Robot Dreams :]

1. One similarity to robot dreams and 1984 is that elvex and Wintson are the same in a way. They both were "controlled" by one person, in robot dreams, elvex was "controlled" by susan Calvin and in 1984 winston was controlled by big brother. Even though one was a robot and one was a real person, in the end the robot pictured himself in a dream killing the humans, and being the "ruler" of the world, just like big brother. So in the end they had to kill elvex because he got too powerful and he knew too much. One difference between the two stories was that in robot dreams, the main character was a robot and in 1984 the main character was a real person. Also that the person controlling in robot dreams, was a scienctist that knew or thought they knew what they were doing when they were "training" the robot but in 1984 big brother just wanted to rule the world, not knowing really what he was doing.


2. George Orwell might say to Issac Asimov at dinner that he agrees with some of his ideas but not with some of them. I think they would agree on things that relate to ruling the world / country. Also having the main character "brainwashed" to believe and say anything that the ruler tells them too. They might disagree about having " too much power" , George Orwell will think its fine to have all the power in the world, but Issac Asimov would not agree with that because in robot dreams, elvex got too much power and found out too much information for which he could rule the world and take the power away from the ruler. He was taught too much information and in a short period of time.

Goals for this year :]

Three Colleges to apply too:

1. Michigan
2. Michigan State
3. Henry Ford.

GPA goal for this year - 3.0 or higher


Goal for Ap EXam: B or better

Watts Reading Response

Watt's Thesis is that "we don't come in it, we come out , like falling leaves from a tree." Like when he said that "There was never a time when the world began, because it goes round and round like a circle, and there is no place on a circle where it begins." [p. 13 para 3 ] What he is trying to say is that it doesn't matter about the start the only thing that matters is the end and what you get out of it.


Watts' view of religion is that he wants people to understand the human world, because everything now a days is changing and he wants men to be able to grasp it.[ p 4-5 para 2]

Watt See's that the problem with the concept of "conquering " nature is that we are part of nature. Also that humans aren't necessarily "conquering" nature but are just a part of it.[ p. 8
para 1]

Watt defines the "new experience" as a new feeling of what it is to be. "I" Meaning to learn the new way of life or feeling of life the way it is now. [ p. 11 para 2]

Watt sees that the purposes of myths to teach what happened in the past, like symbols telling you different stories. [ p.13 para 1]

Watt feels like someone finds there true identity by seeing through the illusion of you ego, and to thinking better about yourself [ p.20 para 2]


One connection from this reading and 1984 is that people that have "higher power" tell people with " less power" what is right and what is wrong, and they make them believe it even if they are giving out false information. In the novel 1984, big brother made everyone beleieve that 2 + 2= 5 even though it wasn't true everyone had to believe it or they would be sent to room 101. Now in the reading it was talking about the bible and god and different kind of religions , the kind of religions that whatever they beleieved, you had to beleieve too. [ p. 4 para 2] Those two relate because they are pretty much the same way , just different occasions.