In the book Super Sad True Love Story, the author incorporates various scenes that appear to be dystopian flashes his piece of literature. An example of these scenes is provided on page 146 when Grillbitch is writing to Euni-Tard about her depression. She says the main cause of her sadness is that her boyfriend Gopher is having an affair “with this Mexican betch that I saw blowing him, and then I figured out his password on Teens…” The dystopic aspect about his scene is how Grillbitch handles the situation. Usually, women will stay silent of their knowledge and make her guilty partner blur out some evidence that she could use against him. Other times, women take their partner’s phone with of without their permission and begin to search the messages and the phone calls. Then, they would ask the typical questions: who is this number, why were you talking for so long with this person, why does your shirt have lipstick stains, why did you come home so late last night, etc. On the other hand, the author Gary Shteyngart plays a twist on this situation and makes Grillbitch say the following, “I went on this new Teens site called ‘D-Base’ where they can digitize you like covered in shit or getting fucked by four guys at once and I sent Gopher all these Images of myself getting fucked by four guys at once.” According to girls’ behavior in this book, they have to receive respect by having their significant other be aware that they could have an affair with others also. To this day, that action is not deserving of respect. Actually, Grillbitch could be despised by society today for not respecting herself and her dignity.

This image (taken from pixabay.com) demonstrates a vivid image of an affair where the girl behind the wall could represent Grillbitch and the man could represent Gopher having an affair with the Mexican girl.

In Alabama Hall, one of Emory University’s Residence Halls, lies this dying plant. It caught my attention because from far it looked beautiful. I observed it and noticed upon my thinking that dying plants may symbolize many things. I searched and found an image of an infuriated carrot claiming, “Plants have feelings too. Eat cow.” After a long laugh, I used this idea to create my one staged argument. I wrote the same sentence on a yellow sticky note and taped it to the base of the plant with transparent tape. I placed some of the dead leaves and flowers around the plant and gave it a finishing touch with a ripe banana. The purpose was for the argument to be fully set using my limited resources. One may assume that the audience are those that decide to not consume meat for various reasons and indulge themselves in fruits, vegetables, and other veggie foods without noticing that plants also had life before they consumed it. When focusing on the image, the intended tone is more of a combination of a morbid sight infused with humor. The morbid part has an appearance with all the imprints of death around. Leaves and flowers no longer living. This was intended to appeal mostly the pathos type of rhetoric.The humor comes in the message written on the sticky note, “plants have feelings too. eat cow.”The font of the text is placed with grammatical errors, yet is it very simple and attractive. The note conveys a message that creates conscience about the situation without degrading or offending the audience.

“It’s so sad. I’ve been crying for days now… God, I’m sorry, Precious Pony. I’m such a downer. The weird thing is that I have been thinking about Lenny, the old guy. I know he’s gross physically, but…I need to be taken care of too.”
In the novel Super Sad True Love Story (on page 74), the author Gary Shteyngart adapts the lack of community in the dystopian society by pouring strong Eunice’s heart through her Globalteens account through a message she sent her best friend “Precious Pony.” In this way, the reader can notice how Eunice, under the thick skin she demonstrates to have, hides a very self-conscious girl who longs for comfort. In this instant message between best friends, Eunice describes how she desires for a person to take care of her. Sincerely, it is a human desire to feel of importance, guided, cared for, longed for, and most importantly, loved.
Focusing on the style of the compositon, Eunice is barely using abbreviations. This lack of abbreviations demonstrates her concern for what she is writing about. Therefore; if she worries about the topic, she will adapt the syntax to an almost perfect grammar. On the other hand, if she cares less about the topic, she will use vernacular language and abbreviations. As the reader, one could notice that she intends to hide the loneliness she is experimenting. It is remarkable how connected the society seems to be to their äppärät yet how lonely they may field. A similarity to our own world is that we use social media that can connect us to everybody all over the entire world, yet how lonely one may feel when no one answers.

FIRST POSITION:
In the Radio Lab podcast “Eye in the Sky,” surveillance technology is the topic in spotlight. Surveillance technology can detect crime by taking simultaneous pictures that can cover up to twenty-five miles of the territory. Specifically, the ability that the inventor and creator of this surveillance technology Ross McNutt has for zooming the lenses of the twelve different cameras has provided an entry for modern police daily vigilance. Up in the sky, a helicopter caries twelve different cameras that as perpetually taking pictures. Each shooting of the twelve cameras combine to form one single picture. By reviewing the pictures from previous hours and present hours, the police get to “travel in time” to detect who did a crime, at what time, and where. For this reason, the benefits of the surveillance technology are innumerable. “Steep drops in crime” have been inferred and the properties “rise in value,” which plays as a cause and effect. Ross McNutt said it himself, “I want them to be worried that we’re watching.”

SECOND POSITION:
The creators and upholders of surveillance technology celebrate the fact that crime will be detected and attacked in a matter of minutes rather than in a few days or even never. They adhere to the ideology that “rising property values” and “steep drops on crime” are good enough excuses to have the privacy of innocent citizens be affected. The tendency to live a fast life obligates the police to have to answer a case in a matter of minutes, yet everyone is aware that such ideal world is not “real.” No matter if the people’s faces cannot be seen in detail from a distance, the fact of having an aircraft above the blue sky recording your everyday movement does not seem humane. Humanity by itself is not the only source of juggle, but also the economy. Having this surveillance technology has the cost of $6,000 every hour that the twelve cameras are taking pictures. If the purpose of surveillance technology is to aid the human race, their best alternative is not to destroy what makes humans be humans: their spontaneity and right to privacy.