Technology In The Giver
Steven Spielberg once said, “Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.” This is shown through The Giver by Lois Lowry, and through “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. The Giver takes place in a utopian society where there are no feelings and there are many rules to follow to make it so “perfect”. Authors use futuristic plots and incorporate the overuse of technology to show how, when used too much, technology can be negative. Authors use futuristic plots, events that do
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This is shown through The Giver by Lois Lowry and through “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. In a “perfect” society characters from The Giver discuss the pills they are required to take and say, “ ‘It’s just the pills, that’s all. That’s the treatment for the stirrings.’” In this quote from page thirty seven of The Giver, all citizens are required to take pills to stop them from having feelings that their government feels would affect their society negatively. These pills are a type of scientific advancement and in her book, Lois Lowry is showing readers how she thinks humans will end up because of the overuse of technology. She is warning readers that if technology gets too advanced the government will stop readers from doing things and even feeling things that nowadays are normal and everyday things and feelings. In “The Pedestrian”, the main character, who lives in a futuristic setting, discusses his loneliness because of the society's addiction to their televisions. He states “He was alone in this world of A.D. 2052… ‘What is it now?’ he asked the houses, noticing his wrist watch. ‘Eight-thirty p.m.? Time for a dozen assorted murders? A quiz? A Revue? A comedian falling off the stage?’” The main character in this quote from “The Pedestrian”, is the only person that is outside walking because everyone
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This is shown through The Giver by Lois Lowry and through “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury. In a “perfect” society characters from The Giver discuss the pills they are required to take and say, “ ‘It’s just the pills, that’s all. That’s the treatment for the stirrings.’” In this quote from page thirty seven of The Giver, all citizens are required to take pills to stop them from having feelings that their government feels would affect their society negatively. These pills are a type of scientific advancement and in her book, Lois Lowry is showing readers how she thinks humans will end up because of the overuse of technology. She is warning readers that if technology gets too advanced the government will stop readers from doing things and even feeling things that nowadays are normal and everyday things and feelings. In “The Pedestrian”, the main character, who lives in a futuristic setting, discusses his loneliness because of the society's addiction to their televisions. He states “He was alone in this world of A.D. 2052… ‘What is it now?’ he asked the houses, noticing his wrist watch. ‘Eight-thirty p.m.? Time for a dozen assorted murders? A quiz? A Revue? A comedian falling off the stage?’” The main character in this quote from “The Pedestrian”, is the only person that is outside walking because everyone