The Medium is the Massage

Media is almost everywhere you look in this day and age. One of the most prominent areas to find media is on the internet. There are all different forms of it. You may think you are alone in your room, but you really aren't. Today most people live in what feels like a glass room. Every little thing you do can be seen by others to some extent. With the rise of forum pages, blogs, Face Book, among other sites, people have more of a voice than ever before. Media can be shared in many more ways than it could have a long time ago. Information can be sent much more faster, people are becoming much more exposed to many new things. One can only think as to where our new form of media takes us next.

Assessment

In the story there are a couple of prominent symbols and themes. One major theme is the feeling of nostalgia. The boys constantly keep going back to the best memories that had at the theme park. They talk about how they remembered their favorite rides and attractions. Even some of the attractions are nostalgic, like the 1950's diner. One big symbol in the story is the earth quake attraction that the boys go and stand over. They were trying to get a better understanding as to what it looked like after the towers had fallen. The feeling of loss is also very apparent. The boys lose their favorite place to go to while an entire nation loses an architectural symbol.

              Some of the elements I can connect to in the story is the feeling of nostalgia. Looking back at something that I cherished when I was younger always brings back good memories and feelings. I was able to connect to the fact that the boys had lost something that they had loved. It is the worst feeling when you have such a strong attachment to something and in just disappears without much of a reason. The boys seemed around the same age as me when the towers fell. Though I do not remember as much, I do remember that something severe had happened. I just remember that we were in class and were told to go to the gym, they told us what had happened and the rest is a blur.

              If I were to adapt this story into a different medium, I might want to try and make it into an animated short. I feel like it would have as a similar vibe to Pixar's Up. That film was great because it struck a great balance of having a very serious and adult tone, but also kept a great sense of wonder and excitement. The short might jump around to the boys reactions to the attack, to their memories of the theme park, and to where they break in and revisit the park when it is closed.

One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest Comic

This is the scene where McMurphy just met the guys in the ward. Nurse Ratchet finds and meets him. She shows him around and takes him to the dorm part of the ward.