Friday, March 28, 2008

Prompt 9

I think Molly has the most provocative body in this book. Her body modifications are unlike anything I've ever heard of and she has a lot of them also. Two of the most unique ones are the implanted lens in her eyes and her ability to flick razors out from her hands. I believe she uses these razors as a defense mechanism. Molly embraces her body unlike Case. There is a major difference between their views about the body. The technological advances in body modifications in this book are nothing like the bodies we have encountered before. Some of the body modifications we've studied before were extreme, but in this book are modifications that are way ahead of this time and involve technology in some way. The modifications we have studied have been much more realistic. I think the relationship of technology and the body is a positive and productive aspect in the body modification community, but I don't view it as being positive. For the body modification community it's pushing the limit to see how far they can advance and futher the modifications, which is one of their goals. I don't exactly view it as positive because I don't think people should do those type of extreme things to their bodies. I personally wouldn't ever have my body modified in any way close to the things that are being thought of being done. I don't think technology limits the body, but expands the possibilities that can be done to it for many years to come.

1 comment:

Megan said...

I know what you mean when you say you don't see it as a positive thing to modify the body in this way. It is a positive relationship in that it helps the body do things it can't without it. However, it is a scary thought to think these kinds of modifications could be possible. If there is no limit to what technology can do to alter ones body, the body will evolve to really be unhuman. The world would be inhabitted almost by a different species, something unnatural and not biological. How do you distinct what is real or not and who is real or not? I could definatley see this as being a negative thing.