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premidterm assignment) Model Student Pre-midterm answers 2016 (Index) Essay 2: Personal / professional research topic proposal |
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Zach Thomas
Essay 2: Low-Tech Post-Apocalypse
From the narratives of the future we have discussed in class, I am drawn
to the concept of low-technology in the crises of humanity. For one, low-tech
brings to light the closeness of destruction when narratives composed upon this
are felt as only a few years from present-day. This use of low-tech, as opposed
to high-tech, creates a more fearful reality in the mind of the reader or
viewer. Guns, nuclear bombs, devastation, and famine are all low-tech aspects of
the culture we see today. So, reading about the future with these elements
allows me to be more enticed and in tune with the progress or the de-evolution
of humanity.
To start the research, I would first begin at early literature that
describes low-tech and post-apocalyptic worlds. I would then hopefully
compare/contrast varying qualities of these narratives to deduce why this is
popular among so many readers. Not wanting to just stay stagnant in literature,
I’ll
search for ways to include video games, movies, and current events that relate
to an apocalypse in the present-age. My goal is that I grow in knowledge of ways
in which people find themselves addicted to zombies and other catastrophes that
reveal deeper questions of morality, civility, and religion.
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