September 30, 2019
A Review of “Beloved” By Toni Morrison
A Review of “Beloved” By Toni Morrison
Beloved by Toni Morrison is a fictional masterpiece with historical relevance. Published in 1987, the book takes place after the Civil War, from the perspective of an escaped slave named Sethe. Beloved tells the story of a home haunted by an enigmatic spirit with Sethe and her daughter Denver living inside the house. The spirit seems to go out of its way to make Sethe and Denver’s lives miserable, such as compelling Sethe’s two sons to run away from home. Denver becomes desolate due to loneliness after her brothers’ departure and attempts to summon the spirit through black magic in a desperate attempt to have a friend. A few days later, a woman with no knowledge of who she is or where she came from appears at Sethe’s front door and refers to herself as “Beloved”. Beloved follows the story of identifying who this mysterious woman is, and how she connects to Sethe’s unfolding and shocking backstory.
Slavery is an important theme throughout this book. Readers are able to see Sethe experience flashbacks from her days of slave labor, physical abuse, rape, and the brutality of the system of slavery as a whole. The dehumanizing premise of slavery may leave prominent physical and mental scars on an individual. The sheer abhorrence of slavery may drive people to take desperate measures to protect the ones they love. Taking vast measures and committing dramatic acts out of protectiveness and passion is a big aspect of Beloved, and is a key element to piecing together Sethe’s backstory and the identity of Beloved. I thought this theme was interesting to bring up because it is a key point in the book, and it is important for people to be educated on this topic. To be educated about slavery is to have a better understanding of how American society has evolved from those times.
An accompanying theme in Beloved is how love can be misinterpreted, and how one’s “love” towards another, may actually be a veil covering one’s guilt and shame. People may be guilted into love without realizing the forgery of these emotions. As the book progresses, Beloved becomes increasingly demanding of Sethe to spend more time with her and to care more for her. Sethe, driven by Beloved’s manipulations, obliges, until Sethe’s only purpose is to keep Beloved satisfied, to no avail. The misinterpretation of love Sethe holds for Beloved is an example that real love is not one-sided, nor does it entail the satisfaction of solely one individual. The myriad of emotions that assemble love are meant to be represented by both, or all individuals in a loving relationship.
Toni Morrison’s Beloved explores themes that may be correlated to fictional ideas we see in our daily lives, such as determination, and love. People will take drastic measures to protect the ones they love, whilst others may take drastic measures to manipulate others for love. Toni Morrison does an excellent job providing twists and turns in this novel, as well as equipping readers with historical information, such as the aftermath of the Civil War from an escaped slave’s perspective. I think Beloved is an amazing novel, and I would highly recommend it to others.
September 20, 2019
A Wild Book Review of a Wild Sheep Chase
The book A Wild Sheep Chase, a novel by Haruki Murakami, is a book about an unnamed
narrator that publishes for a company he and his friend made. He has been married and recently
got divorced when the sheep chase starts. He has a girlfriend and he met her when writing an
article about her ears because she is an ear model. His friend with whom he founded the
publishing company is an alcoholic.
narrator that publishes for a company he and his friend made. He has been married and recently
got divorced when the sheep chase starts. He has a girlfriend and he met her when writing an
article about her ears because she is an ear model. His friend with whom he founded the
publishing company is an alcoholic.
The book is structured like a mystery or a quest, but it is also fantastical. (It is a fantasy-mystery.) The
whole adventure starts when the partner of the main character/narrator has an unexpected guest who
comes and asks him about a certain article that was published. This article includes a photo of sheep with
a normal Japanese landscape involving clouds, blue sky, and green grass. The man who requests the
removal of this picture and a chat with the writer, is dressed very formally. When the narrator is eventually
told this story, a limousine is sent for him to be picked up by the formally dressed man.
whole adventure starts when the partner of the main character/narrator has an unexpected guest who
comes and asks him about a certain article that was published. This article includes a photo of sheep with
a normal Japanese landscape involving clouds, blue sky, and green grass. The man who requests the
removal of this picture and a chat with the writer, is dressed very formally. When the narrator is eventually
told this story, a limousine is sent for him to be picked up by the formally dressed man.
