Short summary of 'conceptual fruit' and is 'society dead'
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1) CONCEPTUAL FRUIT By Thaisa Frank
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE – Fruit refers to the multimedia – Concept of virtual world
CHARACTERS IN THE STORY Four characters – Greta (Daughter) – Father – Mother – Joel (Son)
GRETA’S CHARACTER – Girl of 16 – Couldn’t perform activities as normally as others – Often repeated whatever she heard – Went to special school
THE STORY – Father wanted to share about a new site – Only Greta showed interest – Took her to show where she could make up streets and bowls of fruit – Asked what she wanted – Created a street called “Greta’s Street”, a house called “Greta’s House” Placed bowls in every room – Peaches everywhere – Eleven windows covered with white curtains – Clicked bowls – word peaches appeared – Greta expected real peaches to appear – Father said – the words remind what they stand for – Didn’t cry but closed her eyes – Created a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – But no bathroom – not a real house – Smiled the next time when the word peaches appeared – The house could have anything – But Greta will never have a house of her own – Would live in a group house with people like her – Father hopes the house to be large and as Greta wanted.
CONCLUSION – Multimedia and internet helps to create a virtual world – Helps people to get satisfaction to some extent
2) IS SOCIETY DEAD? By Andrew Sullivan
“IS SOCIETY DEAD?” is written by Andrew Michael Sullivan, a British author. This article is about ‘I-pod’ generation. He talks about how the ‘Apple products’ – modern technological devices have taken control of his life. He uses colourful examples to state how technology has taken over our lives.
It is written in the first person narrative and he talks about his experience while he is walking through the streets of New York. He could not believe about the changes happened to the city because he had already heard that New York is full of night-life. But here he could not find it.
The day life was also much quieter with mixtures of yells, chatter, hustle and rudeness.
Manhattan’s down town is a Disney like string of malls and middle class villages. He noticed something special in the town. There were white wires hanging down from their ears or tucked into pockets, purses or jackets. Each one was in his own shut asylum forgetting about the world around them. It is an I-pad world that he saw there. All are in their own cocoons. No sound is heard by them except their music. Even if someone says ‘excuse me’ or ‘hello’, there is no response. The author is also one among them. He is also having the white wires peeping out of his ears. He says that he started with a walkman, then a MP3 player and at last an I-pad won over him. Once it was a musical diversion for him. But now it has become a ‘compulsive obsession.’ now the attitude of the people is ‘don’t ask, don’t overhear, don’t observe – just tune in and tune out. ‘Technology has given us a universe entirely for ourselves because the entire world is in our finger tips. It has become a society without any social elements.
Earlier we had homes, retreats or places where we want to relax, where one could outlet emotions, unwind or shut out the world. But we did not walk around like hermit crabs.
Earlier music was limited to the living room and it was a shared experience that brought people together. But now music has become a personal secret.
The author is asking a question “what do we get from this?’ We get the chance to slip away from the monotony of the commute, to listen more closely and carefully to music that can lift you up and can keep you going. We miss many things in life – the funny conversations, the chatting sound of a child which may take us to our childhood, the songs, the laughter of others, etc. External stimulation can crowd out the interior mind. Even boredom has its uses. We are forced to find out our own methods to overcome this boredom.
In the last part he says that when he went for a trip, he left out his I-pod behind. Though he was panic for the first time, later he understood that he can enjoy the rhythms of others again; the sounds of airplane, the opinions of taxi drivers, etc. He wonderfully noticed how all are connected to each other.
He concludes his essay by opening a world around us. He admits how he himself was addicted to I-pod and the ‘apple products’ and the dislike he had for the way that technology has had on society itself.
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SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TITLE – Fruit refers to the multimedia – Concept of virtual world
CHARACTERS IN THE STORY Four characters – Greta (Daughter) – Father – Mother – Joel (Son)
GRETA’S CHARACTER – Girl of 16 – Couldn’t perform activities as normally as others – Often repeated whatever she heard – Went to special school
THE STORY – Father wanted to share about a new site – Only Greta showed interest – Took her to show where she could make up streets and bowls of fruit – Asked what she wanted – Created a street called “Greta’s Street”, a house called “Greta’s House” Placed bowls in every room – Peaches everywhere – Eleven windows covered with white curtains – Clicked bowls – word peaches appeared – Greta expected real peaches to appear – Father said – the words remind what they stand for – Didn’t cry but closed her eyes – Created a kitchen, a dining room, a living room, a bedroom, a room for cat – But no bathroom – not a real house – Smiled the next time when the word peaches appeared – The house could have anything – But Greta will never have a house of her own – Would live in a group house with people like her – Father hopes the house to be large and as Greta wanted.
CONCLUSION – Multimedia and internet helps to create a virtual world – Helps people to get satisfaction to some extent
2) IS SOCIETY DEAD? By Andrew Sullivan
“IS SOCIETY DEAD?” is written by Andrew Michael Sullivan, a British author. This article is about ‘I-pod’ generation. He talks about how the ‘Apple products’ – modern technological devices have taken control of his life. He uses colourful examples to state how technology has taken over our lives.
It is written in the first person narrative and he talks about his experience while he is walking through the streets of New York. He could not believe about the changes happened to the city because he had already heard that New York is full of night-life. But here he could not find it.
The day life was also much quieter with mixtures of yells, chatter, hustle and rudeness.
Manhattan’s down town is a Disney like string of malls and middle class villages. He noticed something special in the town. There were white wires hanging down from their ears or tucked into pockets, purses or jackets. Each one was in his own shut asylum forgetting about the world around them. It is an I-pad world that he saw there. All are in their own cocoons. No sound is heard by them except their music. Even if someone says ‘excuse me’ or ‘hello’, there is no response. The author is also one among them. He is also having the white wires peeping out of his ears. He says that he started with a walkman, then a MP3 player and at last an I-pad won over him. Once it was a musical diversion for him. But now it has become a ‘compulsive obsession.’ now the attitude of the people is ‘don’t ask, don’t overhear, don’t observe – just tune in and tune out. ‘Technology has given us a universe entirely for ourselves because the entire world is in our finger tips. It has become a society without any social elements.
Earlier we had homes, retreats or places where we want to relax, where one could outlet emotions, unwind or shut out the world. But we did not walk around like hermit crabs.
Earlier music was limited to the living room and it was a shared experience that brought people together. But now music has become a personal secret.
The author is asking a question “what do we get from this?’ We get the chance to slip away from the monotony of the commute, to listen more closely and carefully to music that can lift you up and can keep you going. We miss many things in life – the funny conversations, the chatting sound of a child which may take us to our childhood, the songs, the laughter of others, etc. External stimulation can crowd out the interior mind. Even boredom has its uses. We are forced to find out our own methods to overcome this boredom.
In the last part he says that when he went for a trip, he left out his I-pod behind. Though he was panic for the first time, later he understood that he can enjoy the rhythms of others again; the sounds of airplane, the opinions of taxi drivers, etc. He wonderfully noticed how all are connected to each other.
He concludes his essay by opening a world around us. He admits how he himself was addicted to I-pod and the ‘apple products’ and the dislike he had for the way that technology has had on society itself.
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