How does the use of science fiction make the criticism of education effective?

It shows the future and clarifies the value of human education in the present

Science fiction places the story in a technologically advanced future, where mechanical teachers and telebooks appear normal. This imaginative distance lets readers compare Margie's isolated education with the human, social schooling they know. The contrast makes the criticism sharper: technology can deliver lessons efficiently, yet education may become emotionally empty if it removes teachers, classmates, and shared experience. Option A is correct because the future setting helps reveal the value of present human education. The story is not about space warfare, it does not remove education from the plot, and it does not worship machines as divine beings.

This is a Class 9 English question. Chapter: Iswaran the Storyteller. Topic: The art of storytelling and the deep bond between a master and his loyal servant.