interstellar 6

 - So Many Things To Learn (Dune, Frank Herbert, 1965)

This text takes place in the castle of Caladan, before an important family leave for the planet of Arrakis. An old lady visits the queen's son. she mentions strange words like Kwisatz Haderach and Gom Jabbar. He has to know about it before going to Arrakis.

Protagonists:

- Paul Atreides, his mother and the old woman. 

Science-Fiction ?

It belongs to science-fiction : an imaginary planet (Arrakis, made of sand and rocks, full of giant worms). In addition, words are unknown, so we have so many things to learn, and it can also be about future advances / tech... - > Space Opera subgenre

- Are They A Reason For Going ? (Pale Blue Dot, Carl Sagan, 1997)

 It's written in the present and the future tense. It talks about wanderers / ancestors of humanity, their habits. It also evokes the future of humanity.

 
Protagonists:

- the wanderers (humans, humanity) 

Science Fiction ?

It has a link with 2001, A Space Odyssey : the past of humanity is connected to its future.

It's Just A Silly Dream (Childhood's End, Arthur C. Clarke, 1953)

It's about somebody who has a dream and thinks it's real. It's a boy who has the same dream all the time. This dream was about volcanoes, snow and mountains... about strange landscapes. 
Protagonists:

- Jeff, the boy, and his father, George. 

Science-Fiction

 It's all about alien landscapes and planets, and hallucinatory visions.

The Rocket (The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury, 1951)

It's the story of a man who likes rockets. It's a fiction about space. There's a grandpa who wants to go to space, and his son prefers cars. 

It starts with a man who loves watching rockets at night, and he meets with an old man who says that rockets are only for rich people. 

Protagonists:

Bodoni, Bodoni's family, and the old Bramante. 

Science-Fiction 

It's about rockets flying in the sky. There's a social aspect to the story (like with immigrants going to the USA in the late 19th century / early 20th century). 

An Insignificant Little Blue Green Planet (The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide..., Douglas Adams, 1983) 

This text talks about earth and humanity from the point of view from someone who is far from our planet. It's an excerpt from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Protagonists:

there's no actual protagonist. In the third paragraph the narrator talks about an anonymous girl, she could have been a hero, but she won't be.  

Science-Fiction

Space is very important in the text ; humour is important ; there's an alien perspective.

Homework:

tomorrow : read & understand the 4 other texts

for next Tuesday : Vocab test 2

for Wed. Oct 8th : 2 hour test