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The Filth -

Actually one of the things that I loved about the Filth was the introduction or otherwise known as Warning! I thought it was really interesting and funny to do something like a warning in a book. I thought to myself...why didn’t The Ticket That Exploded have a warning section? I think the part that really made me laugh was the part where pregnant women should be careful or not be taken/read during that time, and like a warning for women to not become pregnant while reading The Filth. I think that when the reader reads this section before they read the entire book they will understand that the author has a sense of humor, and also helps someone realize that the book is not meant to be serious. Also he mentions the use of metaphors, as almost if he wants us to stop after each section and find the metaphors he has used and to help us to understand the reading better.


I think looking over the reading The Filth is quite funny if you look at it closely. I mean the main job is to be "garbage men" and they "stop the world's back yard from stinking". And while reading this and realizing that they are supposed to be helping save the world and stop people from "creating the world's end" it looks as if they are living in Hell. I mean the entire book just shows violence, porn, and other crap that fills their world. There are so many people that are trying to over take the world, whether it’s with giant sperm or overtaking the President. I mean The Filth themselves seem to have problems. Tony or Ned Slade doesn't even know who he really is, and can't quite grasp either world that he lives in. Plus all he cares about is his dang cat. There is something wrong with the world if the only thing you care about when you are being put in jail is your cat. I think one of the most disturbing pages is 150 where it is talking about the world of Anders Kilimakks and all of the babies are supposed to be copies of him, but they are all super creepy babies and that world would be horrible to live in as well. I think all in all if you look at the Filth as a whole, I wouldn’t want to live in that world, or any of the world’s that people are trying to create or where certain people want to be leaders or take over everyone else.

What I think is interesting is to compare The Filth to the other books we have read and in all honesty I think that they are all similar in many ways and I would not want to live in any of these worlds. It seems like technology that has advanced has just caused more problems for everyone, obviously in different ways, but it always creates destruction. Also I feel like each world creates a new or different problem and I think like if our society were to look at these books and see that multiple authors think that our world is headed towards a society like any one of these we might start trying to be more careful. We might try to keep our lives how they are and not advance our technology, or worry about how much smarter we all could be. I think all of these books have kind of been like a message saying watch out our world could become something like this at any point in time if we are not careful. We already have enough issues, I couldn’t imagine having more like in these books. I mean I think some of the things in The Diamond Age are cool, but in all honesty I think that they would cause destruction and unhappiness and father away from the world of peace that everyone wants. I think that these books are all cool in the way that so many authors have had such creative minds and all different that create possible societies that we might become if we are not careful. It’s been very interesting to see all the different books and the lives the people live. I am excited to read the last book and see how it varies.