I couldn't agree more with
Erik. Originally, I just printed the story without looking at how many pages
the piece actually entailed. Needless to say when the printer began to spit out
page after page, the length of this short story shocked me. However, once I
began to read, I found myself flying through the text. The story as a whole was
incredibly bizarre and due to this I couldn't stop reading.
This alternate reality to
me was fascinating. A community centralized around one’s occupation and work as
a whole was so eerie to me. A place where individuals ride the cycles of
unemployment and the harshest of punishments only restrict one from the ability
to participate in work just didn’t wouldn’t seem practical in today’s world.
I found the ignorance of the
people of this reality to almost relate to Fahrenheit 451 as all forms of media
and information seemed censored in some form or other. The only way to access
the truth was to participate in illegal activities that ultimately could kill
you. What was most refreshing to me though was that for once a story gave the
African Americans an edge in their immunity to this disease and that their
oppressors plan backfired in their face.
Nonetheless, ultimately
this author finds that we cannot run away from racism. Even when all other ethnicities
are extinct, the surviving group finds differences in one another that spawn
hate. Racism seems impossible to get away from, as it will always be prevalent
in some way or form.
