That teens are sarcastic and sometimes
evil or ironic is not new, but what happens
with discrimination and disregard of
those who are different. The Winning
award Bison Terry perfectly brings the latter concepts into awareness in
the short story ` They are made out of
meat´ in which two ageless aliens analyse human beings found in planet earth
and as teenagers do, the aliens are
tormented by `the other´. Later, as the
story develops, meat becomes an
issue.
After making a deep search throughout the
Cosmos, one of the aliens is going to tell to his comrade the analysis results of
this new specie. The most noticeable
feature is that they are made out of meat.
This piece of information comes as a
shock to the other alien and every detail of the new specie´s achievements and abilities
only increases the
unconscious disregard of all possible distinguishing feature of the new
`other´.
Adolescence is a time when prejudices
come up to the light as easy as words come out of the mouth and although the
age of the aliens remains unknown, many of the attitudes they have during the
story, resembles what teenagers
actually do in front of new ´others´. If
taking these ideas into account the story becomes enjoyable and it makes ponder
the reader about human behaviour
"...but what happens with discrimination and disregard of those who are different". I think there's an interrogation mark missing here, minor mistake, but I can't find any other! Good review!
ReplyDeleteOh I was thinking to ask about that! If it is a question there is an interrogation mark missing... and if it is a statement the idea is incomplete.
DeleteHi. I think that there is a problem with the aspect of the verb "go" in the following sentence, "After making a deep search throughout the Cosmos, one of the aliens is going to tell to his comrade the analysis results of this new specie." You should stick to the present simple, as you have been doing so far.
ReplyDeleteA good choice to keep on the present tense would have been the collocation:" is about to tell...". Thanks for having noticed!
ReplyDeleteI´m sorry but I don´t understand... why in the future? Remember that both phrases "is going to" and "is about to" refer to future time. And I think that the alien actually "tells" and shares the information with the other one. I agree with Mariana, if you are just retelling the situation you should stick to the simple present tense.
DeleteBy the way, I liked the title! Wise pun!
DeleteHi! I think that the first clause can be organised in a different way. As you have well suggested in another comment, we have to take into account the end-weight principle. Although you may do it on purpose, I think that the subject is too long for being at the beginning... and the "not new" fact may loose its effect (or its power). You can use an anticipatory it.
ReplyDeleteHi Alejandro! If you want to refer to "organisms", you should use "species" since this noun can be both singular and plural. "Specie" has a total different meaning.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm not sure about the possesive of "species." Is it "species's achievements" or "species' achievements"?
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