Yet another dystopian short story. Just kidding. I loved the story. It just inspires me to read some more books I have yet to read. This story presents a terrifying view of the future. I mean, we are probably heading that anyway. For instance, look at the way we live today and our history. I mean, it could not hit us in our faces any more harder. Over many many years, we strive equality. People have been striving for some sort of equality like with sexes, races, gay marriages, and anything else we can think of. Eventually, all the aspects of my life and your life will be equal and we will lose our individuality on our way to this glorious inevitable future. How do we prevent this? Simple. We do not let stupid people run the country. How do we prevent that? We, the people, should not elected stupid people. How do we prevent that? The society should be as educated as it can be. Otherwise, we are going spiraling downward so fast that it is going to be difficult to even get back up. I really hope stories such as this one, 1984, Brave New World, Anthem, and other novels of that nature does not hold the society's fortune cookie. I hope we are not stupid enough to let it happen. If it does, then call me Harrison Bergeron because I will never sacriface my individuality for anything that will deform humanity.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
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You got it right! I think our individuality is what makes us interesting and helps us maintain a stable and flourishing society. A life of absolute equality would be boring. If you think about the human life, you will see that inequality is a much apart of it as equality. It helps others strive to reach the goals set by others and so on... Just like you, I don't believe I could live in such a society. I would definetly be a Harrison too!
You crack me up, Lydia. You are completely right on every level. Our world may totally cease as we know it if we continue to make irrational decisions about media, politics, government, etc. They brainwash us whether we want to be influenced or not. Magazines telling you what you need to wear and how you need to act are all over the news stands. You cant go throughout your day (unless you are a hermit and stay at home all the time) and not see something influencial on tv, the newstands etc. Individuality is what makes us unique. How boring would the world be if we were all the same? Nothing would ever get done. We all have different strengths and weaknesses that contribute to our world. I guess you could call me a Harrison Bergeron too if our world ever came to that utter nonsense!
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