Post by Ariella Crisano on Oct 29, 2015 18:19:32 GMT
When reading this book, one practice kept sticking out in my mind. When the kappas are explaining what happens to workers displaced from their jobs. They say that when a kappa loses their job they are "eaten up". They further explain that the kappas are killed and cooked. I like this because I feel like the author is trying to scrutinize the technological advancements. When technology grows too fast, people begin to lose their jobs to computers. The government or the citizens never stops to worry about those people who lost their jobs. Everyone just praises the advancement of technology. The workers are just forgotten about in our society so in kappa land, the explinstion is that they are "eaten up".
This reminds me of here, where a lot of people were let go from there jobs as assembly line workers when the machines started taking over. These people were just fired with no other job to replace. And the kappas also say that it's better than them just withering away. Most times these displaced workers are not given another job and are left to be homeless and for a slow painful death. But in kappa land, they are spared that fate and put out of their misery and used to nourish the rest of the citizens. I don't know about Japan, but in America this happens a lot. People lose their jobs because of technology or outsourcing and they end up homeless.
Discussion question:
What do you think about the debate of suicide in kappa land? They say that this kappa killed himself because someone called him a frog, but the man character says that it's suicide. What are your thoughts?
This reminds me of here, where a lot of people were let go from there jobs as assembly line workers when the machines started taking over. These people were just fired with no other job to replace. And the kappas also say that it's better than them just withering away. Most times these displaced workers are not given another job and are left to be homeless and for a slow painful death. But in kappa land, they are spared that fate and put out of their misery and used to nourish the rest of the citizens. I don't know about Japan, but in America this happens a lot. People lose their jobs because of technology or outsourcing and they end up homeless.
Discussion question:
What do you think about the debate of suicide in kappa land? They say that this kappa killed himself because someone called him a frog, but the man character says that it's suicide. What are your thoughts?