I Sing the Body Electric story
A widower buys a robot grandmother to care for his children. Directed by: William F. Claxtonand James Sheldon. Story by: Ray Bradbury.
17 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 9 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| android | choice | A busy father arranged for a mechanical grandmother to rear his three children. |
| familial love | choice | Anne's mechanical grandmother proved that she was capable of real love. It was explicitly talked about that the mechanical grandmother was capable of loving the children under her care. |
| can machines have souls | major | It seems a point of the story was to speculate about whether machines can love; also the story ended with some talk about mechanical grandmother's soul. |
| coping with the death of a parent | major | Anne was full of resentment for her mother having left her by dying. |
| father and daughter | major | Anne's father worked to convince her that she should accept her mechanical grandmother. |
| grandmother and granddaughter | major | While initially mistrustful of her new mechanical grandmother, Anne ultimately came to accept the machine and they became as close as close could be. |
| human childhood | major | We saw three children being raised by a mechanical grandmother. |
| single fatherhood | major | A loving, but very busy single father purchased an android to care for his three children. |
| abandonment | minor | Anne was filled with hatred stemming from a conviction that her mother had abandoned her. |
| brother and sister | minor | Tom and his two older sisters. |