The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.
*Color of television. What is the color of television? Which television, channel or scene is it talking about? It could be vivid or dull. This is a very vague description of the sky color. What surrounding is William try to set the readers into? Most importantly, why is William use the color of television to describe the sky, what does it imply? All those questions will not be answered until the reader gets into the theme of the story. The bridge between the natural world and cyberspace rises up the question for the reader. (HER. Enigma: snares) (1) **tuned to a dead channel. From whose perspective is the color of sky tuned to a dead channel? It is not until later, the reader found out who the narrative is, and why the sky appeared to be a television tuned to a dead channel for him. (HER. Enigma: snares) (2) The story thus begin with all the questions.
The Bartender’s smile widened. His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it.
*His ugliness was the stuff of legend. It is not clear to the readers why William has to emphasize on the ugliness of the bartender. (HER. Enigma: snares) (3) **In an age of affordable beauty, what age or world is it? If beauty is not naturally created, and is affordable to everyone, what is the significance of one’s appearance? Or does it matter here. ***The word ugliness has an additional connotation of being insignificant. (SEM. Insignificance) (4)
A year here and he still dreamed of cyberspace, hope fading nightly. All the speed he took, all the turns he’s taken and the corners he’s cut in Night City…
*A year here. Clearly the character was not able to get into the cyberspace for a long time. And this leads to answer the first question of why the sky appeared to be the color of television tuned to a dead channel for him at the beginning of the story. However, this raises another question of why couldn’t he get back to the cyberspace in a world of no boundary. What has happened to him? (HER. Enigma: partial answers) (5)**all the speed he took. The word speed implies him as a drug user, on the other hand as a cyberspace user. People always give a better indication for cyberspace user as they travel on top of the information. However, those users are cyberspace addicts just as those drug addicts. The word speed is a connotation which implies user.(SEM. User)(6).
*Color of television. What is the color of television? Which television, channel or scene is it talking about? It could be vivid or dull. This is a very vague description of the sky color. What surrounding is William try to set the readers into? Most importantly, why is William use the color of television to describe the sky, what does it imply? All those questions will not be answered until the reader gets into the theme of the story. The bridge between the natural world and cyberspace rises up the question for the reader. (HER. Enigma: snares) (1) **tuned to a dead channel. From whose perspective is the color of sky tuned to a dead channel? It is not until later, the reader found out who the narrative is, and why the sky appeared to be a television tuned to a dead channel for him. (HER. Enigma: snares) (2) The story thus begin with all the questions.
The Bartender’s smile widened. His ugliness was the stuff of legend. In an age of affordable beauty, there was something heraldic about his lack of it.
*His ugliness was the stuff of legend. It is not clear to the readers why William has to emphasize on the ugliness of the bartender. (HER. Enigma: snares) (3) **In an age of affordable beauty, what age or world is it? If beauty is not naturally created, and is affordable to everyone, what is the significance of one’s appearance? Or does it matter here. ***The word ugliness has an additional connotation of being insignificant. (SEM. Insignificance) (4)
A year here and he still dreamed of cyberspace, hope fading nightly. All the speed he took, all the turns he’s taken and the corners he’s cut in Night City…
*A year here. Clearly the character was not able to get into the cyberspace for a long time. And this leads to answer the first question of why the sky appeared to be the color of television tuned to a dead channel for him at the beginning of the story. However, this raises another question of why couldn’t he get back to the cyberspace in a world of no boundary. What has happened to him? (HER. Enigma: partial answers) (5)**all the speed he took. The word speed implies him as a drug user, on the other hand as a cyberspace user. People always give a better indication for cyberspace user as they travel on top of the information. However, those users are cyberspace addicts just as those drug addicts. The word speed is a connotation which implies user.(SEM. User)(6).
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