2008년 4월 7일 월요일

Entry #5 Blog #2

The mood in “The Day of the Triffids” is very sad because of all the catastrophes and people fighting for survival. This book is based on dystopia, so it had to be gloomy. This book is a lot like “Fahrenheit 451”, because the common theme is similar and they both relate to dystopia. In Fahrenheit 451, people tend to stay far away from knowledge, and in The Day of the Triffids, people tend to fight with each other and not see the bigger problem that is going on. It makes me very depressed to see these situation and they are actually going on in the real world! I know it is human nature that people have at least a tiny bit of greed inside them, but this is outrageous! People fight for being the leader when humongous disasters are occurring right in front of their backyard. I think this is absurd because God created us to feel bad and to reflect when we do bad things. The author emphasized on the current problems of our society in the real world, and how to resolve these conflicts. The author wanted to show how sad and depressing the world is right now even if it is only his point of view, but I agree. The settings are very saddening for me to read and there is only a ray of hope. I think he used this kind of mood for us to realize the problems going on in the real world and how corrupt the world actually is. We think we are living a good life, leading our children to a safer world, but we actually are running into a dead end, and pretty fast. Moods in novels change our way of looking into our life. I think the author hopes that we feel his emotion, feelings towards our society from this amazing book.

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