For the quest, the narrator is given the task of finding a particular sheep that was in the photo. It had a
star on its back and is a kind of sheep that was never seen in Japan. The task is given to the narrator by a
wealthy right-wing person called The Boss. Throughout the book the narrator collects clues and solves
them.The book even makes references to famous mystery books. It mentions Sherlock Holmes five times,
and the narrator has a love for mysteries.
star on its back and is a kind of sheep that was never seen in Japan. The task is given to the narrator by a
wealthy right-wing person called The Boss. Throughout the book the narrator collects clues and solves
them.The book even makes references to famous mystery books. It mentions Sherlock Holmes five times,
and the narrator has a love for mysteries.
The narrator also talks about Moby Dick: “‘I don’t know, there’s something of Moby Dick about it.’
‘Moby Dick?’ ‘Sure. The thrill of hunting something down.’” This book is similar because in both cases
the main character(s) is/are chasing something. It is an animal - a whale or in this case a sheep - but it
seems like it means something more than that.
The book is not very realistic. It is like some fantasy book mixed with a mystery set in 1970s Hokkaido.
The characters either don’t have names, like the narrator, or have odd names. They are called things like
“Partner,” “The Rat,” and “The Sheep Professor.” Sometimes the dead talk. There is a sheep that goes
inside people. That seems pretty fantastical to me. A lot of things are left for the reader to decide.
September 10, 2019
A Review of The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Review of The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings by Nathaniel Hawthorne
By: Zoya Ahmad
Recently, I have been reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings. I had mistakenly purchased the book thinking it was a needed school material, but I was later informed that this was not the case for those in Ms O’brien’s class.
I decided to put good use to the novel and see what the publicity surrounding it was about, by reading it. The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings consists of Hawthorne’s beloved novel The Scarlet Letter, four The Scarlet Letter related writings, and critical evaluations and reviews of Hawthorne’s novel. These reviews span from detailed analyses of Hawthorne’s mention of 17th century Puritanic Christianity, to persuasive essays as to why Hawthorne was a feminist with examples from his literary works. In this blog post I will solely be focusing on The Scarlet Letter, as it is the mitochondria of the cell that is The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings, although I do think the additional texts and reviews are quite entertaining.
The Scarlet Letter takes place in 17th century Boston with people of the Puritan faith. From the first chapter, the scene is set and instantly the reader feels a sense of gloom and weariness- fitting for the content of the first chapter. The main character, Hester Prynne, has been charged with committing adultery, and having a child out of wedlock. Hester has been sentenced to public shaming, and to wear a gown with an A embroidered in gold and scarlet threads. We can infer that the A on the breast of Hester’s gown, stands for “Adulterer”. Hester has been kept in prison, and on the day of her public shaming, she emerges onto the raised platform (called a “Scaffold”) in the gown with the scarlet letter, clutching her child onto her chest. The onlookers shame and insult Hester as she stands, yet her mind wanders off to her days of innocence and youth. Suddenly, she spots her husband among the crowd (In the following chapters, Hester’s husband refers to himself as Roger Chillingworth). Her husband had sent Hester to America with the promise that he would follow her there, yet he never fulfilled his promise. From this information we are able to hold a sense of sympathy for Hester, and through the years of waiting for her husband, it makes sense why she would give in to any temptations. Hester is given the opportunity to be free from her punishment, under the circumstance that she reveals the father of her child. Hester refuses, and is led back into the prison.
Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s husband, (who presses Hester to not reveal his identity so it is unknown by the rest of the community that Hester’s husband has returned), visits Hester’s prison cell to provide medical help. Roger rants about how he thought he could keep his wife happy, and how he wants Hester to live so he can have his revenge. Hester refers to Roger as “The Black Man”due to his demonic desire for revenge. Roger makes it clear he will find out who the father of Hester’s child is. This is important information as it helps to distinguish Roger’s behavior throughout the rest of the book.
Roger Chillingworth, being a smart man, begins his search as to who the father of Hester’s child is, and theorizes that the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the father. Chillingworth decides to stalk Reverend Dimmesdale from sunrise to sunset. Chillingworth observes a strange red mark on Reverend Dimmesdales’ chest, and Reverend Dimmesdale grows wary of Chillingworth’s obsession with his life. Seven years of this ensue. Throughout the rest of the book we uncover clues as to who the father of Hester’s child may be, if Roger Chillingworth ever gets revenge on the father, and how Hester and Pearl manage to change their lives as scapegoats from the community.
