• Chose one of these questions, or you may combine several, or you may use only part of one, or you may modify one. If you combine questions, you must combine them, not just put them together into separate sections. You need to write one unified essay. This is a paper, not a quiz, so the emphasis is on thinking and writing, not just "answering the question." Remember to refer to at least some of the stories from the book, the discussion board postings, and the websites which are linked in the module.
• Go back to the discussion boards, and post ideas and issues you are thinking about for your paper. Suggest some questions I didn't include.
• Take a look at the "Tips for Writing Assignments" in the Writing Assignments section above.

This paper will be due before 9 AM on Friday, April 11
NO late papers!

Questions for Module Six

1. Analyze Terminator 2, in terms of the Grandfather Paradox and time travel, or the issues we looked at earlier in the course dealing with creators and creations.
2. Why are stories of time travel so appealing? What is that intrigues you (and so many others) about traveling to another time.
3. Compare stories of time travel to the future and time travel to the past. What makes these stories different from each other? What elements do they have in common?
4. I have a time machine. It can not send people back or forward in time, but it can send written messages. I will give you one free sample, for a limited time only. You can send a your written message to whenever you like. Write a letter to people in the past, or the future. What would you like to know? What would you like them to know about our time?
5. Think of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court or the more recent (and terrible) film Black Knight, or some other examples from film or literature. Why are some historical periods so very attractive to contemporary audiences? Name some of these periods, and discuss their attraction.
6. What remains the same throughout history? You may have heard the French phrase, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose," (the more things change, the more they remain the same). How true is this? Why?
7. Think of historical characters or events that you've learned about. Try to pick some that are somehow important to you. Then do some web research. Find a link to some information about your chosen character or event. Imagine travelling to see that time or person. What does your imagination reveal about you? (I know, this was on the discussion board, but not too many people really did the web research.)