Eureka

Technology:

In the TV series Eureka, a funeral was taking place during the beginning where a woman named Susan was being buried. However, after the funeral there were these strange ghost-like images which would later play a role again. It would later be evident that the woman who was buried was actually alive, but all her memories of the past have been removed. According to her she never had a child, though an investigation of ‘her’ house has been checked and in a photo she was seen with her child and husband. Later, a boy also saw the ghostly image and started drawing the white figure on his wall. I think that since this town is full of scientists there was a void that cause this ghostly image to reappear each and every time, but not because it’s actually a ghost, it might actually be a reminisce of the past – a void that opened to allow past figures back into the present. The episode never fully explain what the ghostly figure actually is, therefore they want the audience to think about what might be the cause – from the woman being revived to the boy seeing the image and drawing it all over his wall. They never explicitly say what it is and what it actually does, but I think that each time the figure appears it’s actually the portal that’s being reopened into the past and bringing people back into the present, hence the image being shaped like a human – human portal or gate. In reality, that would never happen, however in a society full of only scientists that experiment with new technology each and every day than this could be possible.

I think the episode is trying to say that being human is just living and if we die there are ways to be brought back to life. Technology becomes so advanced that we can no longer believe in what can actually happen and what cannot happen because we don’t know how advanced technology will ever become, thus we must believe in all possibilities. The image of the ghostly figure could have represented a void that was opened through technology, though because no one knows what’s going on it must have been an experiment gone wrong. In order to come back to the future the characters will lose all their memories as depicted with Susan – she didn’t remember even having a son, but in the picture of her, she actually did have one. Technology can only bring us so far that we can’t comprehend reality because no one can actually be brought back to life. By showing that ghostly figure, we wonder what it is and why the producers are showing this image to us. However as the story progresses we begin to depict what might actually be going on. If a person was being brought back to live in society when they were declared as dead then anything is possible in the future.

A Change of Nature

A change of Nature

"Willow blow just as they please
Dancing with each subtle breeze
Orchestras command the wind
Much like the way it's always been

But clouds aren't like they used to be
And rainbows come in twos and threes
Winds that blew the night away
Continue on into the day

Perhaps the earth won't turn as fast
And revert to patterns of the past
Maybe turning upside down
And throwing many things around

Watch the sun's coronas glow
For when it's time you'll surely know
By then you will be in your place
To help preserve the human race"

Environment:

This poem begins by explaining that the future will be the same, but because of everyday occurence, people begin to realize that it's too similar to the past. According to the first stanza, in the line "much like the way its always been", this means that there are things that follow the presence of the past, such as the wind acting the same way. The difference is in the second stanza where the "clouds aren't like they used to be" meaning there are some changes to the world, though they might not be big changes there are still changes nevertheless. However, the major changes include rainbows coming in "twos and threes", currently when there are rainbows it comes in one and in rare cases two - double rainbow. In this poem, the major changes include the earth not spinning as fast which results in it "[reverting] to patterns of the past", just because the earth is slowing down doesn't mean that changes won't occur. I think that this author is trying to make an example of saying if the earth stood still than nothing will change, but it would reform to its original patterns because in the future they expect that the earth will rotate at a quicker rate. The world can't turn upside down from rotating, however if it actually could then the author would be correct in stating that everything will basically be thrown around - kind of like an earthquake, tornado, or hurricane. If we continue to acknowledge the changes made, we will most likely "help preserve the human race", by continuing to change the world and cleanse it - the human race will not be destroyed; thus we will be allowed to survive.

We as humans should begin to realize that the world is changing and by keeping the world clean we can help preserve it. There's never a time when people should think for themselves, but we should think for others. In order to save mankind, we need to adapt to the changes - Global Warming - we need to help reduce the pollution in the world and strive to protect it - recycle and reduce the usage of toxins - fossil fuel, factories, etc. As humans we need to be aware - aware of what's around us rather than things that we're not able to understand, we shouldn't strive to understand the great changes, but the world will continue to shape itself and people should help the world - by reducing pollution we'll be able to stop natural causes. Although, we can't necessarily stop earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornadoes, we can still help the earth last longer. If we continue to pollute and contaminate the earth - the past and present as we know it will cease to exist and as a result an "upside down earth" will appear in the future - a future full of natural disasters. By creating a depiction of natural disasters that is to come if we don't shape the world then the worlds will change, "willows blow just as they please", "clouds aren't what they used to be", and things will be "turned upside down". Nothing will be the same, thus by creating those images we as people don't want those disasters to occur and learn to preserve the world as we know it instead of having a devastating change.