Question

Describe the characteristics of old schools we did they are you so much interest in margie and Tommy in the story "The Fun they had " .

Answer 1

Characters
The most important character in
the short story “The Fun They
Had” by Isaac Asimov is Margie,
who is also the main character
whose perspective the narrator
follows. Secondary characters
are Tommy, Mrs. Jones and the
County Inspector, which we will
only briefly outline.
Margie Jones
Margie Jones is an eleven-year-
old girl (p. 5, l. 15) living in 2155.
Except for this information,
nothing much is revealed about
the girl’s outer characterization.
We also know that she is
homeschooled by a mechanical
teacher and that she has a friend
named Tommy.
Inner characterization
Margie’s inner characterization is
revealed through her actions and
her attitude towards school in her
time and the past.
The fact that Margie has a diary
in which she writes about finding
a ‘real book’ (p. 5, l. 2) indicates
the event had a strong impact on
her. From her conversation with
Tommy about the book and
school in the past, Margie comes
across as naive, having little
knowledge about the way school
was in the past, and very
mistrustful.
...
Tommy
Tommy is Margie’s friend, who is
older than her, being thirteen
years old (p. 5, l. 16). He comes
across as smarter than the little
girl because he has seen more
telebooks (p. 5, ll. 15-16) and
because he has more knowledge
about how school was “centuries
ago” (p. 6, l. 24).

Answer 2

Answer:

Old type of schools aroused interests in Margie and Tommy. This was because they didnt have any interactive ways of learning and they found the mechanical teachers were boring. They imagined all students of neighbouring coming together and going to school, playing laughing and studying together and found it better.