THE SUIT
Group D : Evan
Introduction
Our invention is based on the novel The Plague. This novel takes place in a future world threatened by a deadly plague. The main character is a man who disposes of plague corpses, and at one point he meets a woman who is being threatened by others. The protagonist chooses to stand up for himself and asks the thugs to let her go, but eventually the thugs throw to that cuts through the protagonist’s protective suit. And our conception is what would have been the outcome if the protagonist had a more powerful protective suit?
The process of completing a project
We started the construction of this armor.
The left one is the beginnings of armor for the arm, but we didn’t cover it with a black exterior.
The right one is what it looks like when we cover it in black.
The group is hard at work constructing the rest of the armor.
The top half of the armor is now complete! Next we start thinking about how to construct the bottom half of it.
Conceptualization is complete!!! We will now start trying to install the armor.
See our results next!!!
Although we conceived the whole armor after Iron Man, the actual operation was much more difficult than we thought, because it drew a huge amount of time to think about how to connect each part of the armor to the human body, and how each piece of armor should be connected to each other at a time.
But the good news at the end of the day is that even if I don’t look that much like Iron Man, I can still call myself Garbage Man:)
Here are some of the components of our suits
- Crow’s special suit : black helmet, chemistry goggles, health center mask,
- Black trash bags – Eva
- White trash bags
- Jacket – Evan
- Gloves- Evan
- Helmet tammy
- Vest → foam/bubble wrap IMA lab
- All black clothes
- Water gun – Eva
ACTING:
Evan: Crow (shooter)
Henry: knife demonstrator + dresser
Zora: dresser (infected and shot) + carry body away
Eva: dresser (introduce and narrate) + carry body away
Nina: dresser (infected and shot)
Tammy: dresser (introduce and narrate)
Narrator retells the story or the part where he gets slashed and infected and dies(?).
Tammy: “Our group chose to reenact the scene in “The Plague” where the Crow gets slashed —
Eva: One of the infected throws a knife and the Crow shoots, however the knife strikes him in the arm and he gets infected.
- Person throws knife, crow shoots
- Insert wind > Henry> Knife cuts Crow
- Crow “dies” from being infected
Tammy: Now, how would the story have changed had the Crow been wearing a stronger suit? (time)
- Crow press button
- Takes out sunglasses from pocket
- Everyone rushes to dress Crow (stand like iron man preparing for surgery)
- Eva and tammy: body, front and back
- Nina and zora: tummy
- Zora and henry: legs
- Eva and tammy: arms
- Nina and tammy: shoulders
- Eva and Henry: gloves
- Henry: helmet and mask first
- **Eva narrates different uses of armor: shoulders, chest plates front and back, stomach, shin guards, arms, helmet, materials used to create
Eva: Now that he’s ready, let’s watch the scene again.
Zora kidnaps Nina.. Nina resists and screams…
Evan: Let her go!
Zora: No, why should I? You kill people everyday.
Evan: It’s the right thing to do.
Zora: I don’t care.
- Person throws knife, Crow shoots
- Insert wind> Henry> Knife breaks!
- Crow does not die
- “Thank god I was wearing this suit! It protected me from the dangerous knife, I love this suit!”
The narrator brings up what if he has a stronger suit us dressing Evan up in fast.
Person holds knife cuts him (same person in the retell and after suit) but knife dun dun breaks.
Evan can have a watch and like he taps it and the suit automatically (us dressing) gets on him.
Narrator (or along the lines of): Now lets see this scene again with the stronger suit
No cut no death.
Armor stand not too sure since originally the suit was intended to come out with a press of a button onto his body iron man style(garbage man actually in the end)
Our rehearsals!
Don’t forget our last official show!!!!
My Opinion on the Performance from Other Group
Group B’s work is about an ai wing that maximizes human happiness based on its own algorithms, and its final solution is to get all the residents of omleas out of the city, once and for all, so that the child can have the freedom it deserves. Their idea of an ai awakening to self-awareness is very creative, and their performance is very dramatic and interactive, making it an eye-opening experience.
However, I think the downside is whether the ai’s algorithms will actually parse out the result of setting the child free. In the famous trolley problem, we are often unable to make a decision in a short time, or even given a long time, we are unable to make a decision, because any choice is extremely cruel.
Here is the answer given by Chatgpt:
Maybe this is the answer that a real ai algorithm would give. After all, in every movie we’ve seen in our lives, the ai is always cold and ruthless, it always makes the decision that is best for the greater good, without taking into account human emotions etc. The problem we face in omelas, on the other hand, is more of a moral dilemma, much like the trolley problem, where the ai isn’t inclined to save a child at the expense of the comfort of the vast majority of the population.
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