Book review
Our life and the lives of the people we love is, and always will be the most important part of our existence as human creatures. We are mammals, we are animals just like the tiger that wonders through the pasture, the elephant who stampedes a heard of zebra, and the whale that gracefully glides though the ocean. We have characteristics of all these and many other mammals that we see and encounter everyday. What would happen if books were band? Or we were watched every day by a camera, or were forced to eat our own spe-cies without us even know it. In the three movies that were adapted from novels the authors have changed the perfect world that we know of and brought to the forefront the grim reality of what our beautiful lives are really like. Although the measures taken in the novels are very drastic many of the same themes can be found in our present society. The authors have tribe to bring to our attention what lives are like if for on day one aching minute our lives are not in our hands but in the hands of a greater power. The basic theme of the novel 1984 is that if we don't watch out 1984 will find us. We need to realize, when we are being intruded upon by the government just a little too much. If the government propo
With computers con-taining almost all data, which can be quickly erased in large numbers at the touch of a but-ton, information is much easier to "rectify. Soylent Green takes place an overpopulated world, it's only to be expected that life is cheap. I suppose they really would have noth-ing else to do with their lives if they've all thought the same. People crowd like refugees, living from hand to mouth; attractive young women are rented out with apartments and referred to as `furniture'. The entertainment, like TV, has provided a distraction or diversion for this society. A world that our government has the power to run our lives without us even knowing it. As a result of this distraction, they have quit reading anything complex or insightful. Robinson's Sol, who is point-edly the `soul' of the film, is our emotional and philosophical connection to the unspoiled past - his memories are supposed to be ours - and provides the film's only touching mo-ments. We the viewer get the sense of a future by focusing on elements of daily life that have no changes as a consequence. That way, we can work with technology so that it is beneficial to our needs, not so that it overpowers our lives. " We are truly controlled by words and bells. "Stand in a line, don't talk, hands out of pockets, fire drill, bells ringing. Our own congress makes measures to give themselves raises.
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