The Boy with The Missing Thumb

The Boy with The Missing Thumb

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Escaping Reality

Discussion Questions

Escape from a boring lifestyle

Escape from a difficult life - physical suffering, mental anguish, emotional abuse.

Man versus Machine

Why does the writer include a game in the story?

Is his thumb really missing?

Why does the writer mention evolution?

Why is he missing a thumb? Why not the other fingers?

Why can Gregory see his thumb in the hall mirror?

Escape out of curiosity

Ways of escape: Hobbies (Reading, Painting, Gaming). Yet these ways can also be extreme - Virtual Reality - games can be a complete escape - your life is created on a different platform, etc. More extreme ways of escaping reality: self-harm, madness, mental ways of coping - psychological breakdowns.

What does it mean to be human? Think about prosthetics and bionics.

Machines - are they superior to Man? What benefits can they provide?

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Fictional Worlds

Worlds that are created

Lord of the Rings (Middle Earth)

Divergent

Harry Potter: Hogwarts (Magical)

CGI (Computer Generated Imagery)

Six of Crows & Crooked Kingdom: Grishaverse http://www.grishaverse.com/world/

Virtual Reality

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Carry On & Wayward Son: Watford

The Dark Crystal: Thra (Fantasy)

The hunger games

What is the reason for his thumb to be missing?

His arm was being twisted inside the game as a player but why did it happen even in reality?

Distract themselves so they will forget about reality