‘Successful texts transform our understanding of the ways individuals interact with each other and society’. Explore this idea with reference to Feed and ONE other text of your choosing. Not all texts are aimed at transforming our understandings of the ways individuals interact, however those that are, make humanity aware of the external factors that influence the way individuals interact rather than transforming original ideas. This concept is evident within the novel Feed by M.T Anderson, which explores the degradation of society as sophisticated language is no longer prioritised as a result of the cooperate world. Similarly, this idea is further demonstrated within the film Idiocracy directed by Mike Judge which explores the story of an …show more content…
In the dystopian society of the film, the sports drink ‘Brawndo’ has taken over everything as a result of buying all major corporations during a global budget crisis. As a result, this has permitted Brawndo to sell, do or say anything they want without any realistic evidence. The society is brainwashed into perceiving that Brawndo is the answer to all of their problems due to the constant bombardment of Brawdno being advertised and branded on everything. The persona is the only person in this society who understands the corruption of this major cooperation and the negative affects it is having on the importance once placed on education and responsibility. For example, during the final scene the persona orders the society to ‘…go back and tell people to read books, tell people to stay in school, tell people to just use their brains’ . The deliberate repetition of ‘go back and tell people’ reinforces the significance of the message he is desperately trying to implant in this societies minds. Additionally, through this quotation Judge reveals the importance of educations and the privileges we have to be able to understand the manipulation of the cooperate world. Hence, this film successfully creates an awareness of the importance of treating humans as individuals and not as consumers and the further external factors that influence our interactions as human
This brief essay examines racism in the 1974 motion picture Conrack. The movie is an adaptation of Pat Conroy's autobiography, The Water Is Wide. The main character, Conrack, a young white male teacher portrayed by Jon Voight, is assigned to teach students from poor black families on a small island off the coast of South Carolina. The small community has little contact with the outside world and develops its own language. He finds the students essentially illiterate and their education neglected by state authorities. Poverty and their race cause neglect of their educational needs. The black school principal has convinced the students they are stupid and lazy. Conroy begins teaching the students useful, essential life skills. The community has no interest in learning about anything away from the island. The community has lived in fear of a nearby river because none can swim. While trying to improve the students' level of knowledge and their enthusiasm for
Clive Thompson is a journalist, blogger and writer. He mainly focuses his writing on science and technology but this one chapter from his book Smarter than you think, “Public thinking,” has put a spin on writing and technology. Multiple times he talks about writing in many different forms. For example, he speaks of writing on blogs, on internet short stories (or fan fiction novels), in schools, in studies, and even on a regular basis. Thomson is trying to explain to his readers how writing, and the sharing of information across the internet, is beneficial to our society and ones well-being. In my readings of Thompson’s excerpt, I will examine Thomson’s examples and show how they are relevant and that it is beneficial.
readers a dose of reality and human experience. People read literature and end up learning
The 2009 movie Food Inc. describes the major role that food production plays within many lives. This movie revealed that there is a very small variety of companies that consumers purchase their food from. These few companies actually control what is out on the shelves and what we put into our bodies. These companies have changed food production into a food production business. Many of these companies experiment with ways to create large quantities of food at low production costs to result in an enormous amount of profit for themselves. Some of the production cost cuts also result in less healthy food for the population. Instead of worrying about the health of the population, the companies are worried about what will make them the most money.
There are numerous traits found in the world that are said to give us our humanity; These traits can be as simple as compassion for others, or as complex as a desire to rule and conquer. There are two crucial developments, however, that have contributed greatly to the development of human civilization - the development of writing and the creation of a hierarchical social structure. These two developments in human history have become the building blocks for the way that we live our day-to-day lives. Both writing and social hierarchies have evolved along with our society, spreading throughout the world and becoming key factors in the future of our civilization.
