Random Language Arts essay:
The characters in the short film were pretty similar to how I imagined them while reading the short story, but Harrison was a bit more aggressive in the film than I had imagined while reading the short story and his father was a bit more stubborn and grouchy than I had imagined. I believe that these differences are for the worse because it goes to show that even though everyone in the dystopia was equal, it still caused at least some distress and discomfort (for the citizens). The film creator does an effective job in building the world that Vonnegut created in his short story by showing what the handicap weights would look like, and how the government would control the intelligent people (with annoying sounds). I feel that the mood and stage that Harrison appeared on TV were the most true to the original story. Harrison’s goal wasn’t to be kind or to be a hero, instead his goal was to open peoples’ eyes and try to make people see what their world was like. He probably wouldn’t know peaceful protest due to his living conditions, so I believe that is the reason why the filmmaker decided to make him kind of aggressive. In the film, they showed the government’s perspective, and there was also a bomb, contrary to the short story. In the short story, Harrison also spoke of being Emperor, and making people part of his “kingdom”. I think that the “bomb” took away from the story because it made Harrison seem like he was trying to start a revolution, instead of gaining publicity and warning people. I feel that the story was a more powerful medium because in the short story, the main focus was on Harrison and how he affected the world around him and tried to “change” it, while the film was more focused on how the dystopian world saw Harrison and more on that fact that it was too late by then to change anything.
I thought that the dystopian short story “2081” had much meaning, but I felt that I didn’t understand all of it yet. I thought that the short story was easier to interpret because I could read at an extremely slow speed to understand it better. There were many possible meanings of the story, and it could be interpreted in many ways. The parents of Harrison represented parents that thought a certain way and couldn’t change that easily, and therefore could hold someone like Harrison back, instead of helping them achieve their full potential. The story brings to light the unfairness of the world, like how some people can be born into rich families and end up staying rich, while others are born into poor families that sometimes result in innocent children dying before they had a chance to try and succeed in the world. Many people see this unfairness in dark light, but the short story “2081” is a sort of counterargument to that idea, challenging people to try and think of another result that could make things fair. What is more unfair, is how there might not be a way to make things fair, which is probably a paradox in itself. In the story, Harrison could be seen as the bridge between two different people, those who think they are good/correct, and those that think being “good” is incorrect, and that they themselves are good. The story helps highlight how people see things, and that there can be two sides to something, but we can usually only ever see one side. Harrison helps bridge that gap, by trying to fix things on one hand, although that would result in a possibly bigger problem on the other hand. The problem is that there probably isn’t a real way to figure out who is truly “correct”. If there is no in-between, then it would either be one chaos, or the other. In this dystopian world, fairness is seen as the all-powerful law in their world; a solution to basically all problems. The film helps highlight this point of view. Harrison’s father also helps us see the other side. “‘If you could just take a few out when you came home from work,’ said Hazel. ‘I mean – you don’t compete with anybody around here. You just set around.’ ‘If I tried to get away with it,’ said George, ‘then other people’d get away with it and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn’t like that, would you?’ ‘I’d hate it,’ said Hazel. ‘There you are,’ said George. ‘The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?’” From the dystopian world’s perspective, someone like Harrison is a terrorist, no real propaganda needed. Harrison was trying to bring back unfairness and inequality, something that could be seen as evil. Yet, from our world, we can’t help but feel that something is wrong with their [dystopian] world, and I sided with Harrison, even though what he was doing was causing chaos and ruining the world order or their dystopian world. From our perspective, Harrison is the hero, but siding with him would be admitting that unfairness is better than equality. In our world, we have people who waste what is given to them on a silver platter, while others starve and die because they were unlucky, or maybe even because others were already lucky, so there was nothing left for them. Still, in a world where everyone is finally equal, we can’t help but feel that something is missing. Other books like “Scythe” and “The Giver” tell of this feeling of emptiness (though I haven’t read “The Giver”). I’ve run out of ideas and thoughts on the short story “2081”, but I’m sure there are other meanings left in the story.
