Day by day, new technology and different ways of using it is being thought of. The way technological change is developing many people find themselves struggling to keep up or deciding if they even want to adjust to the change taking place. In the article “Apocalypse Soon” by Jon Evans, and the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore by Robert Sloan, the rapid change in technology is shown as both a positive and negative development. It is up to individuals to decide if they would rather adapt to change, or neglect it. Characters such as Penumbra decide to adapt to the change, when he slowly transitions his way of doing things differently to stay up to date. However, Corvina refuses to adapt with the change taking place, when he is determined
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Since the start of the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Penumbra has given the image of an old man who does not really have much information on the world of technology. He owns an old bookstore and keeps things simple, because that is the way he likes it. As the novel progresses, Penumbra starts realizing that it is time to adapt to the change taking place, this change is, technology. While Penumbra is talking to Clay he mentions his first idea of wanting to change which starts off with his old laptop, “I have been thinking[...] We should acquire something more up to date[...] And perhaps you could use it to construct a website [...]The store should have one. It is past time.” (Sloan 81). It is evident that Penumbra is open to change, he also took the website idea into consideration since Clay mentioned that he should update the bookstore a bit (Sloan 66). Penumbra wants to get rid of his old laptop, and buy a much newer one. Although this is not a big step towards change, it is still something, and Penumbra continues to slowly adapt to technology throughout the novel. Penumbra realizes that having a website for his bookstore will most probably make others aware that there is a 24-hour library. Similarly in the article “Apocalypse Soon”, Jon Evans mentions that everything is online, “Newspapers (...) Yahoo!, News, and Craigslist have been forced to adapt or die (...) New York Times now has more readers online than ‘on paper’” ( Evans 239). In today’s world, it is not surprising everything is online. Including information about basically everything. Yahoo, the news, etc, were forced to adapt because if they did not, then it was possible they may go out of business, or get no views at all. Penumbra decides that his bookstore should finally have a
Since the start of the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Penumbra has given the image of an old man who does not really have much information on the world of technology. He owns an old bookstore and keeps things simple, because that is the way he likes it. As the novel progresses, Penumbra starts realizing that it is time to adapt to the change taking place, this change is, technology. While Penumbra is talking to Clay he mentions his first idea of wanting to change which starts off with his old laptop, “I have been thinking[...] We should acquire something more up to date[...] And perhaps you could use it to construct a website [...]The store should have one. It is past time.” (Sloan 81). It is evident that Penumbra is open to change, he also took the website idea into consideration since Clay mentioned that he should update the bookstore a bit (Sloan 66). Penumbra wants to get rid of his old laptop, and buy a much newer one. Although this is not a big step towards change, it is still something, and Penumbra continues to slowly adapt to technology throughout the novel. Penumbra realizes that having a website for his bookstore will most probably make others aware that there is a 24-hour library. Similarly in the article “Apocalypse Soon”, Jon Evans mentions that everything is online, “Newspapers (...) Yahoo!, News, and Craigslist have been forced to adapt or die (...) New York Times now has more readers online than ‘on paper’” ( Evans 239). In today’s world, it is not surprising everything is online. Including information about basically everything. Yahoo, the news, etc, were forced to adapt because if they did not, then it was possible they may go out of business, or get no views at all. Penumbra decides that his bookstore should finally have a