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Sunday, November 20, 2016

Technology




Throughout the years, people have developed different mechanisms to improve our lives. In our generation, technology has been the mechanism that makes our lives much easier. Actually, all regarding communication is faster and more effective than ten years ago. But at some point people have over used it, and is more complicated to not use phones, televisions, etc. We practically use it every day for different things. Technology is essential for human beings. Phones are a primary example. As we saw in the movie, Ash spent a lot of time using his phone. He was more worried about sharing stuff on internet than caring about Martha (his wife). Sometimes he did not even know what his wife was talking about or asking him because he was not paying attention. He was with her physically but not mentally. His mind was on the internet. This is a real problem that our society has, and that most of the people have issues with because it is addictive.
After Ash’s death, the new Ash did not need to spend time on internet or any kind of device. His mind was solely focused on Martha. The new Ash was mentally with her but not physically. She preferred being with the real Ash (first one) because she knows that he was “real and human”. So, the really confusing part is figuring out why she did not want to be with the second Ash anymore if he was there for his wife at every moment, and trying to satisfy her in every sense. He did not spend time on internet or anything. At one point, I think that the second Ash is more human than the first one. I found two reasons why the second Ash is more human than the first one. First, after her sister told her that it is good to find another man, everything changed. Before that, Martha did not have any trouble with the second Ash at all. When she realized that the second Ash is not the first Ash, she started to lose her mind. She realized that the second Ash is not human. It is an imitation of Ash. The second point is that for all the things that this imitation did not have an answer or it did not have an answer as the real Ash would say, she completely refused the second Ash.  So, at the point that the second Ash looks almost the same as her husband, she knew that it would never be the same just because of the fact that the second Ash would never be a human being.


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I totally agree that our addiction with phones and the internet has caused some of us to be here physically but not mentally. It seems like this is part of the reason humanlike robots might seem better than real humans. This problem that Ash had only added to Martha's confusion later with the fake Ash.