Feed is a novel set in a dystopian and futuristic society where a chip named the feed is implanted in nearly everyone’s brain. It follows the life of Titus and his friends, which begins on the moon. This is where he meets his love interest, Violet, a smart and beautiful young girl who is incredibly different from every other girl he has met. Titus, on the other hand, is the common teenage boy in this novel, absorbed with trends and illiterate to a certain degree. The two of them struggle through identity crises and the effects the feed has on the world, and the chip ends up claiming her life in the end. Synergy is a large area in basic human interactions since it helps them to develop relationships and acts as a stepping stone to understanding
One of the most essential ways in which feelings are expressed by humans is through language. Without language people are merely robotic figures that can not express their thoughts because language is in fact thought. When this speech is taken away through complete governmental power, a portion of human nature is also taken away. In 1984, due to totalitarianism, language has begun to transform into a poor representation of humanity and natural human expression. Orwell states, “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.” In the novel, a new language, Newspeak, has emerged. Newspeak has drastically limited the vocabulary of the English language
How does it feel starting over in a completely new place? In the movie “The Karate Kid”, Daniel, the main character, and his mom moved to the California from New Jersey because of his mom’s new job offer. Daniel started going to school in California and met a girl named Ali, whom he started to like. He started going out with her. Daniel was getting beat up by some bullies; one of them was Ali’s ex-boyfriend. They knew karate very well, but Daniel did not. So Daniel decided to learn karate. Daniel and his mom were living in an apartment and one day he discovers that the handyman at his apartment, Mr.Miyagi, knows karate very well. He asked Mr.Miyagi to teach him karate, and Mr.Miyagi became his karate teacher. It was hard for him to make new friends in a new place and he believed that Mr.Miyagi would be the only best friend he ever met.
Movies are everywhere. They are a part of everyone’s life. Think about it, how many movies do you
The phrases and specific words that Rios uses in his conclusion open the door for interpretation of language from the reader’s perspective. Specifically, when Rios speculates that “Maybe [the complexity of human interaction is] what keeps us human, and engaged, and necessary” (Rios 508), and this positively inspires original thought from the reader. Words, especially words like “maybe,” can be so powerful because they allow for agreement and disagreement, instead of proselytizing the reader. Rios uses this tactic effectively in his writing to motivate the reader to think deeply about the effect of such language on the real world. Additionally, Rios summarizes his essay in the conclusion by providing even more food for thought: “Language is more than what we say—it’s also how we say it, and whether or not we even understand what we are saying” (Rios 508), and this point actively involves the reader’s personal experiences with language by using “we” instead of something like “people” or “humans.” This method transforms his piece of writing into a more relatable and personal essay, and such words push all readers to think of times in their personal experience that language was used in such a
Humans, are they Human? The article “How Reading Makes Us More Human” by Karen Swallow Prior is a very well structured and informative article. Prior immediately grasps the reader’s attention by providing a variety of examples to support the purpose of her article.
Before the civil rights movement could begin, a few courageous individuals had to guide the way. Dr. Vernon Johns was one of those individuals. Dr. Vernon Johns was a pastor and civil rights activist in the 1920s. Johns became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama in the late 1940s. During his time as a pastor, Johns preached many sermons on how African American people were being treated not only in the community but in society. Johns on multiple occasions upset his community through his ideas on social change. Through a sociologist perspective, many sociological concepts were displayed in The Vernon Johns Story. Some of those concepts included: ascribed status, conflict theory, deviant behavior, alienation, and
Light hearted and full of wonder, Alexa takes the world as she sees it. The magic of movies captures her sense of astonishment, and grows her imagination. As big as the sun is Alexa’s imagination. Similarly to Poseidon “who have an active imagination and an intense inner life beyond their everyday existence” (Stassinopoulos pg 220-221). Poseidon, who is known for his imagination, loves his mythical existence and enjoys the extraordinary. Further, dreams are an enormous part of Alexa’s life. They allow her wildest thoughts to be played out right in front of her. Additionally, dreams are not only a thing of the night, Alexa is a repeated daydreamer. Alexa’s life can hit boring patches that “can bring about the urge to escape from the responsibilities
As the world turns around and around, our knowledge increases. Everyday that passes by is one lost to the overflow of information in our unending world. Soon, all that we will have left will be an innumerous amount of useless information. We might be understanding how our world works, but does it cost us? As we focus on the way our world works, we lose contact with the things that matter the most. We start focusing on how to survive in our world that we forget to live it. In literary works, The Rememberer and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, both authors demonstrate the consequences of losing focus on what truly matters in life. Each main character follows a simply devolution, where they lose focus in life and become an unintelligent creature; leading society to wonder is there a cure for our over thinking.
Literature has had a major impact on society, and, also our history. Literature has reformed and shaped civilizations, changed political systems, and has exposed injustices (3). Our literature has changed and developed as we have, keeping up with our society. “...literature is crucial for the advancement of society (3).” With literary works, we can convince others to view things a certain way, share our opinions, and more. Literature is greatly intertwined with our society and everyday lives, and they would not be the same without it. Literature plays an irreplaceable role in our