Mason Pocklington - Bloodchild - Assessment
1. What is your reaction to the text you just read? The first noticeable attribute to the story was how well it fit into the science fiction category. By using well-known category labels like dropping the reader directly into a situation, conversation or event without providing any backstory whatsoever, the reader immediately understood what kind of literature this is. What's satisfying about both this story and the overall umbrella of science fiction literature is the duality of reading a piece of science fiction. One part of the experience is reading and enjoying the novel, but the other part is simply understanding and being able to quickly adapt to situation, events and even words that aren't in the English language. Another enjoyable factor in the book is the idea of humans being submissive to an overpowering force. This idea is a solid way to draw readers into the literature, because this concept is one that the audience doesn't deal with on a daily basis, in real