Huxley brings up many topics that are argued with in today's world. There's plenty to discuss about how Huxley feels about birth control, cheating, and drugs in Brave New World. The people took drugs like they drank water. In one part Huxley wrote, "...the warm, the richly coloured, the infinitely friendly world of soma-holiday. How kind, how good-looking, how delightfully amusing everyone was"(77). This is just crazy! In the world we live in today a majority of people would frown upon this.
Huxley does discuss cloning a bit with the children in the beginning. The thought of identical children in every aspect is just scary. I read the cloning articles with the pets, and I am against it. I understand that cloning animals would help make their observations and research more accurate, but for everyone else, it's not good. Cloned animals have had major health issues, and are still their own character. If you pay a ridiculous amount of money to purchase a cloned version of your perfect lab, you are not getting the same dog. Why would scientists really want to make more pets? There are so many animals in shelters that need homes. Just adopt!!!!!
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Utopia
I think Utopia is a place where everyone gets along, and there are no conflicts. In a Utopia, everyone is content with the way they live, and we live in such a diverse world; everyone has their own view of how they want the world to run. Think, how on earth could the entire world be happy how they live? Not only is the world diverse, it is corrupted. Innocence is history. There is no way of getting it back, really. There are some cultures that live a nightmare every day, and can't imagine life any easier for them. What would happen to them if society changed and it affected them? Would they cry tears of joy for an easier life, or would they become so stressed to the change that they would scare themselves to death?
In my own Utopia, everyone would support each other and help one another always. Getting into college would be a whole lot easier, no SAT scores required, and it would not be so darn expensive! Getting jobs would not be so difficult, and there would be a lot of family businesses. Unlike Huxley's views to an easier life, I say that drugs and unprotected sex are never the answer. If anything, it causes more problems. In my own Utopia, everyone would have common sense to think before they act. That way, choices made can be meaningful, and possibly benefit other people in society.
In my own Utopia, everyone would support each other and help one another always. Getting into college would be a whole lot easier, no SAT scores required, and it would not be so darn expensive! Getting jobs would not be so difficult, and there would be a lot of family businesses. Unlike Huxley's views to an easier life, I say that drugs and unprotected sex are never the answer. If anything, it causes more problems. In my own Utopia, everyone would have common sense to think before they act. That way, choices made can be meaningful, and possibly benefit other people in society.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
In My Hands Memoir
So far I am definately enjoying the memoir that I have chosen. When I read the back of In My Hands, I was automatically hooked. Irene Gut Opdyke reminded me of my grandmother. Like my grandmother, Irene was born in Poland. Irene had to be 16 when my grandmother was born-when WWII started getting serious. My grandmother was lucky enough to leave Poland before it was taken over by the Russians and Germans. Irene was not as lucky as my grandmother.
Irene's family always felt that she was destined to do great things. Irene was raised in a loving and caring family that served all different kinds of people. When she was older, she attended nursing school, and felt she was in the right place, doing what she loved doing, helping others. Irene was traveling with Polish soldiers when they got the report that Poland was no longer a country. They were shocked, and fled into the woods in Russia. There, Irene was attacked and hurt badly.
It's crazy reading what Irene went through. She was so innocent, always meaning to do good. Then all of a sudden she is stripped from everything. She can't go back to her family and the people where she is in Russia hate her. She dosn't even know the language at the hospital at first. The hospital staff was nice enough to keep her there for a while, but she couldn't stay long. Now she is living with one of the doctor's friends and referred to as Rachel. It's sad that she had to go through such a change, and I have a feeling it will get sadder. However I also have a feeling she still has things to do that will change others' lives.
Irene's family always felt that she was destined to do great things. Irene was raised in a loving and caring family that served all different kinds of people. When she was older, she attended nursing school, and felt she was in the right place, doing what she loved doing, helping others. Irene was traveling with Polish soldiers when they got the report that Poland was no longer a country. They were shocked, and fled into the woods in Russia. There, Irene was attacked and hurt badly.
It's crazy reading what Irene went through. She was so innocent, always meaning to do good. Then all of a sudden she is stripped from everything. She can't go back to her family and the people where she is in Russia hate her. She dosn't even know the language at the hospital at first. The hospital staff was nice enough to keep her there for a while, but she couldn't stay long. Now she is living with one of the doctor's friends and referred to as Rachel. It's sad that she had to go through such a change, and I have a feeling it will get sadder. However I also have a feeling she still has things to do that will change others' lives.
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