Lunar Royalty, Cybernetic Slaves, and Average People in Cinder
Past couple weeks have been chaos with me working on getting a full-time job. Nevertheless, we gotta finish up Cinder by Marissa Meyer with a quick chat on the cultures.
Funny enough, my job hunting relates a lot to this topic. As a contracted designer (and having interned with several companies), I’ve witnessed very many workplace cultures that have their highs and lows. The motivations, mentalities, even the people create the overall atmosphere and determine how one approaches or tries to fit in. Different demographics nestle within said cultures too, bringing even more impressions, practices, and ideologies. Culture can be difficult to nail down unless you look with a wide lens and zoom in gradually. Otherwise, you miss the depth.
Eerie Accuracies in the Psychological Experiment of Ender’s Game
Sorry I’m a week late. Being an author has two sides: the joy of writing and the torture of platform. After looking at my horrendous social media numbers, I needed to take a week to rethink my presentation and figure out the purpose behind my output. Who would’ve thought one week of plotting and studying would bring me closer to understanding Ender’s Game. If you’ve seen the movie, you have a surface-level understanding of the culture within the military. What the book provides is a scary picture of what people can become with the right post.
The Competitive Atmosphere of the Ender’s Game Setting
I love the journey. Going from place to place, describing fall colors and overcast skies. I probably have at least three settings in all my stories. That’s not the case for Ender’s Game. While a chapter or two will take us to a house or a pond, the majority of the story sits in one setting: Battle School. It’s here our very young protagonist learns of human jealousy and deception.
Torrid History of Ender’s Game and the Great Invasion
Sci-fi is an expansive genre with varying degrees of technology, space travel, robots, and more. I personally thought of sci-fi as just robot revolutions. Then I read Ender’s Game. I’d seen the movie several years back, another space drama with complicated characters and a plot that didn’t quite click. Everything absorbs better as words, and so I was drawn into the complexities of Orson Scott Card’s mind.
While the characters are fascinating, they make my head spin. Scott Card has way more tolerance for scientific blah than I ever will (why do you think most of my main characters aren’t scientists?). Nevertheless, I did comprehend some interesting elements between the movie and book, especially in the history of Ender’s Game.
The Motley Flyers of the 1996 Independence Day
Happy belated Independence Day! No lie, I thought everyone in the world celebrated this historic day, but not everyone deemed themselves an independent nation from Britain. Still, the sacrifices made to create America are something worth remember. And the 1996 film Independence Day made it a global affair.
Independence Day got added to Hulu about a week ago, probably in preparation for this week. You can bet I sat and watched during my lunch break. Creepy puppet aliens, janky special effects. It was awesome. Despite the thrill of killing aliens and saving the world, the characters are the best part.
Studying the Astonishing History of the Star Wars Universe
Despite recent impressions, Star Wars remains one of the most influential franchises of generations. And the answer lies in the history and lore.
Devolving Culture in H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
Writing is part what you type and part what you consume. Rather than discuss my crazy ideas, I decided to learn culture evolution from a classic novel.
Wrongful Appropriation of Reliable Mentors
Was this anger? Staring at the final programming projects, Charles saw his streams of code attributed to Wendell Harrison. The class dunce who barely passed the previous exam. Wendell couldn’t tell the difference between a numerical and alphabetical term, yet he knew which student’s work to purloin.