Scythe padlet by https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s Nora Locken en-us 2020-10-06 21:25:53 UTC 2025-12-23 22:54:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Society is perceived to be under constant supervision noralocken https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808456672 In Scythe we know that there are public cameras (streetcams) that are recording directly to the Thunderhead, a apparatus that is the know-all of society. ]]> 2020-10-06 21:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808456672 A strong protagonist that is shaped by their current situation noralocken https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808477798 In the case of Scythe, we have two strong protagonists, Rowan and Citra. They come to be pitted against each other as apprentices that are competing to become scythes. They leave behind their former selves as citizens and instead are immersed in training to be a scythe and to detach from the rest of society.]]> 2020-10-06 21:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808477798 Society has a fear of the natural world noralocken https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808495773 In this story, it is mentioned that the former mortal world loved nature -- even though nature was what ultimately took human life. As H.S. Goddard wrote of scythes in his gleaning journal, "We are now a force greater than nature" (Shusterman 202).]]> 2020-10-06 21:54:17 UTC https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808495773 Society is an illusion of the perfect utopia noralocken https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808500527 In the society in which Scythe takes place it is thought that there is no longer the anxiety of death because disease and accidents from the Age of Mortality have been eradicated. People no longer need to fear aging because they can simply turn back the clock, "turn the corner," and become young again.]]> 2020-10-06 21:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808500527 Appeal of dystopian novel to youth noralocken https://padlet.com/noralocken/lm7s5vmgmcnflv6s/wish/808526106 My hunch is that youth of today love dystopian novels because they  feel like they are living in too controlled of a world and love to explore how the protagonists of these novels overcome that. The storytelling of these YA dystopian novels also provide quite a hook -- they are exciting! They keep you reading to find out the conclusion and portray youth able to tackle these complicated problems with skills of their own. What's not to love?! :-)

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