ENGL 4W Midterm: English 4W Essay 2 Brainstorm
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Although -, elements of - demonstrate that black box argues for the persistence and uniqueness of humanity even in the most dehumanizing of situations. Despite the impersonal distance created around the speaker by second person narration, robotic repetition, and insistence on an individualistic patriotism; Despite _ and jennifer egan"s own identification of the protagonist as a future version of. Lulu of _, black box undermines the idea that individuality and humanity are preferable to and can overcome the dehumanizing forces of technology and utilitarianism. The self- referential nature of the text, second person narration, and robotic repetition _ all contribute to black box"s message that technology and policies or attitudes of utilitarianism can effectively suppress individuality and humanistic ideals. However, it is the manipulation of an impersonal image that can be created by a formula of which actually gives _beauties, as a collective and indistinguishable group their power.
