tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post4856790108716366872..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: The Government Wants You to Want Things - prompt 1- Karen KnutsonAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-83523443033584395362013-02-03T15:29:22.596-05:002013-02-03T15:29:22.596-05:00Ideally, you'd trim out the element of summary...Ideally, you'd trim out the element of summary in the first paragraph, and add detail to the argument - not only can we read PKD through Marcuse (which we do argue), but we *should* (which we don't).<br /><br />In the second paragraph, you could do more with the war - for instance, the fact that the government that waged the war is now trying to reinforce the value of the animal life that it (nearly) annihilated. If you're interested in the complexity of the government's role here, that seems central...<br /><br />I think you could do more with the government's motivations re: the androids, at least after having read the whole novel. For instance, the fact that the androids are fleeing *to* a desolate wasteland is important and revealing...<br /><br />You clearly understand the connection between external, governmental needs and inner, personal needs in the novel. That's a good start - but what does that connection *mean*? Why does it matter? Does it make Marcuse your valid? Does it *change* our reading of PKD? What does this connection do for you, or us? Answering that question is how you get a complete argument.<br /><br />Janine's objections are correct, incidentally...Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-88646629955030996292013-02-02T00:37:10.912-05:002013-02-02T00:37:10.912-05:00I like where your argument is going, but I think s...I like where your argument is going, but I think some of the support gotten from the book is not entirely correct. With the quote in the second paragraph about not taking care of animals being a punishable offense, i do not think the character was saying that the government required every individual to own an animal. I think it meant that owning a living animal, and then not keeping it healthy causing it to die prematurely was once a punishable offense, considering the rarity of animals at that time especially. Also, in the third paragraph you mention how the government does not want androids on earth even though they are living peacefully, but I believe it was stated in the book that androids who emigrated to earth were one's that escaped the colonies by killing their owners.<br /><br />Other than some misinterpreted support, I like how you are saying that what the government desires influences what the people making up the society desires.Janine Talishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878555322673085555noreply@blogger.com