Violet . Violet and her diminishing
brain capacity. She is losing her mental ability, her physical ability. Her malfunctioning
technology is creating a massive disturbance in her life, one that will ultimately
kill her. Violet is being used as a metaphor of the individual. Her feed is the
technology that we use day to day. Our society would not be able to function if
we did not have the technology. Her losing her mental capacity is correlated
with how we have loss our individualism. We spend hours on Facebook, Instagram
and Twitter, reading, responding, longing for things we do not have, and
wishing we could like him or date her. We have lost ourselves.
A hobby is supposed to be something
that we do for fun. Something that holds our time in a that we enjoy without
being completely stagnant. These days we, nearly, all have the same hobby,
technology! Think about it. What do you do when you come home from work,
school? What is one of the top contenders of how you like to unwind? It is the
TV in the middle of your living room, the laptop plugged in in the corner, the
phone that is sitting in your back pocket, or the game console perched on your entertainment
center. We all have the SAME hobby. We engulf our minds in these virtual
worlds, where we stop thinking and become stagnant. We are not our own anymore.
Just as Violet pointed out, we are becoming more and more simple as time goes
on. Why? Because we have loss the importance of self. We have idolized sameness
and drummed out individuality. We are lost because we have never found
ourselves, just merely copied what we have seen. By being simple we are a reflection
of the characters in this book. We are all becoming the same person..

I love your comment about Violet being a metaphor for individuality. Though I can most definitely see your point when it comes to the other stuff, I don't think that hobbies are dead yet, and the fact that I know a bunch of people that I cannot relate to means that we are not all the same person.
ReplyDeleteI also like the idea of Violet being a metaphor. I also agree that technology is now one of if not the top way for people to unwind. Is it bad when used in moderation? No. Is it bad when you don't moderate yourself? Yes it can be.
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