I didn't get a chance to speak in class about this story, so I thought I would make a quick post about Understand.
When I was reading it seemed like the story was about man's hunger for power and the desire to always want more. When I finished the story it felt to me more like the main character was turning into a super computer and losing his emotions and overall humanity. His thoughts became like code, being able to intake tons of data and rapidly spit out responses. Reynolds, may have also been a "super computer," but I saw him more as a brilliant computer hacker, who was experienced enough to take on Leon. In the end Reynolds was able to crack the super computer with a simple code (word), "understand".
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