Saving the World is not only MY job

Question: How, according to Ishmael, can we save the world? And according to you?

Answer: According to Ishmael, the way the narrator could save the world is by spreading his new knowledge, the way WE could save the world is by stop being Takers and turning into Leavers. I actually agree with this. We should all just go back to living like leavers, just without the bad hygiene. "The story of Genesis must be reversed. [...] And then of course, you must spit out the fruit of that forbidden tree." (Quinn, 248)

In my opinion, the only way to save the world, would be religious of course. But thats just me, my belief, the world won't accept this, what they might accept is whatever is convenient for them. Unfortunately, wople, or at least most of us, are ignorant to the problems our world is facin, politically, economically, environmentally and moral. In my opinon, the world is never going to be saved, we can try, but we won't change anything.

Ishmael the talking Gorilla..!

QQC:

Quote: "I had no concept of myself as a captive; it didn't occur to me that someone was preventing me to have an interesting and pleasant life."

Question: Could someone possibly be preventing us from having a pleasant life, if so why?

Comment: In my religion, we believe that as far as we live in God and follow life by his rules, we'll live a pleasant life and die and live for eternally in peace. But what happens if we don't follow by the rules? I don't think God would create a horrible life, but I do know that not everyone has a life they love, or not one that they deserve, so why does that happen? Why would God let bad things happen? Even here on earth people prevent us from having a pleasant life, people who have greater power. So, why do people do this, destroy themselves?

ESSAY

Each student had to write an essay about their revolution that connected the book they were reading to their revolution:

Nohemi Hernandez

Humanities

Guerrero

March 3, 2008

When Frankenstein Took Over

Look at the world around us, each day new technology comes up, new cell phones, new iPods, cooking utensils, cars and machines you did not think you needed but when you see it you want it, because life could be better if you had it. People are always trying to make things better, to revolutionize. The Industrial Revolution for example, was a major changing point for technology and humans. Though the Industrial Revolution is usually related to the human species altering the way they live by creating things, the Industrial Revolution also divided classes and it’s framework of existence (Hinshaw iiv). We see in history the change of settled communities rather than nomadic bands and cities instead of rural communities and farms. People created habits of thought and the relations between men and women changed. There were also systems of production and exchange. The Industrial Revolution is precisely the examination of these multiple impacts: the good and the bad of technology and change. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, we see how the scientific breakthrough could affect the whole world we live in, humanity itself could extinguish and our initiative to have machines do things for us could be to blame.

Shelley introduces us to Victor Frankenstein’s life, a man of science. Victor is fascinated by the promise of science and new inventions. He creates life, fueled by arrogance: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me” (Shelley, 51). Though his arrogance led him to discoveries, it also led him to tragedy. Not all inventions are good, but not all inventions are bad either. I do not think that all scientific advancements come from arrogance. Some inventions come from necessity, an example being medicine. People needed more medicine after and during the Industrial Revolution due to diseases coming from pollution or horrible hygiene due to working conditions. Other inventions were to make things easier, such as modern transportation: cars, trains, airplanes and sea travel. However, Victor’s invention was one made from arrogance and as we see in the book, it does not go so well. The creature he creates turns out to be a monster and not a happy being, instead, he is rather a very angry and depressed creature who seeks revenge.

The Industrial Revolution consists of the application of new sources of power to the production process. When people were able to create in mass production, like most human beings, they took advantage without thinking of consequences (Hinshaw viii). Just like Victor, who created a superior being without thinking, letting himself be driven by curiosity, eagerness and arrogance. Factories were made and it did not matter who the people were or what condition they were working under as far as they got the work done and the materials were made fast; profit was the only consideration. The conditions in factories were horrid, so many factories created pollution, crowded cities and child labor issues were not left behind either. Humans substituted machine labor for human labor and machine power for human and animal power (Arnold 4). It was more precise rapid, regular, tireless and it had an unlimited energy supply, they were too busy to notice that the factories were unsafe and unhealthy and the population explosion. New inventions sped up production too large and expensive for home use, “the answer was to bring the workers to the machines” (Osborne), so factories were made but these were dangerous and even though efficient for large production, they created problems in economy and in between the classes.

