Monday, September 3, 2012
"Understand"
We've already made several connections between last week's reading and other stories, works, and ideas. In discussing "Understand," Flowers for Algernon was mentioned, which also came to my mind as I was reading. After our discussion, another thing I thought of is the movie Limitless. Both involve heightened intelligence through the use of a drug, leading to challenges surrounding the acquisition of more. I find it interesting that the main character in "Understand" dies, whereas Limitless has a more positive Hollywood ending.
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Limitless is a good movie though I've always wondered if he actually made it out without any side effects or if he was still on the drug at the end of the movie. Really the only basis for my theory is the fact that he was speaking a different language at the end then his girlfriend looked at him and he asked "what?" I don't know just food for thought.
ReplyDeleteHe does seem to conveniently escape the negative side effects while still retaining the positive ones. Quite a contrast to the story we read.
ReplyDeleteI kept thinking of Limitless during the story. And I kept expecting it to end like Flowers for Algernon, despite never having read that story.
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