Blog #7 Allegory Of The Cave

 Allegory Of The Cave

 

 

 

     The Allegory of the Cave by Plato, shows us how in our life in reality all we see are illuisons or refelctions and what we want to see. We have acknowledge these things for so long that we usually accept things this type of way and it's makes it hard to view it differently. A moderen example of an illusion is the goverement. The goverments role in our society is to keep some type of regime and tranquility in our country. It's like they sort of have to watch out for there people, and know what's the right decisions to make. But thats not always the case the goverement are people who are of higher power memebers in our society which means they are more capable than many others of controlling everybody. The goveremnt will be always have there rights to do something and while they might think it's making things better, it will actually make things worse. There is no obligiation for them to look out for us, but because they are considered more important than anybody else and have more control they are the higher adaptable memebers. We often believe everything we hear and we are greatly influenced in what we hear through the media. But this is what we had always believed and learned it what we will always see and will never actually open our eyes to see what is actually happening in reality. It's like we don't really have to bealieve what a politican in the goverement is really trying to say is the truth, he may be lying half the time. We don't really know what true or not. This is why we have to better ourselves on facts and try to understand more on what is really going on. 

Blog # 6 Free will and destiny?

     Blog 6 – Free will and Destiny In Oedipus

     Since Oedipus was born his fate has always been to kill his father and marry his mother Jocasta. Since learning this Oedipus will do everything to escape from his own land unfortunately, running away does no good for him and no matter how much free will men he gets his fate will already determined. Oedipus tries everything to avoid the various prophecies made about his but in the end is a victim of his own fate.

     Oedipus destiny will always catch up to him no matter where he goes to or hides. He unknowingly kills his own father by doing this he had already will fulfill part of the prophecy without even knowing it.  He then weds his own mother and has children with her again not having any clue he is accomplishing the prophecy he thought he forever escaped from. I think Oedipus has no free will and will always be a victim of his own destiny, knowing that prophecies do control your fate Oedipus should have been smarter in making the choices he made. He already knew what was going to happen so he should have never killed just any man in the street out of anger, and married just any lady and has kids with her. He should have avoided these conflicts and should have seen the resemblance with this and his destiny.  

     Blind Tiresias told Oedipus his visions from the gods. He says “I say you are the murderer of the king whose murderer you seek”. Oedipus at first doesn't believe him but quickly finds a way to avoid it. Oedipus being arrogant makes fun of Tiresias for being blind but he responds with "You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with" Meaning he is shown his prophecy, and has to believe it. Without knowing it later on him will fall into his own fate, and he will learn that it will be impossible to get out of. Oedipus is taught that the way you will react to your destiny is a matter on your free will and making better choices will result is a better outcome.

     

     

Blog #5 Final Draft

Elizabeth Linares

ENGL 101 – 0768

Dr. Vasileiou

Essay 1

10/08/12

Gattaca A Dystopian Society

     The movie Gattaca shows a futuristic world where a new form of genetic discrimination has mount, called genoism. It’s a society where science has taken over. Technology is more environmentally advanced and humans are genetically engineered. In this world unlike ours there is no type of prejudice against gender, religion, or its ethnicity but against the person’s own genes. In a world where a person’s career and life depends on his/her genes, by trying to create a more Utopian lifestyle in which reproduction is controlled and it’s not a natural process anymore which leads to more devastation than perfection.

     In Gattaca even though it has improvements in aspects of the environment such as many new environmental friendly technologies like for example cars which are electrically powered its showing a better perfect world. However it is a Dystopia, because even though it’s considered a perfect world it’s only great for those who are genetically gifted. Perfect for the people who are born with no type of disabilities or diseases, while genetic discrimination is prohibited by law you could see a lot of it going on this world. Just by the simple fact that not anybody can work in specific higher class jobs and live a normal lifestyle.

     According to the article of Annas in our world Genetic engineering is dominated by our government which controls every aspect of it. In Gattaca everything is determined by genetics, people whose genes have been engineered have been given “the best of their parents”. They’re freed from any harmful diseases if conceived this way. In our world the method cloning has only been used in animals. Regardless, this is a very touchy subject because not many agree on this being a good thing and being against our own religion. But if this is researched more it can even help us later in our environment and many other aspects of our lives. Many agree that if you have a perfectly engineered body you will automatically live a better happier life many have wanted to explore more of this research in depth.

    People are placed into two categories in Gattaca you’re either a Valid or an In-Valid. Those who are considered to be Valid are people with great genetic profiles and are put into more superior level jobs while In-Valid’s in lower-standard work only. Their genes are considered to be inadequate; and are never given a chance to actually prove themselves to society. This happens because from the start babies are chosen in this world and its unwanted factors are genetically eliminated before birth. They are considered to be more enhanced than whoever is In-Valid.  While they were many accomplishments with this new technology not everything came out picture perfect were many mistakes in which a genetically engineered person came out to have faults, but while they were thought to be genetically inferior these people came out with health issues but can’t speak up because of the injustice in the society.

     This Society may not seem like it but it is more controlled than ever. Vincent Freeman is the main protagonist in the film; he may look healthy from the outside but was actually born with many genetic problems. The doctors even determined how much he would of lived which would have been 30 years. He will always be considered to always be an in-valid because he unlike others was conceived without any help of any technology which was being used. Vincent has who always dreamed of going into space but was always discouraged because of his disabilities by everybody. Vincent has a younger brother who is always going to be more superior in him because he was conceived with the help of genetic selection. This shows how they are always going to be a conflict between the brothers because one will always be considered to better than the other. Vincent later on will prove everybody wrong by fulfilling his dream of going into space by impersonating someone else’s identity. This shows how many obstacles you have to surpass to accomplish your dream in which he was always put off of because he was never given a chance to show how capable he was. The discrimination in this society is wrong and should not be accepted but many people have.

