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The year is 1954; a year after the Cold war started William Golding published a novel called the Lord of the Flies to share his opinion regarding the current situation at hand. Lord of the Flies starts with a young group of British schoolboys crash landing on an uninhabited island with no adult supervision. As the story unfolds we see the boys lose their innocence and turn to a darker side of human nature that can only be expected from primitive beings, not high-class British boys. Golding figuratively used the boys to show the carnage that was taking place between the nations during the Cold War. He displayed various characters but the most valuable character in the novel was Piggy, a pudgy little British lad with thick spectacles. He was the most physically vulnerable of all the boys yet his intelligence was greater then the rest. Piggy symbolized rationality, hope, and science advancement on the island. The rest of the boys even though they had strong features eventually gave in to their inner lust and acted like primitive savages.

Imagining life without technology is a scary thought. What if all of technology disappeared taking people along with it? In the book Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel a lot of the characters do not remember life with technology or never experienced it at all due to the outbreak of the flu. Some may say that today’s society is driven by the use of technology and some may disagree. When the pandemic broke out humanity began to crumble due to the lack of technology, technology is needed to survive.

     Piggy in the beginning of the book was using his common sense, he was intelligent, he knew what was right from wrong, and he could condone things that made him angry easily. In the beginning of the book, (pg. ) Ralph told everyone his name was Piggy even though Piggy specifically told Ralph that he didn't like to be called that name Piggy later condoned Ralph's action with great ease. Piggy's action's and behavior depended on his glasses. Piggy and his glasses symbolized intelligence, he represents the rational side of civilization. With the glasses it seemed as though Piggy made all the right choices, and he helped Ralph know what needed to be done with the tribe. Without his

“Technology can be a useful servant but a dangerous master” (Lange 1). In Fahrenheit 451, technology starts out seeming like a lifesaving thing, but in the end, is a life ending thing. The machine that saves Mildred from death made technology seem perfect, but the Mechanical Hound made technology seem very adverse. Technology can either destroy or repair a society because of its power.

No matter how far you advance society, life will eventually come to an end. This theme is shown in “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Sara Teasdale when she writes,” Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree, if mankind perished utterly…” This quote is says that nature will go on, even when humanity is gone. This theme is also shown in Bradbury’s “There Will Come Soft Rains.” In this story, it is evident that technology wasn’t able to save humanity from it total demise. In “Nightmare #3,” technology was the ultimate end of humanity, and the thing that people relied on most killed them. Finally, in “By the Waters of Babylon,” the modern society in New York that was destroyed by the weapons that man created to keep themselves safe, were then used

When the plane goes down and the boys realize there are no adults that survived, they immediately want the power. “There aren’t any grown ups. We shall have to look after ourselves” (33). They are going to have to figure out who runs the island because there are no adults they have to obey. “We can use this to call others to a meeting, they’ll come when they hear us” (16). When holding the conch this mean you have the right to speak and call meetings. This is the first sign of power on the island. As the boys continue to show dominance and continue to want power, the evil in them comes out.

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you and a group of others were stranded on an island and had to adapt on how to govern yourselves, gather food and fight for your own survival? How would everyone act? Who would be the brains of the group? Who would lead? This is exactly what occurs in the book, Lord of The Flies. A group of British boys become deserted on a tropical island when their plane is shot down. Throughout the story, the boys struggle to keep society and order intact but, it isn’t long before all civilization is lost. However, the symbolism between these two boys, Piggy and Simon is a very crucial key towards the definition of intelligence and being civilized.

Albert Einstein once said, “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” During the 1950s one of the most powerful inventions, the nuclear bomb, was on everybody's mind. An author called Ray Bradbury wrote science fiction texts and he wanted to show how people could died of nuclear destruction because of that nuclear forces it has caused problems in our society. In the story, “There will come soft rains” by Ray Bradbury, there is a house that started to burn down with the city. Therefore, technology has harmed society because society thinks that their inventions can protect them but it ends up harming humanity.

Technology, is it a killer of our society, or does it give society life? In the movie WALL-E, the writers explore a futuristic universe where earth is no longer inhabited by humans because of over consumption.To survive, the remaining humans live in a utopian spaceship where everything is done for them by robots. In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains,” a technologically advanced house fulfills the everyday needs and tasks of a futuristic family even after they are gone. Through their literary works, both Bradbury and Disney-Pixar demonstrate that technology can have both positive and negative effects on society.

In his work, “Introduction: Nanotechnology, Society, and Ethics”, CalPoly Associate Professor of Philosophy Patrick Lin writes, “Let’s take a step back and consider any given technology we have created: gunpowder, the printing press, the camera, the automobile, nuclear power, the computer, Prozac, Viagra, the mobile phone, the Internet. Undoubtedly, these have brought us much good, but each has also changed society in important, fundamental ways and caused new problems, such as increased pollution, urban sprawl, cyber-crimes, privacy concerns, intellectual property concerns, drug dependencies, new cases of sexually-transmitted diseases, other unintended health problems, mutually-assured destruction and much more. The point here is not that we would have been better off without these inventions. Rather, we should come to terms that our creations can have unintended or unforeseen consequences” (Lin, n.d., p. 1). Lin’s point goes across the board for all technologies, there will be unforeseen consequences, some will be good and some will certainly be perceived as bad.

There is nothing more profound about the topic of science and technology than its ability to be a partner in helping to save lives. It is so influencial in coming up with the latest drugs to combat harmful and even deadly diseases and viruses such as AIDS, and some cancers. We are where we are today because of the remarkable innovations in science and technology. The idea that lives can be saved from such innovations as a new flu vaccine, or a new type of antibiotic that can battle chicken pox, and many other diseases. Its all about the advancements that we get from science and technology that let us live the way we do. Now, we dont have to worry about dying from the chicken pox or

Imagine the world without electricity, transportation, computers, etc. I honestly could not. Although technology has already tremendously progressed, I agree with Byrn’s idea that technological innovation has no limit. The advancement in technology should progress continuously because it is essential to our lives and more importantly, we are evidently capable of doing it because the human mind is unquestionably powerful. The critical question is that how and why did we took so long to begun technological innovation when apparently, we are smart enough do it. I believe that one of the most influential reasons would be religion. This is because we used to explain and answer

Tech Wreck Every day technology is getting bigger and better. But do we really know what effects technology is having on us, the human race? For starters many people complain technology is making us lazier, antisocial beings. Others argue there are devastating effects on the planet.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity”, these are the quotes of the famous German physicist Albert Einstein in relation to how the world has become overly reliant on technology. As a result, we have taken nature for granted while also ignoring the adverse effects of technology. The making of steam engine, the usage of fossil fuel and the creation of chlorofluorocarbon are all technologies which has benefited us greatly and are continuing to do so, but like everything on this earth there are always negatives to counter the positives This is the balance that we must find between nature and humans.

In the past half century, a lot of new advanced technology has developed after World War 2. In my opinion, I do not prefer the advanced technology and function so much. For this reason, I believe that the advanced technology could be ruined our life in the future. For example, when we developed the radioactive by the scientists, it seemed like an excellent advanced technology at that time, however, we used the technology as a nuclear bomb. As a result, many people have been killed by the nuclear bombs. Therefore, a great deal of attention has been paid to the different issues such as global warming or rising sea levels which are generated by the advanced technology right now. In fact,