The Lathe In Heaven Blog Post #1
By: Matthew Evans So far in The Lathe In Heaven, I have read about a man named George Orr and his ability to alter the past and present reality with his dreams. Essentially, his dreams become very vivid and specific to the point where that becomes present in the world when he wakes up again. Even though everyone has only the memory of his dream being a reality, Orr has the memory of both when it wasn't a thing and now that it is. He visits a doctor named Dr. Haber who tries to help him by using a machine to command and control his dreams. He uses hypnosis to put Orr to sleep and then from there uses the machine to calculate data about Orr's brain. This machine also measures which state Orr is in while he is sleeping. While Dr. Haber isn't necessarily sure about Orr's claims, he is interested to find out what actually does happen. After a while, Orr starts to feel used by Dr. Haber to the point where he even gets a lawyer to help him with his case. He tells the lawyer, whose name is Heather Lelache, about how Dr. Haber has actually had the memory of both realities like Orr has and is using them for his own personal reasons. The lawyer is very hesitant, but agrees to help Orr with his case. The lawyer attends one of the "sessions" and is very weary about the situation. She also records all of the audio since she technically has the ability to do so. All of this takes place in a dystopian Portland, USA where climate change and starvation have wracked the earth. This is where I have stopped reading so far. I have read a dystopian novel before. A good example of one is the Divergent series which I have read through and through. While the dystopia in that series is different from this book, I see similarities in how hard life is on the people. I do really like this book though, because of the fact that it takes you through a journey of past and present. I also like how the problem isn't necessarily catastrophic. This gives more complexity to the simple concept of sleep we all know of. There are quite a few similarities between real-life and this fictional book. First off, it takes place on Earth and in the United States. It also deals with problems such as starvation and climate change which are huge problems in the world today. While our reality isn't as "dystopian" as the reality in this book, there are many similarities that are very concerning. The book also takes place in the early 2000's, a decade we all lived through as 10th graders. Overall, there are many connections and similarities between our world and the setting in The Lathe Of Heaven. I will be commenting on Maddi P and Michael's blog posts.
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Michael Quinn
6/8/2018 03:29:08 pm
I agree that this book is a lot different from the other and it provides a lot to the concept of sleep. It's a very interesting book and I am glad that it is very creative with their concepts and it fun to read. Do you think that dreams are as important today like they are in the book?
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Rachna Halker
6/10/2018 07:37:39 pm
I also agree with the fact that the problems in this dystopian world are startlingly similar to those that we face today. Because this is something that could very well be the future of the United States and the world as a whole, how would you suggest that we go about preventing this from happening?
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