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Innovational Control Over The Modern Man By: T.J. Peterson 1-B

Literary Analysis of Innovational Control Over The Modern Man

The subject of my box is modern technologies effect on the modern world. This subject shows how much technology influences today’s society. The title/theme is innovational control over the modern man. This theme shows and represents how much of an influence technology has on mankind and how it controls them in today’s society. The title of my box helps establish the theme of my work by using innovations to control man instead of man being able to control and use the technology. Some elements that help explain the theme of the work are the PS2 controller, the army men, the cell phone, the speakers, and the cars. The PS2 controller acts as a “Master Control”, which is used to control the army men by controlling the speakers and cell phone. The three army men represent the “Modern Man” being controlled by innovations. The cell phone represents a video screen which shows what they need to do. The speakers tell the men what they need to do. The cars are just to show another example of how innovations control the modern man. The elements in my work are best connected to the work Frankenstein and Brave New World. Frankenstein connects to the work by Victor’s Monster being an “innovation” that controls him in such a way that he becomes scared of what he has created. Brave New World connects to the work by the “modern man” or “army men” being the people of Brave New World. The people of Brave New World are being controlled by the innovations and technology (the cell phone screen, speakers, PS2 controller, and the cars). A piece of music that I decided to use to get the work’s point across is “1984” by Van Halen. 1984 was a new year in technological advancement and the music seems to give a good background for not only 1984, but also the work. The song uses sounds to express technology. The pitch helps this by sounding big to help express depth and thought, while high pitch helps express joy, happiness, and innovation at its high point. The process I used to create my box was taking my idea that I made and deciding how the setup would go. I put my army men facing forward into the screen of the cell phone to show that they are watching the screen. I put the speakers on the side of the box and in front of the men to how that they listen and are controlled. I used the PS2 controller, after I cut most of the cord off, to show that it controls all technology. I also put it above the cell phone to show that it is the “Master Control”. I put the cars on the sides of the army men to show that technology I very influential in the “Modern Man’s” life. This is my creative process.