https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1 Short Story Semester Project en-us 2017-05-14 03:20:35 UTC 2025-09-27 08:20:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171746442 2017-05-15 05:05:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171746442 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171993123 2017-05-16 03:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171993123 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171993406 Definition of 20th Century Literature: Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century.

Genre: Science Fiction because in the story there are people living on the moon.  It is an imagined future space travel.

The following text from the story supports this view.
"I had already been offered the post of Deputy Director, Farside Observatory. "
"I could stay on Earth and abandon my career. Or I could go to the moon."

Time:  This story was written by a famous 20th Century Science Fiction Author.  He wrote several different short stories during this time that is considered 20th century literature.

Protagonist: the astronomer, he is the narrator of the story about himself

Antogonist: himself

The following text from the story supports this view.
The conversations he has in his mind about his decision to go to the moon or not. In the text he says "so I missed the sight of Earth dropping below the horizon. Nor was I really sorry; I wanted no reminders, and intended to think only of the future. Yet I could not shake off that feeling of guilt; I had deserted someone who loved and trusted me"

Central Conflict: the decision that has to be made by the protagonist to go to the moon or stay with the pet

The following text from the story supports this conflict
"I could stay on Earth and abandon my career. Or I could go to the Moon - and abandon Laika."
"No sane man would have hesitated over the matter, yet I did hesitate,"

Theme:  Love being unbreakable is the theme of this story.  The astronomer could have given Laika away but tried to spend as much time with her as possible.  She was his best friend.

The following text from the story supports this view.
when he finds out she has died "She had just lost interest in living, it seemed. For a while, I think I did the same; but work is a wonderful anodyne."
"wish the dream could have lasted a few seconds longer - so that I could have looked just once more into those luminous brown eyes, brimming with an unselfish, undemanding love I have found nowhere else on this or any other world."

Climax: When the astronomer is woken up from the dream of Laika and the lunarquake happens 


 ]]> 2017-05-16 03:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171993406 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171998308 The great space race between the United States and Russia was going on around the time that the author was writing this story and other Science Fiction stories. The talk about space observatories and other future possibilities in space travel were being discussed and dreamed about. These different conversations influenced the writing that Clarke did. There was a space dog named Laika from Russia that inspired the name of the dog character in this story. ]]> 2017-05-16 04:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171998308 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171999051 2017-05-16 04:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171999051 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171999838 The dog in the story is a German Shepherd.  This is what a German Shepherd dog looks like.  
In the story the description of Laika is "She was a beautiful animal, about ninety-five per cent Alsatian." ]]> 2017-05-16 04:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/171999838 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/172000069 Morgan Freeman would be good to play as the astronomer because he has a great narrative ability to explain the philosophy in astronomy.  He has a fantastic voice that would be good for hearing himself think and remember through the story. ]]> 2017-05-16 05:01:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/172000069 2017parkermm https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/172000727 The main setting of the story is in an observatory on the moon.  The astronomer is remembering his time on Earth with his dog while living on the moon.  This might be what a building on the moon would look like.     ]]> 2017-05-16 05:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/172000727 https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402915964 2019-10-26 19:00:38 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402915964 https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402916290 2019-10-26 19:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402916290 https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402916310 2019-10-26 19:04:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2017parkermm/3fqe2mvh0zy1/wish/402916310