Achilles Anophtheis (Achilles Revisited)

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

Simply put, it
was a device on which sounds could be recorded. From its small size, our
historian conjectured that it was of a type designed for recording the
human voice rather than music. Armed with this belief, we managed to
convince the Censor Society to allow us to reconstruct the primitive
machine to play back the message we hoped it would contain. They agreed;
on the condition that we did not do so until they had a chance to screen it
for the negative influences that caused the downfall of the last corrupt
civilization. They duly approved it and we are now ready for its first
public presentation.

"Before we begin, I would like to explain some of the terms used in the
recording, for those of you who lack the benefit of an historical training.
The tape is evidently the recording of a psychologist. You are all aware
that the sacrilege which led to the destruction of the Nuclear Age was
primarily caused by the decline in religious belief and values. A
psychologist was ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

of a nuclear war. The
periodicals of the day also reflect the reverence in which these men were
held, as they are frequently mentioned. It is another mark of the
degradation of the society that the primary estimate of a man's worth
became the amount of money he earned. It is difficult in this holy age to
conceive of such blasphemy, but it is necessary that we do so in order to
avoid the same traps into which they fell. We have managed to reconstruct
the scenario as far as was possible, but we endeavored to retain all of the
original conversation in addition to our own narration. I don't think that
there is anything further that you need to know about the recording, except
perhaps ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less.

CITE THIS PAGE: