In Conclusion....

When I first walked into this class, I thought that it was going to just be one of those classes where you read a bunch of books and talk about them and move on.  I was very wrong.  This class has actually revamped my desire to read.  It taught me to look for the "deeper meaning"  inside of works of literatue.  Previously I would read just for the story, which always left me with the thought "what is the point of reading, its just a story right?  I've come to the conclusion that this is wrong.  Inside of literature there is an amazing amount of information that can be incorporated in everyday life. 
     Just like in "Feed," the story was about this technological network that a majority of people were connected to constantly through the installation of a chip on a person's brain at a young age.  The story itself was pretty good but when we talked about it in class, I realized that the book is trying to teach us that an overindulgence in technology, can be extremely detremental to ourselves as part of society.  The people couldn't think for themselves, the corporations ruled the country, and the ideas of consumerism flourished.  The people accepted everything at face value and throughout thr book you could see how minipulative the government was to its people.  This book was a good transition from "Culture Jam"  where we learned about how our generation is becoming "dumb" because of the over use of technology (even though I didn't agree with much of it). 
     Another theme we spent a good portion of the class talking about is "reality" TV, even though there is nothing real about it.  The book "Hunger Games" did a very good job of further explaining this topic.  The book was very well written and I found myself engaged in page after page of text, I couldn't stop reading.  It shows how reality TV is influenced by the audience.  The more money they donated to certain competetors, the more supplies those competitors got.  So the competition wasn't fair, it was based on popularity in which the most popular competitor was given the biggest advantage. 
    All in all I really enjoyed this class, even though I had far less than a positive mind set coming into it.  The enjoyment of reading that I used to get when I was younger has been re-instated and I find myself with a book in my hands far more often than I have in the previous 5 years in my life.  The class gave me a look at the way the world is, and what could potentially happen if we let things get out of control or if we become too lazy.  Plus group 6 is awesome it has been fun working with all of you and goodluck on all your finals and your remaining time in Ship!