Consider the use of the TM symbol. What parts of this society have been trademarked? What conclusions can you draw from that?
What is the vision of friendships and relationships you get in this society? What do people do together? How does this compare/contrast to what people do together in our society today?
What do you know so far about what this world looks like? Go back and search the text for visual cues you have gotten, or draw a sketch of what the world looks like based on what the text has presented.
Consider some of the ironies that have been presented in this world so far. What are they? What comments has Titus made that seem ironic? How so?
What are some of the fashion trends in this society? How do they connect to trends in our own society?
" "They're languages that were once important but nobody uses anymore. They. Haven't been used for a long time, except by historians." "Like what languages?" "You know, FORTRAN. BASIC" "what does one sound like?" She slid off the bunk, and went to her bag. She opened it and it pulled out something, which was a pen. She also had paper. I looked at her funny. "You write?" I said. "With a pen?" "Sure," she said, a little embarrassed."
ReplyDeleteI chose this passage because it shows how much people rely on technology. So much so, that many people don't know how to read and write. It shows how much technology has over run the basic knowledge of humanity. Because of technology, people don't even need to use their brains anymore.