Monday, April 12, 2010
Intentional or Accidental Fame?
I looked at the article Michael Crichton's Scariest Creation, which I found not to be either for or against global warming, but rather uncovering the shocking influence Crichton's novel had on government policy. Crichton's work was created because it was his passion. I feel that he wrote due to his interest in science fiction, rather than with the hopes of changing the world. From the article, Crichton gives off a very humble and nonchalant vibe. When asked about his meeting with president Bush his reply was along the lines of "When the president asks to meet with you, you go." I truly do believe that Crichton's passion for the text was not created to create controversy within our government. If anything he helped assist the public with the idea of having the other side to the story and enabling them to think, research, and create an opinion solely.
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I definitely agree... the article is very harsh and portrays Crichton as an evil man for taking a devil's advocate stance on global warming... a stance that does a great job of making you want to check the facts, if global warming does indeed matter to you, rather than creating some devils agreement with the government.
ReplyDeleteI definitely think that its a possibility that Michael Crichton wrote his novel solely for the fiction aspect. However, I don't think it would be completely safe to say that he didn't have some kind of motive behind his writing. Although he includes things like action and hot chicks in his novel, those things seem to be simply the avenue that Crichton chooses to make his point. He may not have been attempting to make massive controversy within the government, but I believe, based on the things we've talked about in class like the "real footnotes", he was formatting his argument to counter the global warming arguments that are already popular in our society.
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