“Hi Ho Cherry O”

 This game is related to the story because in the story the robot discovers what the game is and by looking up information about the game and watching a commercial that advertises the game. I also think that he tries to play the game with the wife but doesn’t know until she actually figures out what he’s trying to do. (I’m not sure about that part)(so correct me if I’m wrong).An S&M relationship (sadism and masochism) is described in the story when the wife notices that the robot is always sad and  the only time that it’s happy is when it is abused by the wife. I think the significance of the ending is to show that it relates  back to the game “Hi Ho Cherry O” and the wife wants to make sure that the robot knows that she won, not him. I think that the author is writing a dissertation on lost children board games because the essay discusses different types of board games that the kids would  play and in the story the robot was trying to play “Hi Ho Cherry O” with the wife. Based on the story I think in their world they rely on robots to do the housework for them just like maids.

Collections

For those of you who have turned in collections, I am starting to write you with grades. My comments at the end of the term are briefer than throughout. So if you want further feedback or would like to know how I arrived at your grade, then just write and ask. Also, the grades that I'm sending are just for the final collection, not the blog. I won't figure out your blog grades until next week when I will also calculate your final grades.

"Hi Ho Cherry-O" and etc.

This story, like "Nosedive," like The Handmaid's Tale, is sci-fi. How is it similar to those other texts? How different? What is its tone?

Here is Hi Ho Cherry-O the game:

How is this game related to the story? The narrator seems to be engaged in an S&M relationship with her robot. What is the significance of this? How is this relationship related to the relationship w/ her husband? What is the significance of the ending? Why is the narrator writing a dissertation on lost children's board games? (Did you recognize the other games that she mentions?) What is the home for the disembodied? Finally, based on the story, what is this world like? And like I've asked w/ the previous two sci-fi texts, what is this story saying about our world now that we live in?

Also for this week on the blog, I'd be interested in knowing what you learned this semester about yourself as a writer/reader/thinker. How do you think this experience will affect the writing and reading you do as you move forward in your college career and beyond?

Other announcements:

Only one of you posted to the blog this past week. This is not ideal for your final grade. I would make every effort to post this week at least four times.

I originally planned to have class readings on Thursday, our last class period. I still plan to do this in the virtual classroom from 2:10-3:30. Please do not be late as I will only hang around until 2:30 in an empty classroom. If you would prefer not to come to this class period, you can meet the requirement of the reading by recording yourself reading a selection of your work and posting it to the blog (you can insert a video by clicking on the clacker icon on the ruler to the left of the smiley face).

Reminder: The final collection is due this Thursday at 4 pm. If you cannot meet this deadline, then I urge you to drop the class by the end of the day on Thursday so that you don't get an F on your GPA. Since the collection is worth 60% of your final grade, it is impossible to receive a passing grade if you don't turn it in. If you neglect to drop the course by the deadline and you receive a failing grade, you can still transfer a class to C/NC up until 6/25. You can make either of these changes on CUNY First. If you decide to take either option, esp. if you receive financial aid, I would confer w/ your advisor before doing so.

Let me know if you have any questions.

"The Handmaids Tale" TV Show

• The world of "The Handmaids Tale" is a world where women are put into slavery and taken away from their children and are put through rape, violence which no women should be put through and also wear uniform to show that they are slaves 
• I think that the tv show has a say in the world we live in today because some women are still being treated like this and it hard for them to escape.
• I think that this silent protest actions represent the fact that some women are still wearing handmaids costumes because people protest for them to wear it and are still getting treated as salves.

"An Open Letter to White Women Concerning The Handmaid's Tale and America's Cultural Amnesia"

• The letter is addressed to Dakota, Jezebel, etc because they are the white women from The Handmaids Tale and was the ones who were called as White Feminist.

• The Indian Maiden's Tale is based on children that are being taken away from mothers and are put into boarding schools and are being treated just like in the tv show The Handmaids Tale.
• Yes i was surprised at how the women was treated during the The Indian Maiden's Tale because the Indigenous women suffered through violence and rape and also how they were treated in the boarding schools.
• The "America cultural Amnesia"is when their is a culture with bad memories and forgetting those specific things.
• i kind of understand the point of view because she is talking about both "The Handmaids Tale" and "The Indian Maiden's Tale" and how they both show the women getting taken away and deals with the suffer of violence and rape.
• the role of Samira Wiley, who is black, as the character Moira on The Handmaid's Tale does complicate this critique at all because she is black when in the show they based on White Feminist.

"An Open Letter to White Women..." and The Handmaid's Tale

Tomorrow, 5/05, during our class time, we will screen the first episode, Season 1, of The Handmaid's Tale. If you have Hulu, you can watch it on your own. If not, it will be important to show up in our virtual classroom tomorrow at 2:10 pm to view it. (Note: No one showed up last week. That's fine, but I won't screen the show to an empty room. If no one arrives by 2:30 pm tomorrow, then again, I won't show it. You'll have to watch it on your own.)

1. "An Open Letter to White Women Concerning The Handmaid's Tale and America's Cultural Amnesia":

• Why is this "letter" addressed to Dakota, Jezebel, etc.? Who are these women?
• What is The Indian Maiden's Tale?
• Why is Tiffany Midge "resisting the urge to cram [her] face into the couch pillows to keep from screaming"?
• Were you surprised by any information reported in this brief essay? 
• What is "America's Cultural Amnesia"? 
• Do you understand her point of view? Explain.
• Does the role of Samira Wiley, who is black, as the character Moira on The Handmaid's Tale complicate this critique at all? 

 2.  The Handmaid's Tale:

• What is the world of The Handmaid's Tale like?
• Like I said last week, most sci-fi is commenting on our world now. What does the show seem to say about the world we live in? 
•  Protestors in the US and across the world have donned handmaids costumes. What do these silent protest actions represent?

What questions do you have about the essay and/or TV show?

This week:

• Although there is no group critique this week, you still have to make four entries on the blog, at least two in response to your classmates. Many of you aren't doing this. You can't make this requirement up. 
• Reminder: Next Thursday, 5/14, at 4 pm is the last day that I'll take collections. Upload these to Blackboard. If you can't make this deadline, you should drop the class before then.

 Let me know if you have any questions.

Nosedive

- connections I can make about the episode and General unskilled is both using the number system on people and it both affecting the main character in the long run.

- The episode Nosedive  is a direct correlation of the world today and the connections we have towards our phones, Rather than people we seek validation from one another through numbers. we are hidden by this falls reality / persona not who we really are but the perfect life we want others to see online.Most of the black mirror episodes go over the idea of social media and the use of technology  I believe as time progresses we incorporate more ways to let it in our life, And technology will be used as a way to make life easier for us but can be seen as a way to stay connection it will disconnect us from genuine connection.

- I interpreted the ending as a way the main character is being set free. In the Last scene the main character is placed into a jail with no cell phone to check her score , through out the story you see her points and the events that lead to her losing them. You can see how the environment and people change around her all based on the points which don't value her as a person or herself but that is shown by numbers.