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Eugenesis
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Scottish Higher English (Eugenesis) Mind Map on Eugenesis, created by Lauren Milne on 19/05/2013.
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Eugenesis
Structure
References to the computers written with capitals
'They' 'Their'
shows them as a 'God' like figure
8 stanzas
each represents a day in God's creation of the world
closing stanza details breakdown
Computers 7 day creation of a 'bad' world
God's 7 day creation of a 'good' world
ironic as they were created with the same structure
Word Choice
'Eugenesis'
'eugenics'
creation of the 'perfect' human
'genesis'
creation of a new world, from the Bible.
symbolism
'new night'
suggests the idea of the creation of a new era
'molar monuments'
suggests how war has been eliminated and eradicated and is not like a monument, in the past
'small man with red hair'
shows rebellion and basic survival instincts
'triggered the light-oriented metal cocks'
suggests the dawn of a new era
'a safety mark for thinking'
shows how humans weren't allowed any emotions except happiness
'immortality came wrapped in polythene'
suggests how humans can live forever due to their 'parts' being able to be artificially produced and replaced
'machine-tooled brains'
suggest that peoples brains and their capacity to think are being shaped/sized in a way that a bit of metal may be treated
'each idea was sterilized before it's issue'
suggests that free-thinking was not permitted
themes
human's need for individuality and to express their emotions/opinions
they express opinion by protesting out against the computers
how the idea of 'perfect' isn't all it's made out to be
people were unhappy and protested against the world which was created to be 'perfect'
human's survival instincts and their need to be challenged
the humans were not content when there were no negative/bad things in the world and everything was 'perfect'
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