Analysis Of The Novel The Postmortal, By Drew Magary

A cure created by accident was a milestone that may have the obligation to serve great significance to history’s lifespan. The power and capacity of the cure’s effect has the capability to control society and the generations to come. This particular cure was established in the novel called The Postmortal that was written by the author named Drew Magary. In this novel, a man by the name of Graham Otto, had developed a cure that impedes aging for the duration of an eternity. The thought of that seems preposterous, unimaginable, out of this world and so on. Yet, the truth is revealed that this ingenuous cure is undeniably real. From that point, society is changed for as long as the world may spin. From reading the novel myself, I strongly agree …show more content…
While reading the book An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments, I came across various fallacies that were used within The Postmortal. For example, argument from consequences was used when the cure became accessible to those who were discrete about the process. Many people in the novel were against the idea of becoming postmortel. Their personal views of the mater were different in terms of the way the lifecycle should be. A lot of civilians believed that the cure could possible ruin civilization and turn the world upside down. However, those who disagreed displayed the fallacy of argument from consequences by believing a made up statement such as, “the society is against this cure because they feel as though some negative consequences shall arrive, but if we do not attain this cure we will grow old and die, so be …show more content…
I feel as though that type of thinking was displayed from those who froze their age with the cure. In other words some individuals who underwent the process of the cure may have viewed themselves as self-serving in a positive way or above all others. To elaborate, the “lucky” ones who got their age froze in a youthful state were accepted more than further matured or elderly individuals. Those older individuals may have been able to seek the cure. However, since there was not a cure available for disease/illness immunity when the postmortel cure came about, they were still likely to suffer from either disease/illness at old age or termination by law. I can see why unfair laws would be established such as terminating the elderly or citizens in places such as China under certain circumstances. If majority of the population came in contact with receiving the cure then their will be a time when there is just too many people roaming the earth. Supplies, insurance, preservation of humans, occupy space, and more are