| What
is your initial reaction to the story? |
| Describe
the setting and the situation. |
| Characterize
AM. How did it get the way it is? What are its motivations? |
| Characterize
Ted, the narrator. How is he different from the other four survivors? |
Characterize
the other four humans:
- Gorrister
- Benny
- Nimdok
- Ellen
Differentiate among
them. |
| How
do the five humans interact with each other? |
They
have spent 109 years in the computer. Why is the passage of time is important
to AM?
Ted says that it
is not important to humans. Is it? |
| What
is Ted's motive for killing the others? Is he justified? Are Ted's actions
a positive or a negative response to the situation? |
| Explain
the story's title. What is the content of the "scream"? |
|
Of what significance to the story is the quotation ("I think, therefore I am") from the philosopher
Descartes? |