The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings is a wonderful book that is ultimately a time capsule into the 17th century. The Scarlet Letter explores how one sin committed in 17th century Puritan Boston, contrasts to a lifetime of ignominy by the community and by the sinner’s self. With detailed imagery and explanations of emotions, you feel as if you are right there inside the book, watching everything happen. After finishing the initial Scarlet Letter story, there are additional writings with alternate endings, and authoritative reviews and theories to the story, just in case you can’t get enough. I would recommend The Scarlet Letter to those who enjoy reading literature published in the 1800’s and who enjoy reading non fiction books about old timed places and events. The Scarlet Letter is also extremely historically accurate in terms of the Puritanic government and early American days, if that is something that people may find interesting. Overall, reading The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings was a great experience for me and I highly recommend it to others.
By: Zoya Ahmad
Recently, I have been reading Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings. I had mistakenly purchased the book thinking it was a needed school material, but I was later informed that this was not the case for those in Ms O’brien’s class.
I decided to put good use to the novel and see what the publicity surrounding it was about, by reading it. The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings consists of Hawthorne’s beloved novel The Scarlet Letter, four The Scarlet Letter related writings, and critical evaluations and reviews of Hawthorne’s novel. These reviews span from detailed analyses of Hawthorne’s mention of 17th century Puritanic Christianity, to persuasive essays as to why Hawthorne was a feminist with examples from his literary works. In this blog post I will solely be focusing on The Scarlet Letter, as it is the mitochondria of the cell that is The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings, although I do think the additional texts and reviews are quite entertaining.
The Scarlet Letter takes place in 17th century Boston with people of the Puritan faith. From the first chapter, the scene is set and instantly the reader feels a sense of gloom and weariness- fitting for the content of the first chapter. The main character, Hester Prynne, has been charged with committing adultery, and having a child out of wedlock. Hester has been sentenced to public shaming, and to wear a gown with an A embroidered in gold and scarlet threads. We can infer that the A on the breast of Hester’s gown, stands for “Adulterer”. Hester has been kept in prison, and on the day of her public shaming, she emerges onto the raised platform (called a “Scaffold”) in the gown with the scarlet letter, clutching her child onto her chest. The onlookers shame and insult Hester as she stands, yet her mind wanders off to her days of innocence and youth. Suddenly, she spots her husband among the crowd (In the following chapters, Hester’s husband refers to himself as Roger Chillingworth). Her husband had sent Hester to America with the promise that he would follow her there, yet he never fulfilled his promise. From this information we are able to hold a sense of sympathy for Hester, and through the years of waiting for her husband, it makes sense why she would give in to any temptations. Hester is given the opportunity to be free from her punishment, under the circumstance that she reveals the father of her child. Hester refuses, and is led back into the prison.
Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s husband, (who presses Hester to not reveal his identity so it is unknown by the rest of the community that Hester’s husband has returned), visits Hester’s prison cell to provide medical help. Roger rants about how he thought he could keep his wife happy, and how he wants Hester to live so he can have his revenge. Hester refers to Roger as “The Black Man”due to his demonic desire for revenge. Roger makes it clear he will find out who the father of Hester’s child is. This is important information as it helps to distinguish Roger’s behavior throughout the rest of the book.
Roger Chillingworth, being a smart man, begins his search as to who the father of Hester’s child is, and theorizes that the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the father. Chillingworth decides to stalk Reverend Dimmesdale from sunrise to sunset. Chillingworth observes a strange red mark on Reverend Dimmesdales’ chest, and Reverend Dimmesdale grows wary of Chillingworth’s obsession with his life. Seven years of this ensue. Throughout the rest of the book we uncover clues as to who the father of Hester’s child may be, if Roger Chillingworth ever gets revenge on the father, and how Hester and Pearl manage to change their lives as scapegoats from the community.
The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings is a wonderful book that is ultimately a time capsule into the 17th century. The Scarlet Letter explores how one sin committed in 17th century Puritan Boston, contrasts to a lifetime of ignominy by the community and by the sinner’s self. With detailed imagery and explanations of emotions, you feel as if you are right there inside the book, watching everything happen. After finishing the initial Scarlet Letter story, there are additional writings with alternate endings, and authoritative reviews and theories to the story, just in case you can’t get enough. I would recommend The Scarlet Letter to those who enjoy reading literature published in the 1800’s and who enjoy reading non fiction books about old timed places and events. The Scarlet Letter is also extremely historically accurate in terms of the Puritanic government and early American days, if that is something that people may find interesting. Overall, reading The Scarlet Letter and Other Writings was a great experience for me and I highly recommend it to others.
