“They say it all began on January 20, 2099, when President Miscavige of the Hubbard Party came into office. That was also the day the government outlawed psychiatry and psychology, along with the Internal Revenue Service. With that in mind, the first sentence Miscavige uttered during his inaugural address was, ‘Operation Sleeping Beauty is a success.’ Then came the monstrous applause from the audience.”
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Andy Lee was standing in line at McDonald’s watching the inauguration through his iGlass 9 (in a gold finish, of course) the latest in augmented reality technology. Suddenly, his personal assistant, FEESH (Free-Existing Electronic Signaling Halibut) appeared and dragged Andy out onto the street and into his house. A very startled Andy exclaimed, “What in the meaning of Xenu was that? Is that even in your programming?”
Feesh calmly replied, “Listen to me. That new president has just announced that the government has been completely taken over by the Church of Scientology. That could mean the end of the world as we know it.”
Andy gave Feesh a quizzical look and questioned, “Well, isn’t that a good thing for a scientologist to be president? The only way to free the Thetans is if the entire world follows the doctrine of the Supreme Messenger. We need the entire world to contribute money to the
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auditing process.” After hearing what Andy said, Feesh quickly fainted and an error message appeared in his eyes: “Error 404. Exception not found.” Andy didn’t know what was going on. For some reason, Feesh fainted after listening to the Church’s divine message, which would be heretical of him. After the relatively long bootup time, Feesh restarted and asked Andy, “What is the meaning of life?” in order to verify his state of mind. Andy regurgitated, “as one’s level of spiritual awareness increases through participation in auditing and training, one will discover and come to a full understanding of the Eighth Dynamic and one’s relationship to the Supreme Being” (“The Basic Principles of Scientology”), straight from the website of the Church of Scientology. With that, Andy confirmed Feesh’s worst fears: Andy has become a scientologist. Feesh almost went into another exception loop, but Andy turned on the TV and out came the president’s inaugural address again. The first half of the speech had already finished. Miscovige continued, “I expect everyone to contribute $10,000 to start on the path of becoming an operating thetan and to buy an e-meter to discover your thetans.” Again, the crowd went wild and began to cheer in the name of L. Ron Hubbard. That was when Feesh regained control of his body and began desperately formulating a plan to stop this madness while Andy remained glued to the screen in an effort to cheer on Miscovige. Feesh questioned Andy, “How can you possibly believe this sort of thing? Scientology is a cult that only wants to take your money.” Andy replied with hostility, “My iGlass 9 shows me the truth. I can see thetans and how the auditing process released my inner potential. That’s why I am going to donate $100,000 to the noble cause today.” That confirmed where the problem was. Feesh proceeded to turn off Andy’s iGlass and removed him from augmented reality for the first time in his life. Andy regained his senses and shouted in surprise, “What did you do to me? How did you hide the thetans?” Feesh attempted to explain, “The iGlass was originally designed as a tool to help people see more about the world and complete daily tasks. Then, the Church of Scientology infiltrated the Department of Virtual Machines and hacked everyone’s iGlass, which altered everyone’s perception of reality and making them see Thetans and the such around them. Our society began to believe in scientology and elected the leader of the Church of Scientology as the president, who announced that their infiltration was a success during his inaugural address. That’s why we need to fix…….” Suddenly, the iGlass gave off a faint whine and Andy’s body convulsed. On Feesh’s dashboard, he saw a huge red warning sign appear which displayed, “WARNING: high energy microwave radiation detected.” Feesh had no idea what was going on, but by looking at Andy’s lifesigns, Feesh concluded the iGlass somehow shot microwaves into Andy’s brain, instantly killing him. A few seconds later, Feesh’s eyes displayed an error code in red, “Critical system error. Program terminating… Soullight deleted.” And Feesh was no more as his body disappeared into the sunlight. …………………………... “But they were wrong. From the advent of augmented reality, the Church of Scientology implanted agents into the Department of Virtual Machines which, like all governmental agencies, had no clue what was going on. That was called Operation Sleeping Beauty. After hearing about its resounding success, the entire world converted to Scientology within a few hours. In the headlines, were also thousands of suspicious deaths that occurred during the president’s announcement. After just three days, the Church of Scientology became the wealthiest and most powerful entity on earth. The grand vision of the Supreme Messenger has been realized.” “And that, my dear silly Alfred J. Theophilus, is how you start a religion,” the good doctor Hubbard concluded, slamming down the gigantic anthology of Holistic Scriptures with a long sigh. He proceeded to carefully remove his glasses, and fall soundly asleep amidst the vision of destruction that beheld the young Theophilus. Brandon Lu HAL Mrs. Lipnick 4 May 2016 Author’s Note The main topic of this story is the Church of Scientology, a cult-like organization that has ties to many prominent celebrities.
In the 1980s, the CoS infiltrated the government in the so-called Operation Snow White, which I used for inspiration for “Operation Sleeping Beauty,” in an attempt to subvert governmental authority. The operation was largely successful. That, and recent (successful) hacking attempts against our government, motivated me to focus the story on the incompetence of the government and the apathy of the people. Through the parable of Andy, I hoped to show the world that we need to change our attitudes or we could end up enslaved to a
cult. The main belief of Scientology is that people are made up of the immortal soul, the thetan, which is trapped until a person can reach a high enough position in the CoS. The E-Meter is used for the process called auditing which also costs a lot of money. The highest member of the CoS is David Miscavige, of course. Through augmented reality, they managed to force their beliefs onto everyone. Augmented reality is a fairly new thing with the advent of the Google Glass (inspiration for the iGlass). It changes how we see things so we can see far more than what we see without it. For example, you can see an internet browser directly through your eyes. The way Andy died was through microwaves from the iGlass so that turning them off will kill the wearer so that the Church can keep its power. I won’t explain every reference but the main character Andy Lee is actually a real person I know who lives in Montville, NJ. Most of the things his personality are not real; however, he does like fish in real life which is why his assistant is named Feesh (yes, he does pronounce “fish” as “feesh”). The narrator is actually the late L. Ron Hubbard narrating the story from beyond the grave. The sections in quotes are his story for Albert Theophilus, his student in Religion 101, that can be read separately. The inspiration Albert Theophilus is from “my dear silly” Albert Wu (another friend) and Theophilus, the person the Gospel of Luke and the Act of Apostles from the Bible were addressed towards.
Taubman, Philip. “Death of a Spy Satellite Program.” Public Administration: Concepts and Cases. Stillman, Richard Joseph. Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010. 361-369.
Sleep-over by Bonnie Jo Campbell is more than the usual teenager maturity story; between the lines, and behind the symbolism there is an underlying meaning. I believe the author is speaking from experience when telling this story. This story may be the authors depiction of the event of how she remembers it. From the title to the last sentence, Campbell expresses literary devices, natural languages, and involves her personal life into the story making it more than a teenage tale.
Lee, Angela. “Treatment of the Mentally Challenged during the Great Depression.” Prezi.com. N.p., 13 Nov. 2013. Web.
Treatment of Women in The Big Sleep, the Movie Version. & nbsp ; Often, we hear commentary about films that reading the book before watching the movie ruins the experience or that movies are never as good as the book on which it is based. The difference between forms is not as much about already knowing how the story ends as it is about the dumbing down of the work for a broader audience. However, Chandler wrote The Big Sleep as a piece of pulp fiction that was read by a large populace. & nbsp;
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