This class was amazing! It has shown me about how the science and technology worlds and the literature world often merge to create works warning of omnipotence, greed, mental illness and self-destruction. We have entered into an exciting era of great advancement in the world of Nanotechnology. Smaller, lighter, stronger and faster is the new way of the technological world. We will be inventing fabrics that can repel anything dangerous from entering our bodies and NanoBots that can cure disease. Literature cautions us to use this immense power with restraint. Wicked technologists can invent products with the intention to take over the world and innocent inventions can be used in malevolent ways. A key value in offering a course bridging the gap is, aside from the obvious well-roundedness, the lesson with great power comes great responsibility.
Although there is much overlap in the overall lessons to be learned from our readings, I feel that each book should stand alone in its account, I also feel that each book deserve more than a brief mention in a paragraph. The most recurring theme is ethical responsibility, followed by God and religion and then class and social distinctions. Experimentation begets innovation and that progress begets vulnerabilities, but we must remember that without those risks we would not be the advanced …show more content…
My final thoughts on Frankenstein are related to the seamless connection Shelly made between man, God and nature and the dangers of playing God; And Shelly’s great maturity at a very young age, as a woman and in a much less sophisticated time . Shelly explored science fiction before science fiction was a thing and she was able to see the enormous obligations in becoming a creator of things not meant to be. Shelly warns the readers of FrankenCreations and yet, we continue to craft them every day. Will we ever
Although there is much overlap in the overall lessons to be learned from our readings, I feel that each book should stand alone in its account, I also feel that each book deserve more than a brief mention in a paragraph. The most recurring theme is ethical responsibility, followed by God and religion and then class and social distinctions. Experimentation begets innovation and that progress begets vulnerabilities, but we must remember that without those risks we would not be the advanced …show more content…
My final thoughts on Frankenstein are related to the seamless connection Shelly made between man, God and nature and the dangers of playing God; And Shelly’s great maturity at a very young age, as a woman and in a much less sophisticated time . Shelly explored science fiction before science fiction was a thing and she was able to see the enormous obligations in becoming a creator of things not meant to be. Shelly warns the readers of FrankenCreations and yet, we continue to craft them every day. Will we ever