Robot Dreams question set

a-          Who are the characters (humans and non humans) in the story?

b-          Here is a list of events mentioned in the story. Put them in chronological order.

(1) Linda sends for DrCalvin.

(2) Linda gives the robot human-style vocabulary and tells him about robotics.

(3) Elvex keeps dreaming.

(4) Dr Calvin kills Elvex.

(5) Linda uses fractal geometry to make the robot more complex.

(6) Elvex relates the nature of his dreams.

(7) Elvex decides he has been dreaming.

(8) Elvex tells Linda he has been dreaming.

c. 1- What literary genre does the story belong to? What elements make you think so?

D.  The story is based on the 3 laws of robotics. Can you list them here?

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e. Discuss at least two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of this futuristic world partly inhabited by robots.

f. List all the words which show that Elvex dreams of robots as if they were human beings.

g. What is Elvex’s reaction to the condition of these robots in the dream? What does he say in his dream?

Thought Essay

h. Should robots have rights?