Re: My daughter got a bad grade on her Frankenstein paper

Post #436,796 by pwhysall 10/25/20 2:46:40 AM 10/25/20 2:46:40 AM Reply	Re: My daughter got a bad grade on her Frankenstein paper This was a literature class, right? A literary answer should have been given. Your daughter's answer is clever, and technically correct (although I'm not convinced that scientists think things through to the extent that is posited), but Frankenstein is a moral tale first, and science fiction second. I'm on the fence here. Daughter has dodged the question, but in an innovative way; but, fundamentally, she's failed to answer the question posed.
Post #436,799 by drook 10/25/20 2:34:15 PM 10/25/20 2:34:15 PM Reply	It wasn't explicitly stated before the fact That's the thing about teaching really old books. When the science is central to the story, and we now know that the science was all wrong, it's going to be hard for kids to get past that. -- Drew
Post #439,136 by CRConrad 5/19/21 3:51:47 AM 5/19/21 3:51:47 AM Reply	You seem to have quite fundamentally misunderstood the genre. PeeWee capaldis: ...but Frankenstein is a moral tale first, and science fiction second. Science fiction is a genre of moral tales. -- Christian R. Conrad The Man Who Apparently Still Knows Fucking Everything Mail: Same username as at the top left of this post, at iki.fi
Post #439,140 by pwhysall 5/19/21 8:26:25 AM 5/19/21 8:26:25 AM Reply	And? You're in firm r/confidentlyincorrect territory here.
Post #439,145 by crazy 5/19/21 1:08:43 PM 5/19/21 1:08:43 PM Reply	The man who knows effing everything is wrong "Genre of" indicates hierarchy and there's no way in hell sci-fi is within a hierarchy of moral tales. A sci-fi tale may be a moral tale but it doesn't have to be.

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