Science fiction is a type of literature that is based upon a
made-up reality—a fantasy, if you will—of the future and technologically
advanced societies. The story, “Reality
Check,” by David Brin, has quite a few elements that qualify it as science
fiction. For one, the story takes place
some time in the distant future. We know
this because there is a reference to the past year of 2147 when “the last of
their race died.” Additionally, the
story begins by assuming the reader is some type of computer-human hybrid by
the way it requests the reader to “pattern-scan” the story “for embedded code
and check it against the reference verifier in the blind spot of [the] left
eye.” Further, the narrator discloses
toward the end of the story how his people have a “machine-enhanced ability to
cast thoughts far across the cosmos.” The
story represents a dystopian society, or at least a society that is deemed to
be failed and dystopian by the narrator.
This is evidenced by the narrator’s reference to his planet as “The
Wasteland” and how he discloses how much of his “population wallows in
simulated, marvelously limited sub-lives.” As the story concludes, it is made clear how
unhappy his society is when it is stated that they have been “snared in [a] web
of ennui.” Because of these loathsome
descriptions of his society, it seems quite impossible that the society could be
anything near a utopia thus could only be seen to be dystopian.
Answer:
Explanation:
momentum-is a physics term; it refers to the quantity of motion that an object has. A sports team that is on the move has the momentum. If an object is in motion (on the move) then it has momentum.
trajectory-the path followed by a projectile flying or an object moving under the action of given forces.
"the missile's trajectory was preset",route
projectile-a missile designed to be fired from a gun.
"the guns were deployed to flail the village with their one-ton projectiles
.impules-An impulse is a sudden force or desire — this could be an electrical impulse, or an impulse to get some pizza
air resistance-Air resistance is a force that is caused by air. The force acts in the opposite direction to an object moving through the air.
Answer:
B - From Beowulf's perspective, Grendel is a villain, but from Grendel's perspective, Hrothgar and the Danes are the villains.
Explanation:
In Beowulf, Grenal is called the 'loathsome newcomer' showing Beowulf's disdain for him while in Grendal, he explains that they had to work and pay Hrothgar while the Danes are hacking down trees and blistering the land.
Answer:
Someone who is a citizen in their local community
Explanation:
A citizen Journalist is a journalist that is a citizen in their Town or State, plus country. But there are many different types of journalist and they do many different things.
Answer:
Geologists admit that predicting geysers with complete accuracy is not possible.
Explanation:
Geysers are very fickle because it is not yet possible for geologists to accurately predict their functioning, with the exception of the Old Faithful geyser.
As you may already know, geysers function as a volcanic activity, however expelling jets of water and not lava. These water jets are caused when the pressure of the groundwater increases to the point of overcoming the pressure of the water column, the result of which is the high expansion of the groundwater that causes their expulsion to the surface.