     There are many technologies rising up and they’re many new good ideas to make our world much better. While we are trying to make our world into a more utopian kind we have to realize that not all that is being produced is going to be helpful for us and might not even benefit us. The film is a very good example of this because trying to come up with many new technologies and having the concept of genetic engineering it did not make it a far better world. Some Things should be meant to stay as it is.

    

Blog # 4 Gattaca A Dystopian Society

Essay 1 (Complete Draft)

ENG 101 – 0768

Dr. Vasileiou

Gattaca A Dystopian Society

     The movie Gattaca shows genetic discrimination and a society which DNA plays an important role. This movie takes place in the future and a very much different world then ours, in which science has taken over society. The technology is more environmentally advanced and humans are genetically engineered. In this world unlike ours there is no type of prejudice against gender, religion, or its ethnicity but against the person’s own genes. In a world where a person’s career and life depends on his/her genes, by trying to create a more Utopian lifestyle in which reproduction is controlled and it’s not a natural process anymore this I think leads to more devastation.

     In Gattaca even though it has improvements in aspects of the environment such as many new environmental friendly technologies like for example cars which are electrically powered its showing a better perfect world. However it is a Dystopia, because even though it’s considered a perfect world it’s only great for those who are genetically gifted. Perfect for the people who are born with no type of disabilities or diseases, while genetic discrimination is prohibited by law you could see a lot of it going on this world. Just by the simple fact that not anybody can work in specific higher class jobs and live a normal lifestyle.

     According to the article of Annas in our world Genetic engineering is dominated by our government which controls every aspect of it. Many have wanted to explore more of it in depth. They have used the method cloning which has only been used in animals to find more about this method. Regardless, this is a very touchy subject because not many agree on this being a good thing and being against our own religion. But If this is researched more it can even help us later in our environment and many other aspects of our lives. Many agree that if you have a perfectly engineered body you will automatically live a better happier life.

    People are placed into two categories in Gattaca you’re either a Valid or an In-Valid. Those who are considered to be Valid are people with great genetic profiles and are put into more superior level jobs while In-Valid’s in lower-standard work only. Their genes are considered to be inadequate; and are never given a chance to actually prove themselves to society. This happens because from the start babies are chosen in this world and its unwanted factors are genetically eliminated before birth. They are considered to be more enhanced than whoever is In-Valid.  While they were many accomplishments with this new technology not everything came out picture perfect were many mistakes in which a genetically engineered person came out to have faults, but while they were thought to be genetically inferior these people came out with health issues but can’t speak up because of the injustice in the society.

     This Society may not seem like it but it is more controlled than ever. Vincent Freeman is the main protagonist in the film; he may look healthy from the outside but was actually born with many genetic problems. The doctors even determined how much he would of lived which would have been 30 years. He will always be considered to always be an in-valid because he unlike others was conceived without any help of any technology which was being used. Vincent has who always dreamed of going into space but was always discouraged because of his disabilities by everybody. Vincent has a younger brother who is always going to be more superior in him because he was conceived with the help of genetic selection. This shows how they are always going to be a conflict between the brothers because one will always be considered to better than the other. Vincent later on will prove everybody wrong by fulfilling his dream of going into space by impersonating someone else’s identity. This shows how many obstacles you have to surpass to accomplish your dream in which he was always put off of because he was never given a chance to show how capable he was. The discrimination in this society is wrong and should not be accepted but many people have.

     There are many technologies rising up and they’re many new good ideas to make our world much better. While we are trying to make our world into a more utopian kind we have to realize that not all that is being produced is going to be helpful for us and might not even benefit us. The film is a very good example of this because trying to come up with many new technologies and having the concept of genetic engineering it did not make it a far better world. Some Things should be meant to stay as it is.

    

Blog #3 First Draft

Elizabeth Linares
First Draft.
ENG 101

 

The movie Gattaca shows genetic discrimination and a society which DNA plays an important role. This movie takes place in the future and a very much different world then ours, in which science has taken over society. The technology is more environmentally advanced and humans are genetically engineered. In this world unlike ours there is no type of prejudice against gender, religion, or its ethnicity but against the person’s own genes. In a world where a person’s career and life depends on his/her genes, by trying to create a more Utopian lifestyle in which reproduction is controlled and it’s not a natural process anymore this I think leads to more devastation. 

        I think its shows that it's more Dystopia because if you want to work in a certain place you have to be physically and mentally fit to do so. In this movie it shows Vincent Freeman who always dreamed of going into space but was always discouraged because of his disabilities he was even told he was only going to live for 30 years. He was although always determined to find a way for people to not see him differently. In the Gattaca Aerospace Corp they're frequent space travel too different places and superior technology used.

   According to the article of Annas in our world Genetic engineering is dominated by our government which controls every aspect of it. Many have wanted to explore more of it in depth. They have used the method cloning which has only been used in animals to find more about this method. Regardless, this is a very touchy subject because not many agree on this being a good thing and being against our own religion. But If this is researched more it can even help us later in our environment and many other aspects of our lives. Many agree that if you have a perfectly engineered body you will automatically live a better happier life.