I have read a little bit of Mantissa and to be quite honest I was a bit confused while reading it. It seems like a quick read but one that a person must really pay close attention to in order to grasp the concept of the novel. I had to read it a couple of times. Hopefully I grasped the information properly.
However…although I was a bit confused, the part that grabbed my attention was when, the main character lost his memory and the fact that he believed that all reality is shown only on TV. The memory lost targeted my mind to the movie we are watching in class, Matrix. To have a memory loss and have to gain all the previous or new information into your mind reminded me of what they are doing with Neo in the Matrix. In the Matrix they are filling Neo’s mind with information that he needs to know about the world outside of the Matrix. He is reborn in the film and is gradually building up his knowledge with the information they imbed into his mind. I believe that when one is going through memory loss the process is very similar. You have to start over and learn previous and/or new information all over again.
The fact that Miles Green believes that the only things that are considered reality are shown on television is kind of funny to me. However it is a character in a book so I guess anything is possible. Anyways this reminded me of the Bauillraud’s ideas of simulation and hyperreal and through these ideas the concept of real comes into play. What is reality? Is whatever we see through hyperreal (our lenses) considered reality or is there another way that a person can actually defined the true concept of what reality is? In my opinion in the Matrix this seems to be the question that drives all of the characters.
However…although I was a bit confused, the part that grabbed my attention was when, the main character lost his memory and the fact that he believed that all reality is shown only on TV. The memory lost targeted my mind to the movie we are watching in class, Matrix. To have a memory loss and have to gain all the previous or new information into your mind reminded me of what they are doing with Neo in the Matrix. In the Matrix they are filling Neo’s mind with information that he needs to know about the world outside of the Matrix. He is reborn in the film and is gradually building up his knowledge with the information they imbed into his mind. I believe that when one is going through memory loss the process is very similar. You have to start over and learn previous and/or new information all over again.
The fact that Miles Green believes that the only things that are considered reality are shown on television is kind of funny to me. However it is a character in a book so I guess anything is possible. Anyways this reminded me of the Bauillraud’s ideas of simulation and hyperreal and through these ideas the concept of real comes into play. What is reality? Is whatever we see through hyperreal (our lenses) considered reality or is there another way that a person can actually defined the true concept of what reality is? In my opinion in the Matrix this seems to be the question that drives all of the characters.
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