the fun they had BY Isaac Asimov

the fun they had BY Isaac Asimov. Name :- RAGHAV PAL.

About The AUTHOR. Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer who wrote or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. Isaac Asimov was the Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, the founder of robot ethics, and one of the world’s most prolific authors of fiction..

INTRODUCTION OF THE STORY. ▪ Isaac Asimov depicts a school system which is independent of human teaches and based on technical advance. The main advantage is the individual teaching which can train the personal talents. In this system there are no human mistakes and it is a perfect way to give every child the same knowledge and information. But there are some disadvantages, too. Human pupils do not learn like a computer. I think learning be a kind of fun, otherwise the probability of forgetting is higher. Studies have come to the result that you can learn things better if you have fun while you are learning..

THEME OF THE STORY. • 'The Fun They Had' is a short story that falls in the category of Science fiction and has the future year 2157 as its background setting. It takes us into a world where computers would play a major role in educating children. Isaac Asimov wrote this story in 1951 for a syndicated newspaper page. Later, 'The Fun They Had' was published in 'Fantasy and Science Fiction' magazine..

MESSAGE. • 'The Fun They Had' throws light on an interesting aspect of the technological world we will have in the future. Consequently, it is set in the future where two children discuss the way things functioned in the earlier days..

CONTENT ANALYSIS. • The story begins with two children named, Margie and Tommy. It takes place in the world of the future where computers dominate everything. Moreover, it also shows how the concept of schools and classrooms has transformed completely..

Content ANALYSIS -continues……. • After that, it takes an interesting turn when they discuss about schools. Margie learns that schools were very different back then. They had actual persons who were teachers. It is surprising because she has only robots which teach her. Moreover, she does not like school because of a lot of reasons. The school she studies does not have any classmates. In fact, it doesn't even have recess or playground..

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conclusion. THE FUN THEY HAD, illustrates how emerging technology is slowly taking precedence over various things around us. In the near future, it wouldn’t be surprising to see if human teachers are replaced by mechanical devices or robots..

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