Ready Player One Chapter 4 Quotes
Ready Player One Chapter 4 Quotes
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Quote 1
A lot of OASIS users […] only used the OASIS for entertainment, business, shopping, and hanging out with their friends. (4.22)
The OASIS has replaced brick-and-mortal locations like malls, movie theaters, and coffee shops. This is a reality where not only can you stay home and shop, you can stay home and socialize. And you thought that in a world full of smart phones, people were glued to their screens now. Just wait until 2045.
Quote 2
[Mr. Avenovich] could have been a small Inuit woman living in Anchorage, Alaska, who had adopted this appearance and voice to make her students more receptive to her lessons. (4.2)
Discrimination according to race, gender, and sexual orientation is still rampant in 2045, and might even be enabled by the OASIS, where many people feel obligated to portray themselves as white, heterosexual males in order to be accepted. Aech is one of these people.
Quote 3
Even the fast-food joints in my neighborhood had a two-year waiting list for job applicants. (4.28)
You know things are bad when people are on a waiting list to get a job at Burger King. Which came first? This bad economy or the general population's apathy toward life?