The main characters in Feed by M.T. Anderson have the latest technology in which they rarely get bored. However, when they are bored they are either using the ‘m-chat’, in ‘mal’, or shopping through the feed. To begin with, Titus and his friends used ‘m-chat’, an instant messaging method through the feed to communicate when they were bored. For example, in the beginning of the novel Titus was going to sleep but became bored and decided to chat Violet.
This “textspeak” has provoked controversy between those such as John Humphreys and John Sutherland who believe that text language is “wrecking our language”. We can Humphrey’s opinion of text messaging is negative as within his article he describes texting with negative adjectives like “sinister” and “deeply troubling” and in John Sutherland’s article Sutherland tells us that it Is texting that’s promotes “bad spelling” and “dyslexia”. On the other hand in David Crystal’s article Crystal gives a balanced view towards text messaging mostly explaining the positives of this new language and telling us that abbreviations and coded messages have been along for centuries like this one for example, “YY U R YY U B I C U R YY 4 ME” translated as Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me. This abbreviated message was written in the 16th century showing us that this abbreviated English language has not just evolved recently but could be argued that it now used and abbreviated more frequently. David Crystal also describes this “textspeak” as “a language in evolution” describing texting as having a positive affect on the English Language and that it is encouraging the younger generations to be creative with their language and the riddles they use within their messages, requiring thought and intelligence and showing great knowledge and creativity, perhaps
This part proves my theme of the book, which is over reliance on technology, can be bad because they relied so much on technology that it ended up killing Violet. If Violet didn’t have the feed she never would have died. “The Island” directed by Michael Bay is also a story based in a dystopia, the theme is, “you’ll do anything to survive.” The main character Lincoln6Echo, who is a clone of tom Lincoln created by
Each of the reactions to my deviant behavior of shopping out of another’s cart was met with anguish. Despite the items not being theirs until after they are paid for, many people are under the assumption that having the item in their cart gives them ownership of it. The reactions were negative due solely to their belief in personal possession of the unpaid for items. My evening of shopping out of other people’s carts gained me a great many negative reactions. My deviant behavior brought upon many dirty looks, some surprised looks, as well as aggression.
From Prejudice to Hatred When analyzing stories, of any genre, often there are cycles or patterns that are repeated many times. In many literacy and media works, the cycle archetype of prejudice is seen. This recurring course is sometimes stopped by someone who has a basis to his or her beliefs. Both, Jen Sookfong Lee, author of The End of East and Scott Hick’s, director of Snow Falling on Cedar, show through their works how the repeating nature of prejudice, can prevent the full happiness and peace of a population as a whole. The authors illustrate how preconceived notions emphasize faults in specific people, causing distrust and hatred between individuals and societies.
We love zombies because it is a way to express and discuss the things we are uncomfortable with, particularly government, politics, the dreadful economy and the financial institutions that literally get away with murder, and the media as means to our lack of self-identity. And why are we uncomfortable with these topics: because we once had control over our identities, and ourselves, but we have given up and lost our power. These topics make us uncomfortable because we have allowed these things to happen through our very own inaction. That inaction, may of course be a result of misunderstandings, misinformation, misguidance, among other reasons, but at the heart of it: we are the ones who allowed the government, financial institutions and media to suck all of what makes us human out of us. For Gross, however, he suggests zombies are the government or financial institutions, but I portray zombies as us - society - and only a certain few remain who have not yet
Discrimination or stereotyping based on an individual’s weight is known as weight stigma and is an increasing problem in society today (Thomas, S., Hyde, J., Karunaratne, A., Herbert, D., and Komesaroff, P., 2008). Individuals with weight problems are constantly ridiculed and stigmatised in a number of locations and social settings around the globe. This constant humiliation appears to be encouraged within society and negatively affects the victims of the stigma (Wang, S., Brownell, K. and Wadden T., 2004). When weight stigma appears in the media, it can form inaccurate stereotypes, sensationalise issues through unwarranted references to obesity and use demeaning languages to represent individuals in these groups that are stigmatised. The obesity ‘epidemic’ is becoming of major concern and until recently there were very little studies designed to focus on weightism and anti-fat attitudes.
He praises the internet as a conduit of immense, imperishable information but in the same place criticizes it for changing the world’s reading culture, particularly his own. Nicholas Carr tells of a time of when he would get lost in literature. He is keen about his lost ability of digging through extensive manuscripts for hours on end without losing the track of time. Presently, he describes the ability as fleeting; his concentration considerably diminished. He blames the
When Shelly is trying to put out the problems of the Enlightenment such as individual’s to know things that are unknown, Victor takes the spotlight when he is messing with life and death. By showing that everyone has some evil in them it shows that some parts of the Enlightenment could be used against people. The collapse of the Enlightenment thinkers was on the verge when people continued to have reasoning for things weather they were right or wrong. I see this novel as a human and a monster who just both want to be loved in the wrong
The penultimate sentence in this paragraph speaks of “Influencers disconnected from the seasoned wisdom of friends and mentors” (emphasis added). This wordplay relating the “connectedness” of social media to the reality of disconnection from people not only tickles the funny bone of literarily minded readers, but also adds to his logical case against the overuse of social media. Hansen also appeals to the credibility of others by referencing books and authors. This helps us see his intended audience more clearly as he does this. First he references a quote about the middle class from Alexis de Tocqueville “in his famous book Democracy in America” (emphasis added).