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The characters in the short film were pretty similar to how I imagined them while reading the short story, but Harrison was a bit more aggressive in the film than I had imagined while reading the short story and his father was a bit more stubborn and grouchy than I had imagined. I believe that these differences are for the worse because it goes to show that even though everyone in the dystopia was equal, it still caused at least some distress and discomfort (for the citizens). The film creator does an effective job in building the world that Vonnegut created in his short story by showing what the handicap weights would look like, and how the government would control the intelligent people (with annoying sounds). I feel that the mood and stage that Harrison appeared on TV were the most true to the original story. Harrison’s goal wasn’t to be kind or to be a hero, instead his goal was to open peoples’ eyes and try to make people see what their world was like. He probably wouldn’t know peaceful protest due to his living conditions, so I believe that is the reason why the filmmaker decided to make him kind of aggressive. In the film, they showed the government’s perspective, and there was also a bomb, contrary to the short story. In the short story, Harrison also spoke of being Emperor, and making people part of his “kingdom”. I think that the “bomb” took away from the story because it made Harrison seem like he was trying to start a revolution, instead of gaining publicity and warning people. I feel that the story was a more powerful medium because in the short story, the main focus was on Harrison and how he affected the world around him and tried to “change” it, while the film was more focused on how the dystopian world saw Harrison and more on that fact that it was too late by then to change anything.
I thought that the dystopian short story “2081” had much meaning, but I felt that I didn’t understand all of it yet. I thought that the short story was easier to interpret because I could read at an extremely slow speed to understand it better. There were many possible meanings of the story, and it could be interpreted in many ways. The parents of Harrison represented parents that thought a certain way and couldn’t change that easily, and therefore could hold someone like Harrison back, instead of helping them achieve their full potential. The story brings to light the unfairness of the world, like how some people can be born into rich families and end up staying rich, while others are born into poor families that sometimes result in innocent children dying before they had a chance to try and succeed in the world. Many people see this unfairness in dark light, but the short story “2081” is a sort of counterargument to that idea, challenging people to try and think of another result that could make things fair. What is more unfair, is how there might not be a way to make things fair, which is probably a paradox in itself. In the story, Harrison could be seen as the bridge between two different people, those who think they are good/correct, and those that think being “good” is incorrect, and that they themselves are good. The story helps highlight how people see things, and that there can be two sides to something, but we can usually only ever see one side. Harrison helps bridge that gap, by trying to fix things on one hand, although that would result in a possibly bigger problem on the other hand. The problem is that there probably isn’t a real way to figure out who is truly “correct”. If there is no in-between, then it would either be one chaos, or the other. In this dystopian world, fairness is seen as the all-powerful law in their world; a solution to basically all problems. The film helps highlight this point of view. Harrison’s father also helps us see the other side. “‘If you could just take a few out when you came home from work,’ said Hazel. ‘I mean – you don’t compete with anybody around here. You just set around.’ ‘If I tried to get away with it,’ said George, ‘then other people’d get away with it and pretty soon we’d be right back to the dark ages again, with everybody competing against everybody else. You wouldn’t like that, would you?’ ‘I’d hate it,’ said Hazel. ‘There you are,’ said George. ‘The minute people start cheating on laws, what do you think happens to society?’” From the dystopian world’s perspective, someone like Harrison is a terrorist, no real propaganda needed. Harrison was trying to bring back unfairness and inequality, something that could be seen as evil. Yet, from our world, we can’t help but feel that something is wrong with their [dystopian] world, and I sided with Harrison, even though what he was doing was causing chaos and ruining the world order or their dystopian world. From our perspective, Harrison is the hero, but siding with him would be admitting that unfairness is better than equality. In our world, we have people who waste what is given to them on a silver platter, while others starve and die because they were unlucky, or maybe even because others were already lucky, so there was nothing left for them. Still, in a world where everyone is finally equal, we can’t help but feel that something is missing. Other books like “Scythe” and “The Giver” tell of this feeling of emptiness (though I haven’t read “The Giver”). I’ve run out of ideas and thoughts on the short story “2081”, but I’m sure there are other meanings left in the story.
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@chesslegendmaster I wrote a 19-page research paper in 9th grade so don't make me post that here...
@SavageAntarctican I can do more (when I get to your grade)...
@chesslegendmaster Don't make me do this...
You don't know what you are in for if you make me do it...
You don't know what you are in for if you make me do it...
eh @SavageAntarctican post it :D I like coming here for reading material
@Owlnight257 There are some pictures on it so I will have to post the results section without the graphs...
And it was in this position that Lichess' servers resigned the game
@AngelaRoss Just ask @Savage_Cactus when he put 1 million digits of pi on a lichess forum.
eh just paste it :D
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