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Spirituality in the Novel

There are many ways fantasy novels can deal with social, moral, or spiritual issues in a way that young adults or even children can understand and relate to them. Harry Potter does an excellent job at this through many of the issues among the characters. Such as the most blatant and prominent issue between good and bad witches and wizards (Voldemort vs Harry) which can be seen as any good vs evil figures in life. However, there are other issues that aren't as blatantly obvious, such as the social issues of "mudblood". The word "mudblood" is a slang for a child born from one magical parent and one muggle. Hermione is a mudblood which is looked down upon those of "purebread" stature. This can be seen as a parallel to a bastard, or even just a lower class of people. There is also the way of dividing the kids into houses, which helps them build their own sense of structure, team, morals, and responsibilities that are hugely important to their growing up, ...
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Satirical Sci-fi

Satire has always been a favored "genre" of mine, and for this week's satirical sci-fi I rewatched the movie "Idiocracy". This is a fabulous movie for this genre because it still is a very real, yet horrifying and comedic, take on our future world. Although, it is truly a statement of the present times and our society today, like all satire. It illustrates what we prioritize in our world today, such as commercialism, food intake, and consumerism in general. It shows the toll our planet will take, due to our current treatment of it, and the consequences there in. "Idiocracy" portrays a semi-lighthearted, slightly crude take on the future enough that people are able to digest it, but still hide from the issues its dealing with. The in class movie, "Downsizing" I felt related back to "Idiocracy" in a very distinct way in dealing with the constant issue of the state of our planet, but took this stance in a different tone. There was ver...
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Assessment

1. What is your reaction to the text you just read? I am left feeling slightly uncomfortable after reading this short story, "Bloodchild." This seems to have an underlying analogy, from a metaphorical standpoint, but to what I am not too sure. Slavery? There seems to be many themes taking place, such as these insect-like Tlic using humanoid Terran to carry their young. But there seems to be an enslavement by the Tlic, making the Terran live on a "reserve" and only use them to carry their spawn. Super weird. 2. What connections did you make to this text? discuss the elements you connected with? Frankly, it was hard to connect with anything going on in this story. But if I were to go out on a limb, something that struck or resonated with me was how it was decided by the family and Tlic who the Tlic was going to implant their young in, the choice was usually taken away from the Terran carrying. This reminds me of in past older years when families decided who you ...
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