Self+Destruction



In today's society our use of technology is becoming detrimental. Modern man uses this technology to dictate nature, leading to the destruction of valuable recourses and life. This is all brought upon by the inherent greediness of humans. Man strives to get their goal of material wealth and this will ultimately lead to their demise. Self Destruction  can be divided into three sections: technology controlling nature, the main goal money, and our own self demise with parallel views with Huxley’s ____Brave New World__ __ and Kafka’s ____Metamorphosis__ __. On the right of the work, the nature portion is presented. A rock that has obviously been dyed and cut to be sold is featured. Inside the crystallized crack in the rock is a game boy game. This represents technology being used to control and manipulate nature. To go along with this theme, plastic lure is hung from the top of the box. This represents how man has mimicked nature in order to catch or obtain a fish. This relates to natures destruction because these artificial lures can damage the ecosystem and over fishing is a constant problem. Lastly, the remote in the middle of the piece represents the human need to control our environment. It is pointed at the fish, rock, and snake to further this point. In the middle of the work the theme of greed and money is shown. A trophy is shown with money on it representing how humans prize money over everything else. It is the main goal of most every human and everyone strives to obtain it. The trophy is also positioned in the middle of the box and towers over most everything else, furthering the importance of money in modern society. It is the focal point of the piece just like money and wealth is the focal point of our lives. Lastly, on the left side of the work, the theme of self destruction is shown. The bowling pins represent humans in the world today. One bowling pin is shown bowling down his pin brothers. This symbolizes how humans are destroying themselves through their actions. By destroying nature, one is destroying oneself. A picture of a demented, monster-like man is presented in the left corner. This figure represents what humans are turning into. It is a hyperbole of the closed and crazed state of mind that modern humans are stuck in today. This piece expresses similar views to the two works ____Brave New World__ __ and ____Metamorphosis__ __. In Brave New World, technology such as soma and DNA manipulation are used to control the world and society. The world leaders thrive with power as everyone else does as they want. This is similar to what its shown in __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">__Self Destruction__ __ where technology is used to control nature for personal profit. The humans manipulating nature receive the reward while nature suffers. In Kafka’s __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">__Metamorphosis__ __ Gregor gets stuck in his constant pattern of work and family dependence. This eventually leads to his metamorphosis into a bug and ultimately death. __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">__Self Destruction__ __ shows that if humans stay in their pattern of destruction of nature, it will lead to their own self-caused death.