Our topic involves age limitations and restrictions in four main areas: Sports, Drinking/Driving, Military, Politics.
I have the politic area.
I suppose I will spend some time going over mainly the American government and how our federal system is set up with limitations, such as 35 for president, 30 for senator, and 25 for house of reps. I'll find out if these restrictions are proper, and some exceptions to the rule.
That's my mission plan, and it is completely subject to change with little to no notice!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Little Brother and the Love Story
I personally found the love story around Little Brother a little out of place. It is almost as if the story was written, and seemed lacking, so the author tacked it on to make it have some more weight.
Specifically, I felt like the author somewhat failed in his attempt to write a love scene.
There are two books I have read on writing, one being "How to read literature like a professor" by Thomas Foster. In it, he dives into sex scenes and he made a memorable point. Try writing a steamy sex scene sometime, really get into it. While you write it, it may seem good. It might seem hot and amazing. But come back to it a day later.... and it will 9 times out of 10 just be plain awkward.
His point was that when something was straight up sex in literature, it always means something else (like how the sex in 1984 was a form of rebelling against the government) but if the author wants to symbolize sex itself, it is best to go about it indirectly, as most novels and old movies did. (think of the famous "train going into a tunnel" scene from that old movie)
To me, Little Brother's sex didn't seem to be anything symbolic, but just awkward.
Specifically, I felt like the author somewhat failed in his attempt to write a love scene.
There are two books I have read on writing, one being "How to read literature like a professor" by Thomas Foster. In it, he dives into sex scenes and he made a memorable point. Try writing a steamy sex scene sometime, really get into it. While you write it, it may seem good. It might seem hot and amazing. But come back to it a day later.... and it will 9 times out of 10 just be plain awkward.
His point was that when something was straight up sex in literature, it always means something else (like how the sex in 1984 was a form of rebelling against the government) but if the author wants to symbolize sex itself, it is best to go about it indirectly, as most novels and old movies did. (think of the famous "train going into a tunnel" scene from that old movie)
To me, Little Brother's sex didn't seem to be anything symbolic, but just awkward.
Little Brother and Technology
One aspect of Little Brother I found to be the most interesting, was the aspect having to do with technology. Being a little bit of a nerd myself, I can halfway relate/understand the stuff that goes on with the Xbox and the security stuff and etc. Now a lot of this is a bit into the future, and does not exist, but I just really enjoyed the slope the author took with the advancement of technology. Specifically I thought there was a certain irony to be had. It seems that the further that security systems progressed, the further hacking systems progressed as well, and then one step further. It is almost as if the harder that the government and the school board tried to make an airtight environment, the harder that normal people had to push against it to get out. In some ways it inspired people like Marcus to become very technology-wise as they discovered new ways around the ridiculous security, and in other ways, it just made the environment an even more insecure place because of false hope the systems provided.
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