Amidst in the Noah’s rigid control over individuals and the deprivation of people's choices, this passage shows the immense power of human's basic and intrinsic need for magic, courage, love and fire especially in a broken age which needs a reawaken sense of wonder. Ham’s clothes remind Lucy of her time in Heave, and further trigger her to think of the need for wonder and “magic” for the entire human race.
Lucy’s reminiscences about heaven provide glimpses of the “rumour” about “another world,” which filled with love, warmth, curiosity and freedom. The image of “cleaners” and the repetition of “being improved” sharply contrast with the dehumanisations, alienation, loss of control and the overall suffering under …show more content…
Using words like “immature,” “pupil” and “boy” to describe Ham, Lucy also mocks the idea that technology produce progress. In her thinking, Lucy ironically juxtaposes ham’s naïve technological advancement and the need for curiosity, thus highlights the concept of terse yet complex questions of “why” and “what for”. Also, the reference to these outstanding people in various areas reflects the postmodernism’s eclectic but still Eurocentric characteristics. But Lucy soon realizes that the “answers and questions” have been hers. "All you ever said was why?" her brother, Michael Archangelis once ragingly asked her "Why this and why that and why everything. How dare you. How dare you" (108). Noah creates a climate of fear and domination in which the act of wonder and a difference of opinion, not to mention a difference in sexuality, can be regarded as nothing other than evil and crime. Noah twisted new world forbids all human’s intrinsic need, love, wonder, and most importantly, the freedom to choose
Lucy’s reminiscences about heaven provide glimpses of the “rumour” about “another world,” which filled with love, warmth, curiosity and freedom. The image of “cleaners” and the repetition of “being improved” sharply contrast with the dehumanisations, alienation, loss of control and the overall suffering under …show more content…
Using words like “immature,” “pupil” and “boy” to describe Ham, Lucy also mocks the idea that technology produce progress. In her thinking, Lucy ironically juxtaposes ham’s naïve technological advancement and the need for curiosity, thus highlights the concept of terse yet complex questions of “why” and “what for”. Also, the reference to these outstanding people in various areas reflects the postmodernism’s eclectic but still Eurocentric characteristics. But Lucy soon realizes that the “answers and questions” have been hers. "All you ever said was why?" her brother, Michael Archangelis once ragingly asked her "Why this and why that and why everything. How dare you. How dare you" (108). Noah creates a climate of fear and domination in which the act of wonder and a difference of opinion, not to mention a difference in sexuality, can be regarded as nothing other than evil and crime. Noah twisted new world forbids all human’s intrinsic need, love, wonder, and most importantly, the freedom to choose