Response to "All the Troubles of the World"

The short story "All the Troubles of the World" by Isaac Asimov has provided its readers a very creative and unbelievable world. In that world, a giant computer called Multivac controls the world. It has the power to predict things that are going to happen in the future such as potential crimes. Multivac has human emotions which kind of frightened me. At the end of the story, the omniscient Multivac desires nothing but to kill itself. It wants to be shut down permanently.

Why is this? I asked myself this question and the answer that came to my mind was humans had given too much pressure on it. Because Multivac has amazing abilities such as predicting imminent things, humans are starting to rely too much on it. They tend to have excessive expects on the magic computer which eventually leads Multivac to become unbearable of all the pressure.

Now here comes the question. Should there be a Multivac in our real life? In my perspective, I think Multivac is although impressive but not necessary in human's life. This is because we, as human beings should have the power to control our own lives. We should not be dominated by technologies. Moreover, if there's no Multivac in the world, everyone would rely on themselves which is much more beneficial than to rely on a machine.

Poem to Ms. Hancock

Dear Ms. Hancock,

Planted deeply in my heart,
Your beautiful smile, like a piece of art.
Time had flew since we first met,
But your grace stayed which I will never forget.
The precious time we had spent together,
Often pushes my smile to go up higher.
Your charming, deeply modulated voice,
Never fails on bringing me to rejoice.
Your special way of teaching,
Made my days more than interesting.

If asked, the greatest experience I had,
Your entrance to the English 10 class was not that bad.
If asked, the worst experience I had,
Your first lesson in the English 10 class made me sad.

Regret to what I had done,
Your response is nothing but to be gone.

If you can hear them,

Two words I must and wish to tell,
Are sorry, and thank you.

Sorry, Ms. Hancock,
And thank you, Ms. Hancock.

Sincerely

Charlotte

LETTER OF RESPONSE

November 1st, 1945

Miss Adela Strangeworth
3240 Pleasant Street
Strangeworth Town, U.S.A, V4S 2U3

Dear Citizens of the Town,

As you all know, my family, the Strangeworths, had been living in this town for three generations. I, myself, Adela Strangeworth, had not leaved this place for more than a single day in my whole life. I am familiar with everything and everyone in this town and I know that everybody who lives here gives me the same amount of respect that I give for them. I regard all of us as a family and I value each one of you. This is why I wrote those letters. I took time to write them because I care about the people in this town. I want all of you to know that I did not write the letters to make anyone feel bad. My main and only purpose is just to keep our town clean, without evil.

Perhaps some of you did not understand my aim or cannot accept the way I carried out my action. If this is the case, I do apologize. I am sorry for not thinking thoughtfully about the consequences that can be caused by my behavior. However, besides this situation, I believe there are some other people who distort my meaning of the letters and even take on actions for revenge. This morning, I woke up and found a green envelope lying on my hall floor. I picked it up, opened it, and then unfolded the sheet of green paper inside. The words in the letter seriously offended me. It said "LOOK OUT AT WHAT USED TO BE YOUR ROSES". I know that this letter is from one of you, and it can be anyone. I am not saying this to express my anger or to find who the person is so I can blame on him/her. I am telling this to you because I want you guys to understand that I had recognized my mistakes and I realized that even though my purpose of my action was positive, but the way I chose to reach my goal was wrong. I will make self-examination on my behavior and I promise that from now on I will think carefully before I act.

Therefore, I really hope to seek for resonance from each one of you. I do not want to lose your respect, and of course my respect for you too, just because of this incident. We all live in this beloved town as a community. Just like I said, we are one family. Should there be any appearances of discord in a family? I believe not so.

Sincerely,

Adela Strangeworth