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The Widget, the Wadget, and Boff Study Guide

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by Theodore Sturgeon
About 19 pages (5,636 words)
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1. What are some published accounts of near-death experiences? Are they similar to what the characters in experience?

2. What is the my-whole-lifepassed-before-me phenomenon? Why does Sturgeon associate it with people who are drowning?

3. What are synapses and how are they associated with reflexes?

4. Is it possible for the mind to have reflexes the way the body does? What do scientists say?

5. What to scientific ethicists say about the morality of experimenting on human beings? What do they say about the morality of experimenting on animals?

The Widget, the Wadget, and Boff 6. What are some examples of currently "in" activities that advertisements and mass media say everyone who is normal should want to do?

How satisfying are these activities?

Which are worthwhile? Which hurt people.....

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The Widget, the Wadget, and Boff from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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