Over the course of the semester, we covered various topics in class. Our eyes were opened to the pure ignorance and sometimes capacity for evil our fellow mankind could fester. In Culture jam, Lasn opened the door to controlling corporation, and the concept of Plenitude. There are so many things I didn’t even know about the United States of America, but from what we’ve been reading and thinking critically about, it seems that it isn’t united on the right terms anymore. This country has become a materialistic-zombified nation, becoming so numb to even the most gruesome movies such as Saw, or Human Centipede.
The documentaries we watched revealed the new and vast cyber frontier that is quickly unfolding before us. This course has challenged us to think critically about the messages encrypted within the timeless novels we have read. Bradbury and Vonnegut both had a critical eye about how our government and society was operating. Their books were written over 30 years ago, and they still hit the nail on the head to this day. We were informed of the Banned list of novels in the USA.
The material covered seems to reveal how much our freedom, may not really be there at all. Our privacy, our freedoms of press, all have their own limits. Are we becoming hypocrites of what our ancestors originally set out to prove? Is this really the home of the free and the brave? Or is it now, the Home of the unsatisfied, and greedy.
I like your post. When i wrote mine, I felt like I didn't really learn a whole lot, but the way you but it, I sounds like we learned a lot. I like how you used horror movie titles in your blog. Perhaps this is a foreshadowing of something that well be mentioned in our presentation. I'll have to wait and see i suppose. But i do think those authors hit the nail on the head. Its really quite creepy how they did so actually. Its an erie feeling. Its been nice working with you this year. I hope finals go well and good luck on your possible transfer. (Even if it is to West Chester ewww! jk) :)
ReplyDeleteKatiee, nice post.
ReplyDeleteI like what you said "Their books were written over 30 years ago, and they still hit the nail on the head to this day" its weird to think how people were telling us this stuff was gonna happen and yet we did nothing about it and still ended up making it come true.
Also, I agree with your post to the T and I like the way you ended it.
As like Derek said, good luck with transferring to WCU and we will miss you. not really. ha
I really enjoyed the way you ended your post.
ReplyDeleteAs for the rest of the post I thought it was really good and I agree with the observations you made. And I like how you pointed out about the government operating in books 30 years ago, yet it seems awfully fimiliar.
Anywho to go along with the boys up above, good luck at West Chester, hope you have fun, we will miss you no matter what the sourpuss says. I really enjoyed our group together.