Question Answered step-by-step Why does it matter to the pilot that the stowaway is a girl? Barton… Why does it matter to the pilot that the stowaway is a girl? Barton is absolutely ready to murder a male stowaway, without hesitation or remorse. What difference does her gender make?How do our POV character Barton’s assumptions and feelings throughout the story about line up with traditional divisions between masculine and feminine?What comparisons are made between Earth (it’s culture and its laws) and the Frontier (with its “colder” culture and laws)? What is the relationship between these modes of being? What existing social systems and stereotypes of post-WW2, 1950s America is Godwin drawing on to make this comparison?Is there a “hero” in this story? Why or why not? If so, who is it? If not, why deny the audience a hero to root for?Some students expected a romance to develop between Barton and Marilyn, but it never does. Even if you didn’t expect this, what might lead people to expect it? How would the story be different if intimacy and eroticism became directly involved?What are some of the ways this story positions itself as “serious,” especially in comparison to something like Flash Gordon or Star Wars? Social Science Sociology LBS MISC Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)
