The stories Fair Game,
The Father-Thing, We Remember It for You Wholesale, The Chromium Fence, and Pay
Check were very interesting and unsettling. A prominent feature of
these texts that caught my attention was the idea of reality. Something has to
be ‘real’ but we are left questioning what is. Are we who we say we are? Can we
trust our memories or those around us? Are we really at the top of the food
chain (so to speak) or is something else? Each of these texts creates its own questions
along these lines. They make you look deeper into what situations are going on
and what we really believe in. Many of the characters in these short stories began to question themselves, became scared or defensive, and did things they did not know they could (or would have).
Some significant parts of the text I saw are as follows. In Fair Game, Professor Douglas decides to
believe he’s being hunted by other-worldly beings for his intelligence when in
reality he’s a meal. In The Father-Thing the
children essentially take up arms against “body snatchers.” They are the protectors
in this scenario. The Chromium Fence
is futuristic and makes us think about what side we are on. Are our body
functions really a problem or are we in danger of caving to society? Would we
cave to the morphed crowds or be individualist? In We Remember It For You Wholesale the idea of implanted memories
creates uncertainty. Can we change our memories and still be ourselves? This leads
us to The Paycheck. The initial idea
of ‘blanking’ ones memory adds onto being able to alter one’s mind. Should we
be scared of the possibility because we may not be able to tell what is real or
not?
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