age of earthquakes summer hw

Kendal Tubb

Written Response

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        The Age of Earthquakes was a masterpiece solely for its ability to transfix the reader in a world of fast-paced scenarios that reflected the way social media attracts and addicts us with fast-coverage, quick cuts and absurd comedy. Dually, it was representative of the devolution of writers and what it means to be an author. By commenting on technology in our society using tactics popularized by many of the readers it created, for me, a dislikable narrator. In the beginning of the book, if you are an individual who is engaged in the societal standards of the 21st century and/or have an ego, it felt as if he was attacking you personally. Yet as I read further I began to feel a connection with the writer develop, and I started to feel myself sweat. If this book doesn’t give you anxiety about your place in this technological world and more importantly your future in it, then you should reread it. As I read I felt the truth behind his words magnify and by the time I finished the book I agreed with most all of his worries, some of which were his warnings of desensitization, media obsession and the loss of singularity. My avid agreement with his thoughts was mostly due to his stylistic choices of combining absurd statements with concepts we are familiar with, helping to  bridge the gap between my personal truth and his. He would often begin or end with broad questions that most would identify with positively, leaving you very little choice but to agree with his following or previous statement. In addition he often covered pages with bold statements that further emphasized that what he was saying was the only answer. In the end, whether or not you agree with the author on his thoughts, we can see that his unique writing style and thoughts are only the beginning of the change developing in how we write and how we interpret.

The Teenagers that say they

HATE

Reading,

LOVE

Spending hours of their day scrolling through twitter

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what defines a reader?