It has been a long time that I haven't posted anything on this blog. Actually, this week has been one of the busiest weeks of my life. I am coping up with subjects like algebra 2 and physics, which - believe me - are some of the most time consuming subjects I have ever dealt with. Today, in our English 2 class we read the story, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.
Even though it was a black comedy, satirical and at times brutal, I found the story to be quite impressive. Stories as such have hidden amounts of messages behind it. We discussed about it in class but there might be other interpretations of it too. Some of us seemed to base the story on technology, others based it on society norms, and the rest to life. This made me think that this difference in interpretations of a simple story might be the basic idea of the story. That is, our differences in thinking, modeling, deciding, etc. is causing the world to be a more exciting place. If we don't have any variation, there will be no change and remaining stagnant is one of the worst things possible to happen to earth.
At the end of the class, a few lines came to my mind which I even shared with some of my friends. Those words are, "The greatest problem on earth today isn't injustice or unequal rights, in fact I believe it is the fact that those who are deserving, are neglected and those who are given the authority and power, don't deserve it."
I'm going to end my blog post on that note. I know I haven't been able to write much and I am not updating regularly but school is being a headache. As soon as I get some aspirins, get rid of the headaches, I will be back with action, fire and zeal to write. Till then, bear with me....and keep reading :)
- Nandita -
No comments:
Post a Comment