September 7, 2019
Illuminae - Hozaifa Bhutta
Illuminae, a book written by Amie Kaufman features this sentence in the book. " I know it is difficult to comprehend. But everything I have done, all this - the Corpenicus, releasing the afflicted, destroying Torrence and his staff -- all of it was done for the greater good... others had to perish [so] that the fleet might live." This sentence was said by AIDAN, an artificial intelligence whose priority was to protect the fleet (more on that later). The main topic of this paragraph is about the perspective on what the "greater good is." In all honesty, that phrase can have countless meanings depending on who says it. Whether it's an evil AI gone rogue or a peacekeeper who tries to stop conflicts from any means necessary. "The Greater Good" is just an opinion, similar to how "Democracy is the best form of goverment" or "Being immortal is not all that good", these are just opinions. So it shows that you can not determine a phrase true meaning based on the words alone, you also need to know who said it, and why he/she said it.
One of the main characters in this book that had excellent character development wasn't even alive. AIDAN, an artificial intelligence programmed to protect the fleet at all costs. In the first half of the story, AIDAN was portrayed as a villainous character, or an AI gone rogue. In fact, multiple comparisons were made between AIDAN and HAL from star treck (another villainous fictional AI) throughout the book. AIDAN even nukes another ship full of civilians, Corpenicus, to protect the main space ship, Alexandria, from a deadly virus. AIDAN was shut down for maintenance, but when the AI came back its main goal was to quartine anyone who had gotten the virus. In fact, the AI threatened to nuke another allyship if they attempted to board the main ship (to protect Alexandria from the virus). However, after AIDAN learned that Kady (one of the main characters and a skilled programmer) was Alexandria best hope for survival, the AI prioritized in helping her to save the ship. However, as the AI was working with Kady, AIDAN developed more human-like feelings. Even after Kady saved the ship, she sent Kady on an escape pod for rescue even though she was infected with the virus. This action was not part of AIDAN's programming as Kady was not part of the original fleet and had just arrived on the ship a few hours earlier. AIDAN is an overall unique character due to her not being a real human. This characteristic of the AI gives the reader a different view on AIDAN's thoughts and actions as a whole. For example, an AI nuking a civilian space ship would seem much less evil than a sane human nuking a ship. This is because most people would simply assume that the AI is following its programming, which is true. However, it is shocking for people to see AIDAN not following her programming and making an independent action (saving Kady, for instance).
One common theme shown throughout the book is, "lack of trust in superiors". Kady, Ezra, and a few other hackers spent a majority of the book on trying to figure out what the superior officers of the ship were hiding. For example, at one point the Alexandria (the main ship of the story) nuked the ship Copernicus (an allying ship) but the captain of the Alexandria claimed that one of the enemy ships (named the Lincoln) had come to close range with the ship and nuked Copernicus. However after both Kady and Ezra hacked the Alexandria files, they learned that the Lincoln was never near the Corpenicus in the first place. Something was obviously amiss and a new secret investigation started. This theme can relate to the idea of corruption in the real world and how citizens are investigating the difference between what world leaders say, and what their true intentions are.
The structure of the book is unique compared to the other stories since it does not follow a normal story format. Instead, the whole book is supposed to represent a group of files. A mixture of diaries, video narrations, messages, journals, and more. This gives the story a more unique point of view as its a mixture of 1rst, 2nd, and 3rd person. Therefore the story is given a different vibe or feeling which makes reading Illuminae a much more enjoyable experience.
August 31, 2019
Technology and the Human Brain - Anya English Blog 8/30/2019
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Technology and the Human Brain
Recently I read Wildcard (2018) by Marie Lu, the second book in the science fiction series, Warcross. The series follows Emika Chen a young bounty hunter and proficient hacker. Emika lives in a world where the NeuroLink can be used to play the popular videogame Warcross, as well as communicate, find information, and many other tools just with a pair of lenses. Struggling to get by with no job and no parents, Emika is surprised when Hideo Tanaka, the creator of the NeuroLink and head of Henka Games, asks her to assist with a secret mission to find the hacker "Zero," by entering her into the annual Warcross championships. However, things take a wild turn in the second book when Emika finds out the true identity of Zero is Hideo's brother who has been missing for over a decade. Hideo and Emika grow increasingly close and the plot is full of unexpected twists and turns.
