The Age of Questions

In the book, I noticed that the words in the story was not the only thing that was important, but also the details of the words and the background picture was crucial to create a meaning that endures to the current generation. If the picture had a black background and white text, the text seemed to be more important because of the pop of color rather than if the colors were reversed.

In addition, I found that the book introduced a repetition of phrases that a number was associated with the concept of time and the amount of time it takes for someone to comprehend one value and recognize its importance; it occurs with the amount of text messages sent and the "generations of I Phones" that are engineered to satisfy the consumers needs and wants.

The emphasis of time has no correlation to the title which confuses me because the book never talks about the earthquakes as a natural phenomenon, but it talks about social media and the impact it has on this generation of people from the standpoint of an older generation. Does the novel attempt to say that social media is shaking the earth because of the change of technology and the change of generations? The frustrating part of not knowing the answer is that while reading the book, the subject would change every page and very abruptly; one moment, there was an actual conversation while the next second it changes which can show the attention span of a human in this generation. Maybe it is similar to the events that occurs from one moment to another in an actual natural phenomenon, but that raises the question of what does the cover mean? Is the earth reforming because of human habits and the way we shape it?

(Word Count 300)