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Little Brother by Bruce Holland Rogers is a short story told in 5 parts about a boy named Peter who receives a realistic baby doll named Little Brother as a gift. Peter discovers that Little Brother can see, hear and feel when he turns off its power. Peter becomes annoyed with how his mother pays more attention to Little Brother than him. In the climax, Peter turns off Little Brother's power and threatens to hide it after it breaks one of his toys. His mother scolds and punishes him. The story explores early ideas about human-like robots and relationships with technology from a child's perspective.

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Little Brother by Bruce Holland Rogers is a short story told in 5 parts about a boy named Peter who receives a realistic baby doll named Little Brother as a gift. Peter discovers that Little Brother can see, hear and feel when he turns off its power. Peter becomes annoyed with how his mother pays more attention to Little Brother than him. In the climax, Peter turns off Little Brother's power and threatens to hide it after it breaks one of his toys. His mother scolds and punishes him. The story explores early ideas about human-like robots and relationships with technology from a child's perspective.

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Little Brother by Bruce Holland Rogers

Part I

1. What kind of toy is Little Brother™ ? What does ™ mean?


Baby doll, ™ = trade mark

2. What do you think ‘babbling’ means?


Sound word of baby talk

3. What happened when Peter hugged Little Brother?


He found out about the button, and Peter pushed it. Then the little brother was
limp on the floor, as lifeless as any doll.

Part II

4. How did Peter’s mother stop Little Brother from crying?


Bounced him on her knee and told him “what a good boy he was”

5. What do you think wrinkled up means?


to make the skin on your face form into lines or folds

6. What does the last line make you think?


“Peter thought at first” but I think this little brother toy has a secret.

Part III

7. What funny things did Little Brother do at first?


Peter put all the torn wrapping paper in the wagon, and little brother took it out
again and threw it on the floor.

8. What do you think ‘grabbed hold of’ means?


Grab it strongly

9. What do you think Peter’s idea was?


Turn off little brother.
Part IV

10. Why didn’t Peter’s mother even look at the tower?


Because the tower is not important to my mom.

11. What makes Little Brother a different kind of toy?


When we turn off his power, he can see, hear, and feel.

12. Why did Peter feel annoyed with his mother?


He was treated as more important than Peter's tower, which was just a toy, and
because his mother didn't understand Peter's feelings.

13. What do you think is going to happen next?


He turns off the power and Little Brother is thrown away.

Part V

14. What did Peter do to Little Brother after he broke the fire engine?
Turned off his power.

15. How did his mother react?


She told Peter why he turned off Little Brother, never to turn him off again.

16. What did Peter threaten to do?


He said he turned off his power and hid it in a deep place that his mother couldn't
find.

17. How did Peter’s mother punish him for his behavior?
She grabbed his arm and spun him around. The spanking would come next.

18. Do you think Little Brother or Little Sister may exist in the future?
I think so. The world is growing and developing faster.

19. Why might people want to have them?


This is because there are many people who can't have children due to personal
reasons, want a younger brother, or are lonely.

20. Do you think it’s a good story?


Why? Why not?
I think the problem of the future, the problem of the robot, was seen from the
child's perspective. That's why I don't think it's a normal fairy tale. It's a good
story.

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