One of the main themes in Wildcard is the power that technology has over the human brain and the complicated ways in which they are connected and influential over each other. The lives of people in these books revolve around how "Hideo created the best brain-computer interface ever built. A pair of sleek glasses. The NeuroLink. When you wore it, it helped your brain render virtual worlds that looked and sounded indistinguishable from reality," (Warcross 30). These glasses are controlled by the powerful force of the mind, using it to create information, pictures, and games, but near the end of Warcross, we learn that this can work another way too. Hideo says to Emika, "'I can do more than just see. The NeuroLink has always interfaced with the human brain,'[...]'Until now, I used that interface as a one-way information system-the code simply created and displayed what your brain wished. [...] Your brain is the one in control,'[...]'But information travels both ways.'" (Warcross 338). This quote begins Hideo's darker use of the NeuroLink. He plans to implement an algorithm into the NeuroLink that can control people's minds, and stop them from doing harmful or violent things. This starts to show how powerful technology literally can control minds.
As the story progresses into Wildcard, readers can start to see the horrible effects of the new algorithm, despite how ideal it sounds to just stop people from committing violence. In the days after the algorithm is activated, Emika comments, "I slow down to stare at the long line wrapping around a local police station. There must be hundreds of people. They're all turning themselves in to the authorities for anything and everything unlawful they've ever done, from unpaid parking tickets to petty theft-even murder. It's been like this for the past three days," (Wildcard 8). Then after watching an ambulance, she says, "I only need to catch a glimpse of officers pointing up at the roof of a nearby building before I figure out what occurred here. Another criminal must have jumped to their death. Suicides like this have been peppering the news," (Wildcard 8). Although Hideo intended the algorithm to stop people from committing crime and violence, it has taken a deadly turn, and this quote shows how it has begun to hurt people instead of help.
Another way in which technology affects people in Wildcard, which is similar to what is happening now in our world, is how much it allows people to do, good or bad. People are, in a way, addicted to the effects of this dangerous technology, and only when the ability to use it is revoked are the impacts fully visible. When at the end of the book the NeuroLink is shut down, Emika says, "It feels weird to be in a world where the NeruoLink is no longer accessible-that means no overlays, no colorful icons or virtual faces, no symbols hovering over buildings and gold lines drawn on the ground to guide you. Everything is grittier and grayer and more tangible again," (Wildcard 322). Emika's words explain how much the NeuroLink was able to do for people, and what it is like when that is all suddenly gone. Emika describes being hit particularly hard by this when she comments, "In spite of everything I'd seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I'm sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life," (Wildcard 322). Emika knows that the NeuroLink has hurt many people, but she still feels lost without it. Living a horrible life in a foster home, the NeuroLink sparked her interest in computers and programming, which in a way saved her. She explains that it changed everyone's lives, usually in more good ways than bad.
The last way that technology majorly affects someone in Wildcard is what happened to Sasuke Tanaka, or Zero. When he was a child, Sasuke was enrolled in a study for a drug that could possibly cure terminally ill children, but readers learn that the researchers had different motives. The people working at the institute that he is at spend months studying him. They copy every part of his mind into a digital form, erasing all the compassionate, kind, human parts of his brain. As Emika watches a recording of his time in the research institute, she says, "Whatever it is that they've been doing to him, they've taken away something-something real and human, an intonation in his voice and a light in his eyes-something that defines him as Sasuke. There's no sign of struggle now," (Wildcard 205). She is shown the extent of the damage the researchers have put on him. When his disease eventually kills him, his mind lives on in an icy, evil pawn of the people who did this to him. Sasuke, the small, kind and innocent boy was transformed into a horrible, cold villain by the powers of the technology around him. This is a specific example, but an important example of what technology can do to people.
I would recommend this book to anyone that likes science fiction or reading about interesting new technologies. This book takes a look at the role of technology in our lives, as well as the importance of strong relationships with other people. It is especially interesting for young people interested in programming and computers, as these are main parts of the book. Warcross and Wildcard are well written and easy to understand and relate to, which makes them excellent books.
