The short story Puppet Show is a great example of science fiction because it includes aliens, robots and futuristic concepts. The talking burro is very alien, the original extraterrestrial and the human were both robots, and there was a lot of technology mentioned that is very futuristic. It follows our definition of science fiction because many of the elements in the story are not a part of our society yet, but may be in the years to come.
Puppet Show has many examples of xenophobia. The first and most obvious example is the unknown creature that "visits" Earth to talk with the people. The citizen's reactions to this creature was a good example of showing a slight fear of unknown beings, even though they say that it was a very minor form of xenophobia. The second big example of xenophobia was that the human who seemed to be controlling the alien was also a puppet, and was being controlled by the burro, who could talk. A talking burro is very alien to humans, so it makes me wonder how the humans would have reacted if the story continued after the burro revealed himself as the puppet master.
I enjoyed Puppet Show by Fredric Brown. I thought it was a very imaginative and suprising story. Despite the title, I will admit that I never saw it coming when the alien dropped down. On top of that, I would have never predicted the human to drop down as well... And be controlled by a talking burro! I liked the story because it was unpredictable and really made me think.
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