Reflection on News Articles
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Re: Reflection on News Articles
I personally really enjoyed the article section of the book, but I can see how those who preferred the action parts may have been bored by the sudden shift to the long news articles.
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I actually thought that it was a natural progression that the news would eventually be owned by World, Inc. (as was everything else), but you are so right - it does imitate today's news a little. I'm sure other corporations owned other news outlets (it never mentions it in the book, but it would make sense), and I'm sure that they would report on things to benefit themselves. The agenda then and now are too similar for comfort.cpru68 wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 14:16 What I found most disturbing was that the news by the end of the articles was owned by World, Inc. And, they always had the little blurb saying..for the most 'honest' report go to our pages. That part got me as we are right now under a siege of information from two sides on our media that constantly fight and scream. I cannot turn on any news right now as it never is anything positive, and it seems like everything has an agenda to it. So, that was the part that got me, and I was surprised how accurately the author reflected this in that part of the book. I did like how he was able to fill the reader in on what had transpired in the demise of America. I thought it was creative instead of just having the two main characters talk about it. It felt real.
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I agree with a couple of other comments here, but my thoughts about the news articles are kind of conflicting. I thought they were great and disturbingly believable. On the other hand, I also agree that these sections were too long and could have probably been condensed.
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It started off kind of confusing. I'm not big into politics so some of it was too dry. After awhile they started to pick up a little. Not enough for me to enjoy it though. Everytime I seen a news report after that I was disappointed.Bianka Walter wrote: ↑08 Aug 2018, 02:00I totally agree. I had to force myself to concentrate through a lot of them. They became a little tedious after a while. The break between them (I think Sliver goes off to kill someone else) was definitely necessary to keep my attention.Dabuddhababe wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 18:57 The chapter with all the news reports could have been laid out differently. The background info they were giving was great, but did we have to trudge through each article? Franklin could have summed up a lot of the boring stuff. I felt like Kelly did, when she got done reading them, staring off in space.
The one thing I thought was interesting was that the government tried to keep it going in D.C., stubborn people.
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I fully agree with you. The amount of complaining people do about paying taxes, wouldn't even compare to the shock they would be in if we no longer paid them. Unfortunately, many people are more concerned with immediate gratification than the impact this would have on our lives long-term if we didnt.JHuschle519 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 18:48Oh, I agree that it could happen ... I guess I just kind of hope it never does. I have a feeling it would be complete chaos. I hate paying taxes, but I would hate to see the state of the country if everyone suddenly stopped paying them.
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So, something happened in our country which was an example of everyone sticking together. A few years ago (about 2011 I think), the road agency put something called E-tolls up on our roads. They are toll gates on the highways that drivers get tagged in and charged. Drivers then get mails telling them how much they owe. Because no one ever agreed to this - the majority of people refused to pay. I think 30% of all people paid the tolls and the rest didn't. To this day, I still get post (yes, from the actual postal service) telling me that I owe E-tolls. But they have mostly scrapped it.tarafarah7 wrote: ↑10 Aug 2018, 16:35I fully agree with you. The amount of complaining people do about paying taxes, wouldn't even compare to the shock they would be in if we no longer paid them. Unfortunately, many people are more concerned with immediate gratification than the impact this would have on our lives long-term if we didnt.JHuschle519 wrote: ↑04 Aug 2018, 18:48Oh, I agree that it could happen ... I guess I just kind of hope it never does. I have a feeling it would be complete chaos. I hate paying taxes, but I would hate to see the state of the country if everyone suddenly stopped paying them.
Can you imagine we were all to decide not to pay taxes, and they just decided to scrap it? Would Amazon be running the country by now?
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This book had so much potential for a really cool world. I feel like we were never really shown enough of it. And you're so right - there was the perfect opportunity to do so without the use of news articles. It seems like a bit of a cop-out.
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In general though, wasn't thrilled about the author's choice to give us the background this way. It made for a couple rather boring chapters. I had to force myself to read through them.
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