Sunday, October 12, 2014

Wow The World has Changed...A Lot


This week we finished the tragedy that is The Scarlet Letter. Although we have finished the revelation, we have just begun to expand our views on literature. In today’s busy society, many don’t proclaim their views in life like they used to. Back then, people would stand on street corners and yell at the top of their lungs to proclaim what they believed in much like how the mayor's wife did  about witchcraft. Than as society became more civilized newspapers were formed and many began to share their opinions right next to where your monthly update on how an election or debate in the government. Than everything changed when the internet was invented. Reading turned into a slower way to deliver news. Communities and media became closer together and now rather than reading news stories, many have turned to social media or even videos to display their ideas and views. Instead of the news being limited to those who were approved by the staff of a newspaper, anyone can go online and publish a work of their views without facing interference. Even comedians like John Oliver in Last Week Tonight can deliver today's modern problems with a bit of humor to help raise awareness for real life events that need more public attention. So really in today’s day and age, we are in the most open idealistic society ever in history because of the widespread communication and to think what one author during the 1850 can write a story about societies view on others sin, it is almost impossible to see what kind of evolution will happen next.

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