NewsWorld Assesment

NewsWorld, a short story that touches the heart of any individual who experienced freight for their future self, gives insight to the perspective of the younger generation facing the horrible realities of war in life.

Several symbols that depict the simple life of a growing teenager (such as television, assigned books, and even the closed theme park that has its rush of life) make the sudden shock of attack on the nation easier to understand. Having experienced most violence only through rough falls on a sports field or through the safety net of the television, there had been no previous way of knowing that there was a protected shield from the horrors of the world. Larger powers had always been there, and wiser words had always reached the younger generation through the written word in mistreated books and under the guise of planned shows, but all it was for the majority of its younger audience was just fables and tales to enjoy. Entertainment never got in the way of their planned future. Television always mentioned dangers around the world, but what were the chances of it coming and finding us in our own country?

The short story shows attack impact directly on a young teenaged life, a sudden state of instability that questions their reason for being there. No one knows the correct way to react, but every one turns to group together and find a sense of protection, for themselves and for each other. We search for our immediate meaning in life, our goals and what we've experienced so far. The reader realizes, perhaps with some despair, that its possible they're too young to be going through an existential crisis.
The tales shown in the NewsWorld theme park suddenly have so much more reality to them. The music and enjoyability of youth stripped from its presentation to show the truth that so many others have faced, just like the friends of the narrator. 

Disasters around the world take different forms, and I believe thats partly why a personal connection to NewsWorld is easy to form. I, myself, was able to replace NewsWorld with Disney and other theme parks nearby in Orlando. I too went to a good school and was fortunate enough to receive higher education. I have been through the sudden realization in my eleventh grade experience when my school had a loss of a treasured friend due to a rare illness. The school was quarantined to ensure that it wasn't spread to any other students. The simplicity of my high school life was disturbed, and the peace that I imagined in my city of Miami was also brought to a rude awakening when protests began to help the people of Venezuela. Though I experienced the events of 9/11 in my younger years and was unaware of family members on flights from New York on that day, I later found life to be short. I had no idea what to do with my life at that point. There are so many unpredictable events that my mother and father even had to avoid for me to come into this world and figure out what my impact would be.

To adapt this story into another medium, I would have to choose a short film. Adding film of war in Vietnam and other disasters in-between showings of the displays at NewsWorld would be preferable. Offsetting it with the emptiness in the aftermath of disasters would show a larger impact

Recommendation: Gattaca

Gattaca


Though my ability to fully appreciate this film has likely not been thorough enough to comprehend all the complexities of a reproductive DNA utopia, every time this movie is shown, I am able to discover a new layer of our present society and how this science fiction vision could not be very far from becoming reality.

Gattaca, a film by Andrew Niccol released in 1997, follows the life of Vincent Freeman, a man unaltered by the scientific genetic help of his day to improve his stamina, IQ, health, life expectancy, etc., in a large, genetically selected society. Being seen as an 'in-valid' due to his natural upbringing, the world created with this technology resurrects genetic discrimination not seen since the days of royal monarchs and World War II. Even his birth parents, who had elected him to be raised naturally, had their regrets when realizing how difficult a life Vincent would lead when pitted against other genetically enhanced individuals for professional jobs.

Vincent was often reminded of his inferiority in his youth due to his younger brother, Anton, besting him in most game challenges. Parents' consideration for their child to have a brighter future, as  opposed to likely menial jobs, clearly plays a hand in the audience believing this to be such a rapidly accepted practice, but the film constantly questions the hidden prejudice that falls in line with this. It is only human nature to compete and want to rise above others, not to mention the want for specific characteristics of ourselves changed, but the culture bred has divided people so dramatically to the point where the natural raised cannot attempt to rise above where society places them.

The film poses a very real possibility for the future when these Gattaca degenerates face much bias for stereotypical inferiority (in terms of value for marriage partners, job, opportunities, living establishments, etc.)  despite not going into any mental or physical assessments to compare their abilities. Despite attempting to hide your identity, both sides can easily find desperation when either not being able to prove yourself or not being able to live the life you wanted despite having every genetic planned out for you in advance, leaving you with a lack of motivation to rise believing you are incapable of doing so. This way of living was challenged when Vincent was able to fulfill his dream and prove his intelligence, but what would it take for our world to realize that everything falls to the unpredictability of life if we were subjected to genetic alteration?

Trump - His words versus his image

The Great Meme Election of 2016

The Presidential Race, usually a respected election process occurring every four years to determine which candidate would rise to the task of leading a nation of thousands, has been molded to resemble a display stage of a survival reality show. Media, taking a large part in the escalated attention to the shocking declarations and actions by particular candidates, has grabbed hold of the millenials by the ear and poured both biased and live material of Marco, Cruz, Hillary, Bernie, and most noticeably, Donald Trump.

As many talk shows, newscasters, and political speakers have thrown the present day "orange Hitler" into the spotlight to expose his lack of thorough planning and spread of hatred, much of the youth of today have become extremely outspoken via social networks of his similarities to the Holocaust. Those associated with supporting Trump have shared in the "nutty" lack of rhyme or reason in sane mind. His bold claims of exporting Mexicans (and later to be announced Hispanics), Muslims, building walls to separate neighbors are blanket statements highly offending to the largey liberal youth who have been raised with more accepting ideals. If anything, the blanket statements are used more as an alarm as to who to avoid from in the future.

As much as I would like to remain unsullied by my personal opinion in this post, I have accepted the fact that it won't be possible for a rising millenial such as myself. If he is elected into the position of president, I suppose we all took part in that result, whether we voted or not. perhaps insane as he is, he instills a little nuttiness in all of us  to the point where we allowed him to gain control of our nation.