Thinksheet Questions

1. On Abbott's Flatland: Do you think there should be another dimension or world after the last one Abbott describes?  Why/why not? If yes, what would it be like?  Due Monday, 9/13.  All subsequent thinksheets are due on the Wednesday after they are assigned.

2. On Gilman's Herland:  How does Gilman's use of the utopian model differ from Abbott's?  How are they similar?

3. What do you think of the end of 1984?  How do you feel about the way Orwell leaves things? 

4. On Butler's Parable of the Sower: Explain the significance of the novel's title.  Does this choice make sense?  Why/why not?

5. On Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Explain the significance of the novel's title.