in the story. You're observant to note that hector (the narrator) hasn't really changed his attitude much at the end of the story (of course, here's a guy who charged his twin brother interest on a loan...).
Zach -- Good, concise statement of one of the story's themes.
This story is different than many stories we have read and probably will read. It develops characters a lot more. There's not as much technology and space travel as we have seen. In the story we know that the daughter is dating and soon to marry an alien, and that's about as "science fiction-esque" as it gets. I liked the story because of this-- less techie stuff. We can really develop a theme for the story. I feel the theme is daughters rebel from their overprotective fathers all the time. Fathers in this world try to shelter their children from everything bad out there. In reaction to this the daughters act directly against what their fathers taught them. The author is trying to let the world know that fathers need to let their kids live their lives. Protecting them only surpresses feelings that will later be expressed. The author thinks parents should teach their kids, not show their kids.
Ben K -- You make a good point about the theme of the story. True, it isn't as "Techie" as some of the other ones. Still, it does include space travel, breathing masks, artificial grass, and an automated kitchen. the extrapolations aren't a main focus of the story, but they're there.
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This story, I believe, illustrates how dads feel about their daughters getting married. I think that the dad in this story took it well that his daughter was marrying an alien. He makes assumptions about his daughter's fiancee- like parts of him in the refridgerator regenerating. I think that all dads do this. They feel that when their daughters get married, they are losing their daughters. After all, the minister usually asks the father, "Who gives this bride away?" I think that dads are totally legitimate in feeling this way- as long as it doesn't get out of hand.
Charissa --
You make a good point about the father-daughter connection depicted in the story.
Emily --
You're right that the story didn't seem as SFnal, thought there were some subtle extrappolations in the story. You're observant to note that hector (the narrator) hasn't really changed his attitude much at the end of the story (of course, here's a guy who charged his twin brother interest on a loan...).
Zach --
Good, concise statement of one of the story's themes.
This story is different than many stories we have read and probably will read. It develops characters a lot more. There's not as much technology and space travel as we have seen. In the story we know that the daughter is dating and soon to marry an alien, and that's about as "science fiction-esque" as it gets. I liked the story because of this-- less techie stuff. We can really develop a theme for the story. I feel the theme is daughters rebel from their overprotective fathers all the time. Fathers in this world try to shelter their children from everything bad out there. In reaction to this the daughters act directly against what their fathers taught them. The author is trying to let the world know that fathers need to let their kids live their lives. Protecting them only surpresses feelings that will later be expressed. The author thinks parents should teach their kids, not show their kids.
Ben K --
You make a good point about the theme of the story. True, it isn't as "Techie" as some of the other ones. Still, it does include space travel, breathing masks, artificial grass, and an automated kitchen. the extrapolations aren't a main focus of the story, but they're there.
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