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HSC English Extension 1 – SeminarElective 3: Science FictionWhere does your protagonist exist in the context of the story? Describe theimaginary world in which they live - what are the parameters? (in the future, in thepast, on another planet, in another reality/universe etc)How does your protagonist's world differ from ours? In what ways is it similar? Arethe similarities deliberate? Do you intend to use these similarities as a way ofcommenting on our own era and world? If so, what specifically do you want to say?How important is technology in the story of your protagonist? What does thetechnology allow him/her to do? How many details about the technology shouldyou include? Does your character understand the technology or are they merely auser of it with no notion of how it works or what it really does?Is technology in your character's story helpful or sinister?Does your protagonist come from this place originally? If not, here does he/shecome from and how did they come to be where they are now?Is there anything about your character that you could describe as a "science fictioncliché"? Is this deliberate and if so, why?How does your character help illustrate what you understand about the genre ofscience fiction?Module B: Texts and Ways of ThinkingElective 1: After the BombWhat specific “cold war” historical events have occurred during the time that yourcharacter has been alive? (eg. Did they live through WWII? Were they in the USAduring the Cuban missile crisis? Did they know about the Hungarian Uprisingagainst the Soviet Union in 1956? etc) How did these event affect the way theythink?Is your character politically motivated? If so to which side of the Left Wing/RightWing divide do they occupy? What is their attitude to those currently in power intheir own part of the world?Does your character subscribe to any philosophical movements prevalent duringthis period of history? (Existentialism, Marxism, Liberalism, Feminism etc) Howdoes this affect their interpretation of the events unfolding around them?24 | P a g e © K e l l y H e a t o n 2 0 1 2