Blog Assignment 16

5. Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.

I think That I really would like to live in this time of the story. It reminds me of a book I read last year in Mr. Feldman's class called Ender's Game. It's about a kid that the officials thought had the potential to save the world from the Bugger's, or aliens. So they recruit him, and they test him by placing him in the rank with all the kids his age and he does exceptionally well, so he got bumped up to the next class, and so on, snd so on until he finally became a commander of his own fleet. The majority of the story, though, takes place in the space station with all of the other kids. Feed gives off the dame vibe as Ender's Game to me so far, which is a pretty goof sign considering i really liked Ender's Game.

I don't really know what it is that intrigues me about being in space freely and staying in bunks with other kids my age; maybe I belong in the army or something, who knows? It's hard to explain. Maybe it's the freedom that all of these kids have while they aren't being parented, but commanded. In Feed, They can just freely go to the moon as they please, as easy as going to the playground. I just know that i would absolutely love that type of environment.

Blog Assignment 15

     A Utopia is a society with no flaws. In other terms, a Utopia is an ideal place that anyone would want to be apart of. Utopia has been used in myths and stories in the past to depict a fictional paradise island in the Atlantic Ocean. I highly believe that people can hold higher power in a Utopia so they can conserve law and order because I believe that any society needs to be regulated. Misusing this higher power, on the other hand is a totally different concept. Remembering that a Utopia is as close to flawless as it gets, abused authority would most definitely go against everything a Utopia is known for. If something is misused, it can no longer be perfect.
     In order to possess dignity in a Utopia, one must be worthy to live in it. A perfect society needs contributors to maintain the Utopian principle, so only the best can therefore be apart of that. There is no question of dignity in a Utopia. This can be compared to an All-Star team in a sport. Only the best of the bunch gets picked to be on the team and everyone's skills are pretty much equally recognized because they made it there. Now, looking up at the contributors of Utopia, much like the All-Stars of an athletic team, they are pretty special people. But from the standpoint of actually making it there, BEING "on the team", nothing seems so special because everyone is the same. The following scene from The Incredibles perfectly epitomizes my point.
   (last line of the clip)    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYmHYQPaHaw

     In order for our society to become a working Utopia, It must meet the requirements of the Utopia. Taking Philadelphia for example, there would have to be a lot of modifications for it to live up to the reputation of a Utopia. Crime rates would have to hit an all-time low, there can't be any "bad" or "trashy" parts of the city. Everyone gets treated fairly and equally. There would be no problem with different races because there would only be one race; Human.