Goals

1. My top three colleges are: Michigan State, University of Michigan, and Central Michigan
2. My GPA goal for this year is at least a 3.8
3. My AP English exam goal is at least a 4

Asimov Reading Response

In some ways this book can be compared to 1984. In this book all robots must answer to humans with no questions just as all citizens of Oceania must answer to Big Brother. The three laws were made to make sure that no robot would hurt humans and do everything that was told to them. ...robots obey orders. In the book Asimov writes, "They do the work you see them do and they do it readily and without trouble."(pg. 8,par. 6) This is because of three laws that keep the robots in line. The diffrence between the reading and 1984 is that these robots are kept in line to protect humans which is a good thing, but the people of Oceania are kept in line to make them do whatever Big Brother wants which is not good at all.

If George and Asimov were to sit down and have lunch together they would probably talk about how everybody has made millions of spin-offs of their ideas. Big Brother and the three rules for robots have been used in every book of its kind ever since. If the two of them had to agree on something it would be that it is wrong to take control of something, be it a human or robot. I think this because they both write of people or robots trying to overcome somebody's rule. The two of them would disagree on the fact that robots are worth saving. Asimov would say yes because that is what his book is about. Orwell would say no because they are pieces of metal. There is no evidence to back this up but that is what I think.

Watts' article assignment

Watts' thesis is what does it take for young men or women to be on the inside.(pg.3, 1st par.)

To Watts', religion just does not seem to fit in with the world today. If you tried to explain the Bible to a modern man he would be very confused.(pg.4, 2nd par.)

We should work with nature instead of trying to conquer it.(pg.8, 3rd par.)

Watts' explains the new experience as, 'a new feeling of what is to be "I"'. What I think he means is that we should live our own lives and not be ruled by a book.(pg.11, 2nd par.)

Myth is a fable but at the same time something we make sense of life with.(pg.12, 1st par.)

You find your true identity by letting things take their course.(pg.21, 2nd par.)

Just like the song and the book, their is a thing that everybody agrees is true. That thing may or may not be true, in this case it is religion. Watts tells us to not believe everything that is told to us. He says,"Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not real life. to idolizescripturesis likeeating paper currency."