Challenge 1009

Two Out of Seven

In Dianne Majzoub’s Chipping Away: How can the kind of cannibalism practiced in the story come as a surprise to people like Dotty and Mel?
In Gary Inbinder’s Is He Real?
1. Is who or what “real”?
2. To whom or what is Nemo’s request for “daily bread” addressed? Why do the robots react as they do?
3. In Matthew 10:34-36, does Jesus make a prophesy, a threat or a statement of fact? Is the “sword” that he sends literal or figurative? If literal, who actually wields the sword?
4. Does the disturbance at the end come from Heaven, Hell or humanity? What does the disturbance portend?
In Ron Sanders’ The Robot Says Go: Why is “The robot says go” repeated four times in the refrain? Is the robot igniting road rage by showing a four-way green light to explosively impatient drivers?
In Erica Evans’ Sloth: The pig has traditionally been a folk symbol for the sins of greed and sloth. In what have all the sins been traditionally incarnated?