1. a) One of the telepathic characters in the novel was named Michael. Unlike many others, Michael’s parents chose to send him to a real school. By doing this, all of the other kids are able to learn with him, through telepathy. As the children began to learn with Michael their lives became more complicated. The children learned that their special gift was thought to be the same level of deviation as Sophie’s six toes. From this discovery, the kids learned that they had to keep that area of themselves under wrap making their lives more complicated. Most kids in Waknuk and the surrounding area were not as educated as Michael and the others. Having this education gave the group more knowledge than most elders. The group had to be careful not
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c) With all of this information, we can see why Joseph Strorm may not have wanted his children to be educated, but we will pinpoint a few reasons. Joseph was the leader of Waknuk, which meant that he had to set many of the standards including: what you should know, how you should act, what you should believe in, etc. If his own children became educated they may have started to voice their own opinions on how he should run Waknuk, which would make Joseph feel self-conscious or angry that they disagree with him. Joseph’s children may have discovered that the way their father ran Waknuk was very strict and bias. We learn in the novel that Joseph is the second generation Storm that has led Waknuk. “[Joseph’s] faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews, and both responded to a mind richly stored with examples from the bible and … Repentances.” (As stated on page 16). Next in line was David, but if David were to learn that there are other beliefs and ways to run things he might have changed Waknuk’s customs and practices. This could leave Joseph feeling disrespected or shamed. Throughout the novel, Joseph’s children learn that there is more to the world than they were ever exposed to or had heard of. The children learn of this through telepathy with the Sealand woman, but they could have acquired this information through an education. If this were the case the Storm children may leave Waknuk to find the …show more content…
We may not be driven enough to break down all of the language and religious barriers, but it is possible. When it comes to the mind and telepathy it is impossible for our brains accomplish. So, for our time we are “full humans”, unlike her comment suggests. Throughout the novel, the Sealand woman’s statements conflicted and caused her to become a “semi-hypocrite.” As mentioned in the previous text the Sealand woman calls us “ingenious half humans…” Later in the novel she talks about how each race or species is the better, more advanced version of its predecessors. So at one end of the spectrum she is calling us savages, dumb, and half- humans and at the other end we are the important building blocks for her own species (no us = no her). In the surrounding dialogue of this statement, on page 156, the Sealand women expressed “…we can make the world better than the Old People did”; but if we look back upon our history we have improved drastically since the cavemen and their predecessors. Therefore, her opinion may have been better worded or better not
c) With all of this information, we can see why Joseph Strorm may not have wanted his children to be educated, but we will pinpoint a few reasons. Joseph was the leader of Waknuk, which meant that he had to set many of the standards including: what you should know, how you should act, what you should believe in, etc. If his own children became educated they may have started to voice their own opinions on how he should run Waknuk, which would make Joseph feel self-conscious or angry that they disagree with him. Joseph’s children may have discovered that the way their father ran Waknuk was very strict and bias. We learn in the novel that Joseph is the second generation Storm that has led Waknuk. “[Joseph’s] faith was bred into his bones, his principles were his sinews, and both responded to a mind richly stored with examples from the bible and … Repentances.” (As stated on page 16). Next in line was David, but if David were to learn that there are other beliefs and ways to run things he might have changed Waknuk’s customs and practices. This could leave Joseph feeling disrespected or shamed. Throughout the novel, Joseph’s children learn that there is more to the world than they were ever exposed to or had heard of. The children learn of this through telepathy with the Sealand woman, but they could have acquired this information through an education. If this were the case the Storm children may leave Waknuk to find the …show more content…
We may not be driven enough to break down all of the language and religious barriers, but it is possible. When it comes to the mind and telepathy it is impossible for our brains accomplish. So, for our time we are “full humans”, unlike her comment suggests. Throughout the novel, the Sealand woman’s statements conflicted and caused her to become a “semi-hypocrite.” As mentioned in the previous text the Sealand woman calls us “ingenious half humans…” Later in the novel she talks about how each race or species is the better, more advanced version of its predecessors. So at one end of the spectrum she is calling us savages, dumb, and half- humans and at the other end we are the important building blocks for her own species (no us = no her). In the surrounding dialogue of this statement, on page 156, the Sealand women expressed “…we can make the world better than the Old People did”; but if we look back upon our history we have improved drastically since the cavemen and their predecessors. Therefore, her opinion may have been better worded or better not