ENGL199 Lecture 17: Literature Piece - Inception
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This (cid:449)orld (cid:862)(cid:1005)(cid:1004) (cid:373)i(cid:374)utes i(cid:374)to the future(cid:863) is si(cid:373)ilar to ours, e(cid:454)(cid:272)ept for e(cid:454)tra(cid:272)tio(cid:374) The dream tech is carried around in an aluminum brief case; unlatched and then pull out a needle tube attached with a strap like an iv into the wrist blood stream. Tubes unwound from within suitcase and attached to the wrist. There must be an outside person to press the button and start the dream; manual start up; pressing the button. Drea(cid:373) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e e(cid:374)ded if o(cid:374)e of the people (cid:862)di(cid:448)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) i(cid:374)to the drea(cid:373) are killed (the(cid:455)"ll (cid:449)ake up (cid:449)he(cid:374) they die); but pain is in the mind so shooting. Arthur in the foot makes him feel it. Experience of time using this technology is distorted: 5 minutes in the real world is equal to 60 minutes of dream time. Sigmond froyd (cid:449)rote the (cid:271)ook (cid:862)of drea(cid:373)s(cid:863) (cid:1005)9th century; thought dreams could be rationalized and controlled like in inception; that they could be.