Apart from the exchange of machine labor and power for human labor and power, the Industrial Revolution also brought economic and social transformations. There was “an investment of capital on scale never seen before” (Stewart 127). Mechanization as well increased productive capacity and output which led to a rise in income and living standards. Agricultural labor was also lost in the progress; farmers lost agricultural life and became factory workers. People left the farm to go live in cities and towns, some to work in the factories and try to move upward in the social class pyramid. People soon discovered though, that the middle class (working class) did not advance. Only the business class had capital to invest on stable government positions and some of them had no political experience whatsoever. In addition, though the Industrial Revolution has no specific point of exchange when people started being different, it did make a great difference we still see today: class division. Even though that in Frankenstein there is no clear class division, we do see social exclusion. The creature/monster that Victor created is excluded from every human being he encounters, including his own creator, Victor. Nobody wants the creature around because of his deformity that is classified as a monstrous. People during the Industrial Revolution were not excluded to this extreme but they did put people apart, not based on their appearance, but on their economic status which was more defined at this point.

From any side you see it; the Industrial Revolution had its good and bad moment. For example, better and faster food was produced and medicine practice and advancements also occurred, but, germs were also producing faster as well creating more diseases. Then again, the working conditions were horrible until 20^th century and child labor issues were all over. We cannot forget the pollution all the factories produced and how we went from spacious farms to crowded cities. However, besides the better food, there was other better inexpensive goods, transportation and more advanced communication were also benefits from this revolution (Stewart 24). Though the Industrial Revolution’s ending point was sometime in the late 1800’s, urbanization does not stop. People keep growing and so do cities and factories.

Outline

Nohemi Hernandez

Guerrero

February 25, 2009

Humanities

Outline:

I. Thesis: In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, we see how the invention of someone could affect the whole world we live in, humanity itself could extinguish and our initiative to have machines do things for us could be to blame.

II. Intro: Look at the world around us, each day new technology comes up, new cell phones, the new iPod, cooking utensils, cars and crazy machines you didn’t think you needed but when you see it, you want it, because life could be better if you had it.

a. Explain industrial Revolution, introduce it:

i. Though the Industrial Revolution is usually related to the human species altering the way they live by creating things, the Industrial Revolution also divided classes and it’s framework of existence. For example…[people work; changes](Hinshaw, vii)

b. Mary Shelley’s interpretation:

i. Shelley introduces us to Victor Frankenstein’s life. A man of science. Victor is fascinated by the promise of science and new inventions. He creates life, fueled by arrogance: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” (Shelley, 51)

c. Victor’s obsession to create a being that will owe life to him (Shelley,51)

d. Destruction to all his family thanks to his arrogance, selfishness and secrecy.

III. Body: Historical Background; Consist of the application of new sources of power to the production process.

a. Increase amount of specialization & organization which led to coordination growth in work unit: constituted the organizational care of the Industrial Revolution

i. Victor’s creation is supposed to be a superior being, smarter, faster and powerful.

b. 2 Central Features: Revolutions in technology and in the organizations of production.

c. Economic and social transformations

ii. The creation is run loose in the world and is spying on some cottagers he has found, trying to talk and acts like them. It is from these people that he learns to read, talk and fully understand humans. Though when he presents himself to them they reject him and he angers at his deformity. He goes from being a creature with no knowledge living under a tree, to an intellectual being that constructed his own home using the resources among him.

IV. Conclusion

a. Positive and negative effects of Industrial Revolution (Urbanization vs. Child Labor and Pollution)

b. How did The Creature affect Victor’s life and his surroundings

Thesis Statement

In Mary Shelley's Frankestein, we see how the invention of someone could affect the whole world we live in, humanity itself could extinguish and our initiative to have machines do things for us could be to blame.

QQC

Quote: "They are kind-they are the most excellent creatures in the world; but, unfortunately, they are prejudiced against me."

Question: I think we all sometimes judge people before knowing them, if not all the time. My question is, Who is the right judge? How do we know who is right and who is not?

Comment: I chose this quote because the truth of it struck me. (Like Elizabeth's speech). It made me think about how we all judge things and people before knowing them. Maybe because they look different, maybe because they dress different, or maybe just because. But we always end up somehow judging people, in this case Frankestein got judged by his own creator. Only becuase he apperently was hideouse to human eyes, but when he told his story, Frankestein was a curious creature who loved mankind, he thought they were extraordinary. It was not fair for him, but when is it fair for any one?

Citation

1. http://web.ebscohost.com.sdplproxy.sandiego.gov/ehost/pdf?vid=1&hid=13&sid=baad0fe1-8dc1-40c0-9c43-c67777a91bed%40sessionmgr7

This cite practically went over the cell phone revolution use. It also explained how some companies took complete control of some industries and what countries they were from. This was useful, they stated, "Emerging markets now control the bulk of the world's foreign exchage reserves & energy resources". It went form industrial revolutions to environmental revolutions thanks to the industries.

Antoine van Agtmael