the paragraph describing my idea for “The Veldt”: my interactive device for this novel is a device that once you put something inside it, it will show how that object will be in a day. this device is part of the universe the novel is situated in because the father and mother heard their own scream before they made those screams. the father also picked up the mother’s blooded scarf before the mother was eaten. so this device to show what objects will be like in the future is part of that universe. A similar device I have seen in real life is the device I once see in a Chinese museum. people can see a cultural relic as it was when it was first made through the touch of the hand. however, the cultural relic is now full of the marks of time. so I think it is the reversed version of my device. I think the problem caused by this device is that people will know the future in advance and try to change it. and that will change the actual cause of history and create paradoxes.
the paragraph describing my idea for “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”: my interactive device for this novel is a device once pressed, someone in the world will suffer and one of your wishes will come true. this device is part of the universe the novel is situated in because in the city of Omelas, people’s dreams are all met at the cost of some unknown child’s suffering. and that child seems randomly picked. a similar thing I thought about this device is someone will demand others to donate money to them on platforms. the only difference is that this kind of donation is something the doter wanted to do. but in my device, that suffering is not something that person wants to bear. the problem I foresee for this device is that at first, people will have sympathy for that random person but in the end, they will break the boundaries of morality to satisfy their own needs. only very few people will choose to leave this device alone, just like those who walk away from Omelas.
the paragraph describing my idea for “The Plague”: my interactive device for this novel is a device that can track people’s brain waves to write sentences or draw pictures. this device is part of the universe that novel is situated in because people infected by the plague can think but they can not express their thinking quickly enough. so if this device exists, people will be able to detect that those people are alive. a similar device I found is the eye tracking device that can be used to draw paintings. that device is designed for paralyzed people, a bit like my device. the problem I foresee for this device is that it is very hard for someone to control their own brain wave. so they can only draw what they are thinking about without any embellishment.