One of the main themes in Wildcard is the power that technology has over the human brain and the complicated ways in which they are connected and influential over each other. The lives of people in these books revolve around how "Hideo created the best brain-computer interface ever built. A pair of sleek glasses. The NeuroLink. When you wore it, it helped your brain render virtual worlds that looked and sounded indistinguishable from reality," (Warcross 30). These glasses are controlled by the powerful force of the mind, using it to create information, pictures, and games, but near the end of Warcross, we learn that this can work another way too. Hideo says to Emika, "'I can do more than just see. The NeuroLink has always interfaced with the human brain,'[...]'Until now, I used that interface as a one-way information system-the code simply created and displayed what your brain wished. [...] Your brain is the one in control,'[...]'But information travels both ways.'" (Warcross 338). This quote begins Hideo's darker use of the NeuroLink. He plans to implement an algorithm into the NeuroLink that can control people's minds, and stop them from doing harmful or violent things. This starts to show how powerful technology literally can control minds.
As the story progresses into Wildcard, readers can start to see the horrible effects of the new algorithm, despite how ideal it sounds to just stop people from committing violence. In the days after the algorithm is activated, Emika comments, "I slow down to stare at the long line wrapping around a local police station. There must be hundreds of people. They're all turning themselves in to the authorities for anything and everything unlawful they've ever done, from unpaid parking tickets to petty theft-even murder. It's been like this for the past three days," (Wildcard 8). Then after watching an ambulance, she says, "I only need to catch a glimpse of officers pointing up at the roof of a nearby building before I figure out what occurred here. Another criminal must have jumped to their death. Suicides like this have been peppering the news," (Wildcard 8). Although Hideo intended the algorithm to stop people from committing crime and violence, it has taken a deadly turn, and this quote shows how it has begun to hurt people instead of help.
Another way in which technology affects people in Wildcard, which is similar to what is happening now in our world, is how much it allows people to do, good or bad. People are, in a way, addicted to the effects of this dangerous technology, and only when the ability to use it is revoked are the impacts fully visible. When at the end of the book the NeuroLink is shut down, Emika says, "It feels weird to be in a world where the NeruoLink is no longer accessible-that means no overlays, no colorful icons or virtual faces, no symbols hovering over buildings and gold lines drawn on the ground to guide you. Everything is grittier and grayer and more tangible again," (Wildcard 322). Emika's words explain how much the NeuroLink was able to do for people, and what it is like when that is all suddenly gone. Emika describes being hit particularly hard by this when she comments, "In spite of everything I'd seen and all I knew about what was wrong with the NeuroLink-I'm sad without it. Hideo had created something that changed all of our lives, often for the better. It was a creation that had probably saved my life," (Wildcard 322). Emika knows that the NeuroLink has hurt many people, but she still feels lost without it. Living a horrible life in a foster home, the NeuroLink sparked her interest in computers and programming, which in a way saved her. She explains that it changed everyone's lives, usually in more good ways than bad.
The last way that technology majorly affects someone in Wildcard is what happened to Sasuke Tanaka, or Zero. When he was a child, Sasuke was enrolled in a study for a drug that could possibly cure terminally ill children, but readers learn that the researchers had different motives. The people working at the institute that he is at spend months studying him. They copy every part of his mind into a digital form, erasing all the compassionate, kind, human parts of his brain. As Emika watches a recording of his time in the research institute, she says, "Whatever it is that they've been doing to him, they've taken away something-something real and human, an intonation in his voice and a light in his eyes-something that defines him as Sasuke. There's no sign of struggle now," (Wildcard 205). She is shown the extent of the damage the researchers have put on him. When his disease eventually kills him, his mind lives on in an icy, evil pawn of the people who did this to him. Sasuke, the small, kind and innocent boy was transformed into a horrible, cold villain by the powers of the technology around him. This is a specific example, but an important example of what technology can do to people.
I would recommend this book to anyone that likes science fiction or reading about interesting new technologies. This book takes a look at the role of technology in our lives, as well as the importance of strong relationships with other people. It is especially interesting for young people interested in programming and computers, as these are main parts of the book. Warcross and Wildcard are well written and easy to understand and relate to, which makes them excellent books.
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