While Vivian was in Bensen, Rachel had gone to talk to Ms. Moore about offering her the job on the greenhouse to pay for college and she accepted. Rachel had gotten a vacation, to enjoy, she went to a picnic where she found a voice recorder that was thrown in the river that said help us, greenhouse and medicine. Rachel went to Bensen and there was an identification; Vivian took her away and explained that she was a collaborator which is people who go against the government and they can sometimes get caught. Later on, Ms. Moore had talked to Jonathan, her employee, who said he had seen Vivian and Rachel sneaking away from the identification which made him think they might be criminals.
"It was an old fashioned, static 3-D digim, no animation no audio, so it revealed nothing of the subject besides his appearance." (Hall 58).
What she is describing is a futuristic photo that we would consider for it to be special since it's 3-D. However, while I read I began reflecting on how we don't appreciate amazing discoveries that were so valuable for mankind years ago. Through technology we have stopped looking at the wonders of a single object. For instance, the pens we hold in our hands everyday; we sometimes hate all the pens because we would rather type on a computer since it's faster. In the book, Rachel is explaining how dull the picture is since it doesn't have audio and it doesn't move but we can see into the future and realize that pictures hanging from our walls that are actually videos is to be thinking too crazy.
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| our current pictures |
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| Pictures from the future |
After Ms. Moore and Rachel finished talking Rachel apologized for being too defensive when they talked about colleges. There, we could see a different side of Elizabeth Moore and she gently said,
"It is never rude to respectfully state one's opinion. We simply have different thoughts on the subject." (Hall 64)
I agree with Elizabeth because what she said was that there is no problem to say what you believe as long as you calm down and do it respectfully. This happens everyday specially now toward our Latin American culture with the Donald Trump speeches. It is true that we have our rights of freedom of speech, however, there are limits towards expressing yourself. Maybe there are no legal rules that state this but there is a moral duty from each and every one of us to express ourselves stating our points and what we want as long as you make sure that it is RESPECTFUL.
This is an extreme example of what happens when you don't think about what you say.
Click here to watch the video.
Rachel seems like a different character than the usual because she is protected by so many people which never let her do what she wants. For example, when she almost crossed the Line, Ms. Moore stopped her and forced her to work in order to distract Rachel. I feel that this book has changed the normal outcomes you usually see in other texts making this story not only unexpected but also full of suspenseful plot twists. For instance, how Daniel and Vivian went against the government and Daniel went to war to fight for the government, this gives a sense of irony that opens controversy between the story and the reader. Overall, I believe that the author has made an amazing story that I can't wait to finish.
Works Cited
"Polaroid Paris." Polaroid Paris Home Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Oct. 2015. <http://www.polaroidparis.com/>.
"When Hate Speech Comes To Campus." YouTube. YouTube, 16 Oct. 2015. Web. 25 Oct. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgkwcAFKpYA>.
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