"Tools That Change the Way We Think."

Technology really changes us for the better or worse, it either makes us even more curious or really dependent on the information. Our thinking can be influenced by anything we read or see in the internet. There's plenty of good and bad stuff out there in the worlds library. You can learn about our Human history, or our conspiracies on "youtube", you can watch videos that can change the way you think whether if its about religion or politics, about nature, or futurism. Even music that you listen to online can change your viewings on the world you live in. It all affects you, as for my focusing on the internet. If I get curious about anything I can always just look it up but that's only my concentration, it would need my attention which has to be something serious to me or else I won't take it serious. Concentration is you forcing yourself attention, while attention is to basically be instinctive about your surroundings and having no barriers on what you're focusing. I learned this through the internet and watching a video of Judduh Krishnamurti, yesterday actually.  But Jidduh Krishnamurti didn't have any technology back in india, he learned in England and opened his mind to everything. While I ( 30 years after his teachings on tv) am studying him. Weird right?

Wow.... Just wow! She is doing better than me.

Brave New World Lit. Analysis #3

1. "The Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley, takes place in the future where the government (in London) has complete control over the population, allowing it to have the "perfect" society. People are no longer born; they are cloned for that perfect society.These clones are artificially made and are "predestined" to be a part of the society. There are Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas, or Epsilons. They also have a plus or minus that indicates their intelligence. These types of clones are meant for certain types of jobs and are conditioned to enjoy it. It sounds more of a distopia, it seems like a utopia but people are scared of being themselves because well they can't they are conditioned and "predestined" to do this and nothing else. "Machine men with machine minds!" (The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin speech). The author wanted to show that we are all human we should care about each other, he wanted to show that this is horrid, the way we treat each other. What might become in the future, he showed us a glimpse of how humans are kind of acting like right now, giving us an insight on horrible that could be. Please watch the video if you haven't seen what I see.

2. The theme of the novel is having bad luck and not showing emotion through it is better than having bad luck and showing emotion of it.The characters would always take this drug called soma, whenever they are in a situation they would step out and take them to relieve them of the stress.So if felt like they were escaping from it because that's something they haven't been "programmed" to think that emotion might be a good thing.

3.Auxley saw the society as a confused distopia kind of place, he would criticize the nature of the society, for example, " But in Epsilons, we don't need human intelligence" which shows that he saw the society poorly. Seriously who would say this in our society?(maybe there are some people who would) Still there was heroism at certain points into the novel like this one, " Free, free!’ the Savage shouted, and with one hand continued to throw the soma into the area while, with the other, he punched the indistinguishable faces of his assailants. ‘Free...Men at last"

4. Repetition; There was this slogan that was used a lot of times which went like this,"They’ll have that repeated forty or fifty times more before they wake; then again on Thursday, and again on Saturday.  A hundred and twenty times three times a week for thirty months.  After which they go on to a more advanced lesson.”  Huxley uses repetition in his own writing, typically to drive home the importance of a phrase or emphasize distortion of time.  “Drop, drop, drop.  To-morrow and to-morrow and to-morrow…”  The most significant instance of repetition is found in the last few pages, as the mob gathering outside of the Savage’s lighthouse chant, “We—want—the whip!” over and over again.  The painfully ironic aspect of this is that the whip, to the Savage represents self cleansing, purification from the corruption of society."

Vocab #8

Abase: to lower rank

Abdicate: to relinquish formally

Abomination: to cause disguist

Brusque:Abrupt and curt in manner or speech

Saboteur: one who commits sabotage

Debauchery: Archaic Seduction from morality, allegiance, or duty.

Proliferate: To increase or spread at a rapid rate

Anachronism: The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.

Nomenclature: A system of names used in an art or science

Expurgate: To remove erroneous, vulgar, obscene, or otherwise objectionable material from (a book, for example) before publication

Bellicose: Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament

Gauche : Lacking social polish

Rapacious: Taking by force

Paradox: a statement that may or may not be true.

Conundrum: A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun

Anomaly: Deviation or departure from the normal or common order, form, or rule.

Ephemeral: Lasting for a markedly brief time

Rancorous: Bitter

Churlish: Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable

Precipitous: Resembling a precipice; extremely steep

Character Study 4

These creatures were really odd, I walked off into the empire to my left with huge palaces, pretty odd structures as well. This place was odd, the kingdom illuminated with these forever yellow magical balls of light.This isn't my home, this is not hell, nor is it the heavens. As I walk through this  rocky jungle, I see plenty other creatures in ridiculous outfits, one of them told me that the nerd convention was in the other side of town.. I am not aware of that guild. No matter, I want to go back and join the Dark Brotherhood.. now how do I get there if I am still in this wicked world where Skyrim does not seem so close? Where do I go? They speak my language, maybe I am not from another planet, maybe they think I am a friendly one. I looked around and saw the little crew of the creatures I found when I landed. Maybe they can help me. I wonder how they found me, maybe its because I was slinging my sword at the wooden trees or that trail I left in the floor. They took me in pretty quickly, still I am not sure if I could trust them.