The girl who was plugged in

Although I thought the reading was kind of difficult to understand at points, once we talked about it in class I found "The Girl who was Plugged in" really interesting. The ideas that were brought up within the short story were way beyond that time and really do relate to today. After the talk in class and feeling that I understood the story better, I love the title. The title makes so much sense and even has kind of a double meaning. Where P. Burke was the one that was literally plugged in, Delphi was the one that was "plugged" into society or accepted, showing that there could be more than one explanation to the title. When I think about someone who is plugged in, it is someone in society who knows what’s going on, accepted in society and believes what they are told in society. This becomes the type of person that the society in the story idolizes but at the same time kind of fears. They banned advertising in society because they fear these kinds of people who fall for everything, who believe this and are in the know all. These people are also what they consider the "gods" of the celebrities that everyone idolizes.

I also love the double meaning in the fact that Delphi is just the pretty face and body, she is the surface. She is not only just figuratively but literally as well, the way that Delphi is the one that is allowed in the world, to be on the surface. Where P. Burke was the one with depth, with the soul and she was the one who had to be hidden in the “depths” of the earth. The double meanings in the story were very interesting, as well as the way that society today shown through.

Many of the themes and ideas that are relevant in the story run over into today’s society and life. The “gods” are idolized is one thing that happens constantly in society today. Celebrities are treated like gods and worshiped, the run what the fashion is, where the hot spots are and even what the news is. The way that society defines what is ugly and what is acceptable. That what they define as ugly should be hidden.