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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Report on Book The ]
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[x]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [Tomorrow City by Monica ]
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[ ]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [Hughes ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 10/94 # of Words:582 School: ? State: ?
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GRADE 9 ADVANCED/ENRICHED BOOK REPORT
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PART A
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i) Title: The Tomorrow City
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ii) Author: Monica Hughes
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iii) Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Children's Books, Ltd.
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iv) Number of Pages: 137
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PART B
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i) The plot of this book centres around two adolescents, David and
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Caro and an evil supercomputer which aspires to control the
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futuristic city of Thompsonville. Dr. Henderson, Caro's Father
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creates the "perfect" computer designed to solve all of the
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problems of Thompsonville by gaining almost complete power of the
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city. The computer then begins to make rash decisions of it's own.
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It decides that humans are incapable of making decisions of there
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own and soon devises a method of controlling the minds of everyone
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in the city.
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Only two young people, Caro and David, are not manipulated by
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the computer. They band together and work out a strategy to
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disable the computer. The two make a daring infiltration of the
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building that the computer is located and after a traumatic episode
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in which Caro is blinded, the computer is destroyed and the city is
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returned to it's previous state.
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ii) The theme of the book is to show that technology is not a
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perfect solution to the many problems faced by man. By using a
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product of technology, the computer, and showing how it was
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supposed to be a perfect solution to the city's problems, yet it
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made a grave error in calculations, the author is saying that many
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problems faced by man cannot be solved by the use of technology.
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iii) Technology played a negative role in this book. The computer,
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the major aspect of technology used in this book, used its
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capabilities to immorally rule the citizens and the city of
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Thompsonville. The computer transmitted hypnotic signals through
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peoples T.V. sets and would use them to carry out it's will to
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ultimately control the city. It then discarded anything or anyone
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who were useless to it's purpose including the elderly and the
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sick.
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PART C
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One of the major arguments that the author uses to emphasize the
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theme is the significant malfunctioning of the computer. It was
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designed to be flawless and solve the numerous problems of the
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city. But, the computer's rationing is shown throughout the book
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to be poor.
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The methods in which it goes about solving the city's problems
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were both ruthless and numerous. To clean up the city's streets
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the computer takes advantage of it's hypnotic capabilities to
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either direct out or kill any of the city's "undesirables". To
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make the city run more efficiently, the computer changes everyone's
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job on the basis of I.Q. without warning. To deal with the
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elderly, the computer orders henchman to kidnap the elderly and
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bring them into elderly institutions without anyone's consent.
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PART D
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I fully agree with the the author's point of view in the book.
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It has clearly demonstrated the idea of many individuals and groups
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of today that technology can solve all of man's problems. It is
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true, however, that technology has lead to many innovations that
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have greatly aided man such as advances in medicine. However,
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history has shown many times that technology can sometimes be more
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damaging than helpful.
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A major problem with technology is that it may solve one
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problem but as a result create many more problems than it has
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solved. An example would be nuclear energy. Nuclear technology
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has solved many problems relating to power generation but has
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produced such side effects as hazardous waste and weapons of mass
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destruction.
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