Setting and narrator

Here, you can read useful information regarding the setting and narrator of the short story “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov.

Setting

Published in 1951, the short story is set in a distant future world, in 2155.

Physical setting

The setting of the short story is a typical science fiction one, suggested by certain elements of the physical setting:

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Social setting

The elements of the physical setting also hint at the social setting. While the interactions between the characters seem to illustrate very typical interactions between children or between children and adults, the fact that the physical setting is so technologized indicates a less social world.

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Narrator

The short story “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov is a third-person account using the perspective of one of the characters, eleven-year-old Margie.

This is suggested through certain markers, such as in the following example, when we get the feeling that we hear Margie and not the narrator:

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