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Introduction to Your Quest... |
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You have stumbled upon a time machine and suddently find yourself 200 years in the future. |
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Things are different in this new world - TVs broadcast only "happy" news, books are forbidden, and nobody thinks for him/herself! You try to talk to these people to find someone with an original thought, but all they want to talk about is how happy they all are that the attractive man was elected president and the ugly man lost the election.
"What happened to original thought?" you ask yourself aloud as you are walking through a park. Suddenly, a man emerges from the bushes. He looks weak and weary. He pulls you aside. |
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"Shhh... You mustn't let Them hear you." He says to you.
"Huh? What? Who?" You are confused by this man's sudden arrival and his careful paranoia. |
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"Them. If they catch you thinking for yourself, you will be arrested. Please, follow me." The man leads you back to a small house. The lawn is still damp and inside the house smells strongly of disinfectant. "This, my friend, is my home. Feel welcome. I have much to tell you about our world." |
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This strange man continues to tell you about the government's control over thought and free speech. Because they help you think and enable you to have your own opinions, books are forbidden. Firemen ignite fires and burn books instead of fight fires. This man tells you this started slowly with small instances of censorship. Years progressed and the list of 'banned' books grew, until all books were forbidden. Firemen are given strict instructions to 'get rid of' all forms of written thought. In this new book-free world, TV programs consist of formulated scripts that idealize this new world. The news broadcasts reports that make the people happy - regardless of their truth. There is a world war raging, but no one cares. |
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"This is horrible!" You exclaim. "What can I do?"
"You must return home," says the man. "Return home and prevent this from happening. You can stop this from happening before it begins..." |
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| You get back to your time machine and put your hand in your pocket... There is an envelope there! You take the envelope out of your pocket. It is labeled "My Friend." The strange man must have put it there! You set the controls of the time machine to return you back to the present as you open the envelope, eager to read the contents. |
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Click on the envelope to read the letter! |
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Title Page |
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