Read from page__91 to page_154__in “The Future of Us”. Then
complete ONE of the options below.
Write in full sentences and use evidence from the text (quotes, with page
number). You need to have at least 2
quotes or references from the book. Fully explain how the quotes help
support your thinking.
1.
What are your initial reactions to the pages you
read (thoughts and questions about the characters, what happens to them).
2.
Choose 2 quotes that had a strong impact on you.
Describe your reactions to these quotes: what are they saying? What made you
react so strongly to them, to the ideas they are addressing?
3.
Connect the reading you did today to one of the
Essential Questions for the unit (below). How do the ideas in the book connect
to the question?
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Technology Unit Essential Questions:
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What
does what you put on the internet say about you? What does what you leave out
say about you?
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Who is
the real you: the person behind the screen or the person in front of it?
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What is
the value of having an online record of your experiences? (pictures, texts,
etc)
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Why do
we take selfies? And why do we take so many?
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Why are
we so concerned about how many people “follow” us online? What does this say
about us, about our idea of self-worth?
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*Response
needs to be TWO FULL PARAGRAPHS for full credit.
*Response needs to use at least 2 quotes/text references for full credit
*Response needs to use at least 2 quotes/text references for full credit
1) I feel that this book wrongly represents society as it is (and was). I can't help but find this book funny, even though I'm sure it's meant to be a very serious and problematic topic centered around what problems we have today. The ideas and topics presented come off to me as a joke. "...but you can't un marry your future husband...(pg 130)". This quote sums up my feelings of the book very well. The only "problem" josh and Emma have is that their futures are now something they can watch changing. The future was going to change no matter what they did, but now that they can watch the changes all of a sudden it's a big deal if Emma doesn't marry JJJ. "...the way you're judging me means you're not even trying to understand what life felt like for me...(pg 135)". I feel that this quote shows us how shallow the book and the characters are this early on in the text. Emma doesn't even know how she felt, all she knows is these little emotionless snippets of information that she sets out to change because they're her "future". How is she supposed to know how she feels or if the life she had set up for herself in the future was good or bad? The ideas in this book are underdeveloped and though they have raw potential I don't see how anyone could take the characters or the plot serious enough to really enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to choose the third option, because I really don't think this book is good enough literature to say "This was a really powerful sentence". Anyway, I'm connecting this book to the essential question "Who is the real you: the person behind the screen or the person in front of it?". I wanted to talk about Emma's future Facebook posts, and how they're almost TOO real. All of the stuff about her hubby not coming home, and how she's a depressed mizzy little housewife seems WAY too TMI for Facebook. If you want to call up your friend and catch her up on your crappy marriage, go for it. But to proclaim it to hundreds of friends? That's just needy. So this brings up the question: If we should be more "real" on social media about our lives, does that mean if your life sucks, FB should know about it? Or is there a line?
ReplyDeleteMy second reference is to the over-sharing online by future-Emma. Really? Dinner posts? Emma needs to get off the internet. If what you share online is a tailored version of your life, the really important things should be written. And if your choice of carb for the evening is one of the "important things", that's an issue. OK, back to the essential question. I think Emma is a good example of someone who is just as real on Facebook as she is in life, she isn't really putting up a front.