Upon reading The Age of Earthquakes, I found it difficult to comprehend the full meaning of the book. As I continued to read the novel I found it hard to connect the linguistics from page to page as there was no apparent connection throughout the entirety of the text. There were references overall to the state of humanity in the modern age in connection to technology and the overall increased reliance on it in our ways of living which made sense for me. In my opinion, I am growing up in the technological era of humanity where cars have become self driving and homes can be controlled by technology. However, I question the back cover of the book and its meaning as it says “you are the last generation to die” repetitively which draws my question being, what does it mean? Seeing as death is the consequence of life, I find it hard to believe that my generation will be the last to die. What is to come of the generations following mine? What I found interesting is the different layouts of the pages. There were different orientations of texts varying from bigger texts to very small texts. There were also graphics throughout the book ranging in sizes as well. There were varying amounts of texts on each page as well which was interesting in comparison to normal novels with text lining the pages as you progressed throughout the book. Although the overall concept of the book when trying to find connections from page to page was challenging, the book introduced me to a different format of literature that was highly intriguing. (272)
I also found the back cover interesting. "You are the last generation to die..." Perhaps it is in reference to the idea that internet has become so integrated into our lives that we have become the internet. As such, if the internet never dies, then we never die. The first internet generation will continue to live on through the internet. Those are my thoughts on the topic, but it could very well mean several different things.
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