2) Page 88 "The house stood alone in a city of rubble and ashes. This was the one house left standing. At night the ruined city gave off a radioactive glow which could be seen for miles."
Page 92 "The fire burst the house and let it slam flat down... Among the ruins, one wall stood alone. Within the wall, a last voice said... 'Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5, 2026, today is...'"
3) The first and second connects with the theme because they shows how the technology house outlasted everything, from fires to something that could destroy a whole town. The first also hints at technology hurting others because it said that the ruins of the city had a "radioactive glow", which could mean that the city could have been destroyed by a nuclear bomb, which is a wrong reason to use it.
4) This theme is for everyone, as well as the evidence for it, and is still worthy of our consideration today in 2013. As technology gets more advanced and complex, we start using it for the wrong reasons, and we are all guilty of it. For example, we have these smartphones, but when we use them for things unimportant, like videogames or goofy pictures, those are wrong reasons for using technology, and we all know it but we don't care because we are being entertained. The right reasons for using them are for more important things like phone calls (not all of them), homework, and things like that. Advancements in warfare technology with new weapons also proves why the theme is still worth our consideration because we are inventing new ways of hurting each other. What will happen when those advancements go to far, and how much people are going to get hurt? We are also having advancements in technology be virtually indestructible, increasing the chance of them lasting longer. We need to consider this theme as technology advances, as it will make us also think of some consequences of the advancements too, and stories with these kind of themes might help people to start to realize it.
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