tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post5607147342690846457..comments2011-02-04T07:19:45.286-08:00Comments on Leclaire's 1st Hour English 10: Are We Becoming Robots?Kristin Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15076857976818237278noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-28872758500898902462011-01-05T07:08:02.320-08:002011-01-05T07:08:02.320-08:00I think that hazel does notice other people like H...I think that hazel does notice other people like Harrison being treated unfairly because it's obvious when someone is wearing a bag or mask. I think she feels equal and not like an outcast.MikeT2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/17772668585141408240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-3664940682210802272011-01-05T07:07:50.482-08:002011-01-05T07:07:50.482-08:00Luc- Is competition a good thing?
I thing competi...Luc- Is competition a good thing?<br /><br />I thing competition is usually a good thing, because it drives people to move on, and pushes the society to progress. It sometimes can necessarily be a bad thing but in most cases it is not.YanniKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531540147294208665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-21526288993154744882011-01-05T07:04:39.220-08:002011-01-05T07:04:39.220-08:00Kiely,
I agree with what you said about if you str...Kiely,<br />I agree with what you said about if you strip somebody's personality, you strip their identity and change everything about that person.I don't think that is right, because your personality is who you are.EthanH2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/16777260799351073524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-21408734150987063632011-01-05T07:04:23.533-08:002011-01-05T07:04:23.533-08:00Competition is necessary for the advancement of ou...Competition is necessary for the advancement of our society. we need people to compete, it gives us the best and the brightest people to run our country and our businesses, and it also is part of our humanity. We need to compete, it is the reason we have wars, sports, etc... humans feel the need to show their strengths and weaknesses, it makes them feel good about themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-36827033388658911512011-01-05T07:03:25.266-08:002011-01-05T07:03:25.266-08:00Thomas:
I do think competition is a good thing bec...Thomas:<br />I do think competition is a good thing because that is what drives life and spirit is the urge to compete with one another.Greg Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798922704189727864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-18555219141428882362011-01-05T07:03:20.495-08:002011-01-05T07:03:20.495-08:00Do "average" people like Hazel, realize ...Do "average" people like Hazel, realize that the other people like Harrison are being treated unfairly?YanniKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531540147294208665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-73228371292128577002011-01-05T07:02:23.999-08:002011-01-05T07:02:23.999-08:00What do you think the ear piece symbolizes in Harr...What do you think the ear piece symbolizes in Harrison Bergeron?Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479307325610903983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-23861611678869665662011-01-05T07:01:56.073-08:002011-01-05T07:01:56.073-08:00Luc-
Competition is a good thing. Competition is w...Luc-<br />Competition is a good thing. Competition is what fuels the democracy of America. If everyone is competing to be the best at what they do, our society will flourish. But when competition is eliminated, then the society will become weak, thats when the government has to intervene and we would become a communist country. Which is what it is like in "Harrison Bergeron".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-64544782240662956582011-01-05T07:01:41.040-08:002011-01-05T07:01:41.040-08:00Zach-
a person completely changes after their pe...Zach-<br /><br /> a person completely changes after their personatlity is stripped from them, it is what makes them them, and if you take that away, you basically change them into something completely different. <br /><br />John N-<br /><br /><br />There is no average, and no one can decide what it is. Everyone is different, and with all the difference in the world you cannot have an average because you cannot compare people that are all different from one another. <br /><br />Ty-<br /><br />The ear piece symbolizes unhappyness, how they are trying to make everyone average, and that creates an unhappy place to live and grow in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-78831801489875199292011-01-05T07:01:32.088-08:002011-01-05T07:01:32.088-08:00Ty-
From that statement, I think Harrison is tryin...Ty-<br />From that statement, I think Harrison is trying to say that we all are more than they make us. Now watch me be what I was supposed to be, instead of what they make me be. Kind of like watch me reach my full potential.John Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771902884214771738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-51174289561045805302011-01-05T07:01:17.504-08:002011-01-05T07:01:17.504-08:00Luc
Is competition a good thing?
