who was tommy and margie?
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After reading the chapter “The Fun They Had” by "Isaac Asimov", the curiosity of the two characters Tommy and Margie on finding an old book takes the centre stage. Set in the future, in the year 2157, there are no schools but study rooms, where a computer teacher programmed and adjusted according to the needs of each child provided education.
Tommy is a 13-year old boy who is serious and intelligent. He is fun-loving and adventurous. It is because of this attribute that he finds the printed book in the attic. Tommy is elder to Margie and is more knowledgeable than her. He has gone through several Tele-books and has more knowledge about how schools were centuries ago.
Margie is 11 years old. Diary writing is her favourite habit. Seeing what her neighbour Tommy had discovered from his attic, she was amazed. She had heard from her grandfather that his grandfather went to school where they read printed books. As she wasn’t accustomed to reading books, she felt strange as the words on the printed book did not move and the same words appeared on the pages when she flipped them over. After speaking to Tommy about the book she comes to know that years ago there used to be specialized buildings called schools where human teachers taught children which made her wonder how much fun it would be if she would have been studying in a school. These point out Margie as naive and having very little knowledge. Her strange feeling on touching the book, her curiosity, imagination and recollection of memories related to the book, give an insight into her mind which at the same time is amazed and is trying to accept what it’s perceiving.
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Margie and tommy were brother and sister.They were the main protagonists of the story' The Fun They Had'.