Saturday, February 7, 2009

Progress, Technology and Science

With science and technology, new outbreaks are to help live life a lot easier and to help people enjoy it better too. But with new technology and science, there is also a darker side to it. New technology led to society being more reliable on it, thusfar, making human beings lazier. They tend to use it every day and make it a habit and without it in their lives, they can feel very miserable. With science comes with new medicines and etc. This can allow people to live life easier and longer but than again, some people take it to their advantage and over use such medicines and etc. I think it does change who we are because we start to depend on this types of science and technologies to be happy with life when back then, people were just happy to be alive. I think if you simplify life, you'll be able to enjoy it more and not take things so much for granted.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

The Power Of The Individual.

In all of the books that we have read this year in class, it seems as though there is always an individual that is outcasted from society. They either did something bad or they choose to outcast themselves. Each character has their own way with dealing with in. Some lie and try to be accepted by society and some try to run away from it. In Huckleberry Finn, Jim escapes and tries to go to the northern states where he can be free.

They do change society because their society do get affected by their actions. Some of the effects are positive but some are also negative.

I believe that these books really do connect with real life and that it is really true. I don't find it too exaggerated and I can really see it happening in real life to certain individuals through time.

Yeah, I believe a strong willed and strong minded individual is able to change society in a positive and a negative way with their words and actions.