Their are a couple things going on in this capter. Eric and Mary finally moved into their new home, which i found surprising. Before starting this book, i just assumed that they would be living in a huge house with other Amish people- i didn't think 2 newcomers would get their own house. The hospitality of the Miller family was predictable. The Miller's cleaned the house and helped get the couple settled-that was not a surprise at all. Every sterotype of Amish people involves them as being nice, non agressive people.
It was nice to see a little history inlcluded in the chapter. The part about the Amish origins and whatnot...i never knew that. Oh, the part about the lawnmower was great. If i was Eric in that situation, i woulda told Mr. Miller "See ya, don't wanna be ya!" VH1's show Best Week Ever has a part where they have upgrade/downgrade...well, in this situation, going to a super old push lawnmower...thats a huge downgrade. The same thing is true with the washing machine-big downgrade. Technology has a purpose, it is supposed to make life easier/better. These weirdos keep going backward in time. Before you know it, they will be like Adam and Eve and just walk around naked. So far, i have not been persuaded to go Amish.
And what's with Mr. Miller saying "We're lazy people." I would not expect to hear that from any Amish person....maybe he just didn't want to deal with all that poop. Oh, and what's the deal with all the Miller kids. I lost count ...their are so many. But i guess with no technology or electricity...the only thing left to do is hook up. (hmm...maybe i will go Amish).
2 comments:
if i may say so, that comment is so scrambled that I dont know where to begin. But I think that you may have missed the satisfaction that is realized from a hard days work... thats the goal for him i think is to find satisfaction in his work or life. Machines make life easier and people lazier... for the most part
I think that when he refers to us as being lazy he is talking about the fact that we look to avoid physical work through the use of technology. However, since we don't need to do that type of work i believe that we do a lot more intellectual work instead, and therefore are not lazy in that sense. For example studying seems a lot harder to me than say doing physical work in the gym :)
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