The Ugly Little Boy Summary
Isaac Asimov

Everything you need to understand or teach The Ugly Little Boy by Isaac Asimov.

The Ugly Little Boy Summary & Study Guide

The Ugly Little Boy Summary

The Ugly Little Boy has a very simple plot premise: a boy is snatched from the distant past by a time machine and taken to a future in which he does not easily fit. The handling of the storyline based on this idea is a complex attempt to see into the heart of what makes us human and how we define ourselves. Timmie, a Neanderthal, challenges definitions of humanity, and his story is...

(read more from the Short Guide)

Study Pack

The The Ugly Little Boy Study Pack contains:

The Ugly Little Boy Short Guide

Overview

About the Author

Setting

Social Sensitivity

Literary Qualities

Themes and Characters

Topics for Discussion

Ideas for Reports and Papers

For Further Reference

Related Titles

Isaac Asimov Biographies (3)

Isaac Asimov

2,357 words, approx. 8 pages

The author of nearly five hundred books, Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) is esteemed as one of the finest writers of science fiction and scientific fact in the twentieth century.Asimov was born on January 2,... Read more

Isaac Asimov

5,460 words, approx. 19 pages

By the time of his death in 1992, Isaac Asimov was widely regarded as one of the most productive and versatile writers of all time. Asimov was best-known for his science-fiction novels and popularized... Read more

Isaac Asimov

10,485 words, approx. 35 pages

While Isaac Asimov officially celebrated his birthday as 2 January 1920, his birth date is uncertain. Records were not well kept in the U.S.S.R. in the period between World War I and World War II, par... Read more

Download the Study Pack

BookRags

The Ugly Little Boy SummaryIsaac Asimov