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Answer the following questions.
Make Inferences Reread paragraph 48. Why might Cinder believe that “the fewer people who knew she was cyborg, the better”?
Compare and Contrast How does being a cyborg help Cinder? How does it work against her?
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Make Inferences (paragraph 48)
- Cinder thinks “the fewer people who knew she was cyborg, the better” because being a cyborg carries strong stigma and real consequences in her world. If people knew, she could be treated with fear, disgust, or pity, lose opportunities, be singled out by officials, or become a target for harassment or discrimination. Hiding her cyborg nature lets her avoid those judgments and the practical penalties that come with being labeled less-than-human.
Compare and Contrast — How being a cyborg helps Cinder / works against her
Helps Cinder
- Practical advantages: Her mechanical parts give her physical abilities and skills (precision, strength, durability) that make her a talented mechanic and able to do work others can’t.
- Access to technology: Being part machine can allow her to interface with or repair devices and to think in ways that benefit her survival and problem solving.
- Resilience: Prosthetics and cybernetic enhancements can make her more resilient to injury and able to keep working under conditions that would stop a fully human person.
Works against Cinder
- Social and legal stigma: Cyborgs are treated as second‑class citizens, facing prejudice, restricted rights, and fewer opportunities (jobs, respect, social acceptance).
- Vulnerability to control and abuse: Authorities or unscrupulous people can target cyborgs for exploitation, testing, or forced registration; being known as cyborg increases that risk.
- Emotional/isolation costs: Knowing she’s different isolates Cinder emotionally—she must hide a core part of herself, which creates shame, fear, and loneliness.
- Practical drawbacks: Cybernetic parts require maintenance, can fail or be damaged, and can mark her as different in ways that are hard to conceal.
In short: Cinder’s cyborg parts give her useful strengths and skills, but in her society those benefits come with strong social, legal, and personal costs—so staying secret is a way to protect herself.
- Cinder thinks “the fewer people who knew she was cyborg, the better” because being a cyborg carries strong stigma and real consequences in her world. If people knew, she could be treated with fear, disgust, or pity, lose opportunities, be singled out by officials, or become a target for harassment or discrimination. Hiding her cyborg nature lets her avoid those judgments and the practical penalties that come with being labeled less-than-human.
Compare and Contrast — How being a cyborg helps Cinder / works against her
Helps Cinder
- Practical advantages: Her mechanical parts give her physical abilities and skills (precision, strength, durability) that make her a talented mechanic and able to do work others can’t.
- Access to technology: Being part machine can allow her to interface with or repair devices and to think in ways that benefit her survival and problem solving.
- Resilience: Prosthetics and cybernetic enhancements can make her more resilient to injury and able to keep working under conditions that would stop a fully human person.
Works against Cinder
- Social and legal stigma: Cyborgs are treated as second‑class citizens, facing prejudice, restricted rights, and fewer opportunities (jobs, respect, social acceptance).
- Vulnerability to control and abuse: Authorities or unscrupulous people can target cyborgs for exploitation, testing, or forced registration; being known as cyborg increases that risk.
- Emotional/isolation costs: Knowing she’s different isolates Cinder emotionally—she must hide a core part of herself, which creates shame, fear, and loneliness.
- Practical drawbacks: Cybernetic parts require maintenance, can fail or be damaged, and can mark her as different in ways that are hard to conceal.
In short: Cinder’s cyborg parts give her useful strengths and skills, but in her society those benefits come with strong social, legal, and personal costs—so staying secret is a way to protect herself.
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