Written Response:
One thing I noticed about The Age of Earthquakes is that it comments on the current generation and their use of technology. The novel uses technology to explain the things we can not necessarily explain. For example, addiction, loneliness, intelligence, memory patterns, and many more topics are discussed and explained with reference to technology. The references to technology were interesting because they were a new and modern look to these ancient ideas. Most of the ideas presented seem very logical and make sense in terms of our current society. The book was relevant and modern because of some of the topics discussed such as people creating fake identities on social media and how technology has let people hide from the rest of the world. These subjects were presented in a modern way which was different from a typical book format. The use of images and graphics were used which helped better develop the ideas and personally I thought was a good touch by the author because it makes reading more appealing. I also enjoyed how the “text type” was as if someone was on the internet and reading various ads and articles. That aspect was extremely effective because it helped express the actual topics being talked about through different formatting. The one issue with this internet format/text type is that it was hard to follow because there was no plot and no characters, it was more informational and commentary on technology. Overall, I thought the text was extremely interesting and helped open my mind to new ideas concerning the effects of technology.
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Pastiche:
The internet is addicting, social media is addicting. Our phones give us instant access to our addictions, is this our phones fault that they give us access to our addictions or is it our fault that we have become addi...BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ (molly.403 just posted on instagram) (snapchat from best friend #1) (jane just tweeted) (text from Brother: what time is dinner?)...cted. Everytime our phones buzz it triggers us right away to look down and see what is going on. At that exact moment we are pulled out of anything and everything in the real world and sucked into the world of social media and the internet. Not only do our phones pull us in but we pull ourselves into that univ...Hey Siri how many planets and dwarf planets are there?...erse. We constantly get distracted and “need” our phones for many things, such as, internet searches. Technology has changed our world drastically for the good and the bad but it sure has become addicting and no matter how hard we try it will always be addicting. We have trained ourselves to always check our phones and not let any notif...BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ [You want to check it, you want to see who it is, you want to keep updated on people’s lives, but you are at a family dinner, just one quick look] (snapchat from Jim) (_hailey_ just posted on instagram)...ications go unchecked. Our lives are run by our phones and are constantly interrupting important moments. This interruption has caused many missed experiences that we will never ever get back.
Brooke Kramer 4B Mrs. Hendricks
Brooke Kramer 4B Mrs. Hendricks
I agree with your written response, Brooke, especially how technology allows us to hide anonymously from the world with fake identities and catfishes and such. However, it also had led to people oversharing about their lives and people can go on other peoples social media and find out everything. The whole book was pretty confusing and every scenario and its opposite was true, which is just a reflection upon how technology is so diverse. I also really like your pastiche, phones are really addictive.
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