I think compet...Luc<br /><br />Is competition a good thing? <br /><br />I think competition is a good thing because with out competition sports wouldnt be fun to watch or play and i believe it also human nature to try to be better than othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-91396705679005426132011-01-05T07:01:11.423-08:002011-01-05T07:01:11.423-08:00I feel like in the story when they make everyone &...I feel like in the story when they make everyone "equal" its bad for everyone. If someone is better than you at something than they could try to help you,teach you or you could learn off their ways. Instead they bring people down so the society isn't ever going to be "equal" in a good way to make the society great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-8780771130258125132011-01-05T07:01:01.054-08:002011-01-05T07:01:01.054-08:00JD: good point when you said that if you made ever...JD: good point when you said that if you made everybody advanced the people could over throw the government, when people are all dumb they can't think of how to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-48984517564602887202011-01-05T07:00:21.809-08:002011-01-05T07:00:21.809-08:00I believe competition is healthy for people. It ma...I believe competition is healthy for people. It makes people work harder to be a better person and who they want be. In oder to be happy in life. Competition doesnt just have to be in sports, it comes in jobs and grades and anything you can think of. Taking this away, i believe can hurt a nation and cause corruption. Communism fallows this. Taking away freedom.tpetriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13207387500308523511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-53335578810382139492011-01-05T07:00:09.601-08:002011-01-05T07:00:09.601-08:00Is competition a good thing? Luc C
I think that co...Is competition a good thing? Luc C<br />I think that competition is a necessary part of our society because without competition nobody would be able to be the best and nobody would ever know the feeling of failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-88799542752923307742011-01-05T06:59:36.802-08:002011-01-05T06:59:36.802-08:00Tristin said...
Do you think Harrison was try...Tristin said...<br /><br /> Do you think Harrison was trying to prove a point be doing what he did? If so, what do you think he was trying to prove?<br /><br />i think that he tried to prove that no matter what people tell you what to do you can always rise above everthing.Zach Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08853830220023902560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-802108529254900262011-01-05T06:59:33.243-08:002011-01-05T06:59:33.243-08:00Lane what I infer from that statement is that beca...Lane what I infer from that statement is that because Harrison has been weighted down and made a lot more average he wants to do to his best ability so when he takes off his weights he can do his best ability and thats what i infer from that.LucChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028675798358841984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-83270764831787825572011-01-05T06:59:14.111-08:002011-01-05T06:59:14.111-08:00John-
What is average and who decides what it is?...John-<br /><br />What is average and who decides what it is?<br /><br />I think that the idea of average is different to everybody. Some think that the average is different the other people think. in the story the government decides who and what is average but in the real world I think that it is very hard to determine what average is.zach hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865749095187513835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-40479433077273583242011-01-05T06:59:05.509-08:002011-01-05T06:59:05.509-08:00LucC - Competition is a good thing because we need...LucC - Competition is a good thing because we need constant improvement. Competition drives people to become better at sports, academics, and etc. If we didn't have competition we wouldn't be able to exceed in sports and academics. We need competition to have a better future.MikeT2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/17772668585141408240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-76843156490150377232011-01-05T06:59:04.299-08:002011-01-05T06:59:04.299-08:00Making people wear masks because they look better ...Making people wear masks because they look better makes it more unequal because if your one without a mask then you know your the "ugly" one or an "average" person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-71866803128563864882011-01-05T06:58:53.959-08:002011-01-05T06:58:53.959-08:00Gabe s:
I think everyone is equal so no one feels ...Gabe s:<br />I think everyone is equal so no one feels weaker or left out. I also think that the handicapped general is power crazy and somehow got control.Greg Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03798922704189727864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-79850260755752457902011-01-05T06:58:41.949-08:002011-01-05T06:58:41.949-08:00Luc,
I think that competition is a good thing beca...Luc,<br />I think that competition is a good thing because without competition, everyone will be equal and it is impossible to make everyone equal. To make everyone equal, you would have to change all their characteristics and change who a person is. We need different people so that our society can be successful and grow.EthanH2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/16777260799351073524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-74979292316441245552011-01-05T06:58:03.597-08:002011-01-05T06:58:03.597-08:00Logan i feel like it would be easier to bring the ...Logan i feel like it would be easier to bring the advanced people down than it would be to bring lower people up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-26668140851689483272011-01-05T06:57:58.752-08:002011-01-05T06:57:58.752-08:00- Luc
I think that competition is a great thing be...- Luc<br />I think that competition is a great thing because that is simply human nature. Without it, we as Americans would not be where we are today because competition has gotten us so far.Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479307325610903983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6768198768687524648.post-10322107312297197292011-01-05T06:57:35.838-08:002011-01-05T06:57:35.838-08:00Luc--
Competition is how we determine ones rank i...Luc--<br /><br />Competition is how we determine ones rank in society. Life is a competition. We are all trying to gain something in life, and usually we have to fight for it.John Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771902884214771738noreply@blogger.com