F+Block+Feeling+of+Power+Questions

Jack Kim Literal: What was 'father''s job? Inferential: What perspective was this story written? Evaluative: What does each of the places and things in this story symbolize?
 * By the Waters of Babylon**

Andrew Park
 * Literal -- Who is the main character with?
 * Inferential -- What are the congressmen planning to do?
 * Evaluative -- By reading this short story, do you really think that this can be the possible future of this world?

Ms. Porter
 * Literal -- What are the different types of power in this story?
 * Inferential -- Which of these powers does the author seem to respect more?
 * Evaluative -- Prioritize the powers. What do we learn about our own values and the author's based on this prioritization?

Kyu Park
 * Literal -- Who is the discoverer of math without computers in the story?
 * Inferential -- For what other reasons should people develop math without computers?
 * Do you also believe people would at one point become powerless without a computer at one point? What examples around us shows this to be true or untrue?

** __Literal Question__  ** **1.** ** What two entities were at war with each other? **
 * Claire Y.**

__Inferential Question__ ** 1. ** What is the approximate setting of the story (time period and place)?

__Evaluative Questions__  **1.** Aub claimed that he committed suicide because he “cannot face the responsibility involved in having invented graphitics” (p. 9) (graphitics, which became the subject/origin of potential abuse, death, and destruction). Was this justification for his suicide reasonable? Why or why not?  **2.** To these characters (except Aub) what is the role and value of human if computers are doing the computation for them, and they think that humans are “more dispensable than a computer”? (p. 9)

Michael Cho Feeling of Power Questions

Austin Yoo Feeling of Power Questions


 * Jenny Kim**
 * Literal -- What purpose was the computer used for?
 * Inferential -- What is the author trying to convey? (What is the author’s important lesson or important value of life in this story?)
 * Evaluative -- What do we learn from or what do you think about Aub committing suicide/ others keeping their plan for missiles, even after Aub’s death?

__**Jay Jeong**__

Literal -- Who created the robot? Inferential -- Is there another reason Aub committed suicide? Evaluative -- What was the cause of this war and what will be the outcome?

Justin Ko Feeling of Power Questions

Yunji L Feeling of Power Questions Michelle Park

Literal - What is Aub's job?

Inferential: What is the author trying to say by showing an extremely nervous Aub?

Evaluative: What does the story say about manpower and relying on the use of technology?

**Sung-Woo Cho**

Literal Question: What is the goal of the General Weider? Inferential Question: What is the setting of this story? Evaluative Question: What does General replacing computers with human symbolizes? =**Chris Kim** =


 Literal - Why did Aub commit suicide?

Inferential Question- When Aub commits suicide, what is he trying to express?

Evaluative Question - How does the story teach us out our laziness and out way of accomplishing work today?


 * Joshua Park**

Literal - What is being described as 'fool proof' in the story? Inferential - How are congressmen characterized in the story? Evaluative - What is one of the fear in this story, and how does that fear relate to our life?

__Literal:__ What is Aub's specific occupation, and what does that job do? __Inferential:__ What is the the author trying to express when making Aub commit suicide? __Evaluative:__ Is the author totally disagreeing on the development of technology? or is he just trying to warn the readers on how dangerous technology can be?
 * Brendan Ryu

Insun Choi **** LITERAL - What is Myron Aub's characteristic? INFERENTIAL - Why is the society of dependable to computer a problem? EVALUATE - Why is it beneficial to know how to multiplying and other mathematical processes?

Jack Kim **
 * Literal Question
 * 1) What is the main character's name?
 * 2) What did Shuman use to calculate?
 * 3) What did Aub use to calculate?
 * Inferential Question
 * 1) What year is this story taking place?
 * 2) Why was the President surprised?
 * 3) From what did Shuman feel satisfaction?
 * Evaluative Question
 * 1) Why do you think Aub took some time calculating the numbers?
 * 2) What were the two divided opinions of the people in the story about the 'replacement'?
 * 3) Why did Loesser not like humans relaxing their hold on computers?