Quiz:
1.) How does Anderson's story end? (He dies of the plague that originated in his own factory)
2.) What happens to the city? (Kenya blows up the wall as an act of rebellion and the city floods)
3.) Who helps Emiko achieve her dream? (Dr. Gibbons makes her able to reproduce and be with her own kind)
4.) What does Hock Seng hope to steal from Anderson? (The blue prints for the Kink Spring [fails])
Discussion Question:
Do you think that there are serious moral implications to Gibbons giving the New People the ability to reproduce?
•Not human/ more advanced (fearful)
Do you think that the world would fall into this state of anarchy and separatism if the world flooded?
Comments/ Midterm Report:
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-windup-girl.html
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/12/interstellar-final-blog-post.html?showComment=1544506826309#c8954473014246871829
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-collapse-of-western-civilization.html?showComment=1544507146481#c132422607422524630
Comments/ Midterm Report:
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/10/the-windup-girl.html
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/12/interstellar-final-blog-post.html?showComment=1544506826309#c8954473014246871829
https://envirojpo.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-collapse-of-western-civilization.html?showComment=1544507146481#c132422607422524630
1. There are always "serious moral implications to...the ability to reproduce," by any species - old or "New" - capable of moral reflection and choice.
ReplyDelete2. Let's hope we never find out.