In Chapters 3 & 4 things do not get clear but we start to learn more about the world that Spaz lives in. We heard about 'proovs' in the first chapters and now we meet one. That encounter raised as many questions as it answered. What questions do you have regarding 'proovs'?
More interesting to me though were the issues of past and future. Rhyter helps Spaz to see that he has a quality most of his 'peers' do not have. What is it? What are the consequences of a society lacking in the ability? (That could be called a 'philisophical question'? We do not have enough information to answer it in the context of the book but it is interesting to think about.)
Rhyter also has Spaz think out his view of the 'future'. Find the text that explains Spaz's view. Do you agree or disagree with his defintion?
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Past, Present, and Future
Posted by Mr. Z at 6:56 AM
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Spaz describes what he thinks the future is on page 26. In his words, “Future. It’s like a time with people that haven’t been born yet, doing things people haven’t thought of yet” seems mostly true. It’s the People that haven’t been born part that seems false. The future could be 1 minute, 1 month, 1 year, and so on. The future isn’t always 100 years from now!
After hearing the description of a proov, I was weirded out. I imagined proves to be A LOT different than described. I didn’t expect them to be “perfect”. Why are only proves allowed in Eden? Why not regular people? What was the girl going to trade/buy? And why would you want to be a proov?
The trait that most gummy’s and Spaz have is a good memory. When you are probed, Apparently, Your brain just slows down. Eventually, you get short term memories. Spaz and the gummies don’t use probes, and they have very good memories.
I'm looking at Spaz's definition of the future and trying to apply it to the beginning of the book. P.7 "If you're reading this, it must be a thousand years from now." I contrast that with his conversation with Ryter where he sees the future more immediately, as you mention Ben, that it can even be one second from now. He's certainly right about the doing of things not thought of, but that also harkens back to our history of reading which appears to be gone in his future. Could books actually disappear? Or will they live forever? Do you remember what Avi said in SOMETHING UPSTAIRS about memory? According to Caleb, memories were individual as illustrated in his words to Kenny that he must do as he was told because he was in Caleb's memory. Pardon Willinghast claimed to be a "guardian of memory" which he chose and shaped. Are books another form of memory?
I see proovs being like Barbie and Ken-advertised and unattainable perfection if you buy the ad.
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