Technology In Ernest Cline's Ready Player One

The advancement of technology is a controversial topic that has been debated since the start of technology. Perhaps it would not be so controversial if people did not let it seep into every aspect of their lives. If you think about it, we, as humans, need technology to function now. We use our phones and electronic devices much more than we probably should, in my opinion. I am guilty of it too, but I see no way of discontinuing my technology uses at this point in time. This is similar to the world Ernest Cline developed in his book, Ready Player One. Reading this book made it evident that everyone needs to come to his or her own realization that the real world is better than the virtual world.
Cline creates a character, James Halliday, that

She makes it her mission to win Halliday’s fortune for this reason. She states very plainly, “If I win the dough, I’m going to make sure everyone on this planet has enough to eat. Once we tackle world hunger, then we can figure out how to fix the environment and solve the energy crisis” (Cline 98). Art3mis is one of the only people in the novel that even seems to remotely want to do anything about the real world and desires to restore it in order to transform it into something better that other people will no longer wish to ignore. Her good will and comprehension about the real world being a better and more valuable one than the virtual world radiates from the things she

The conclusion that no matter how close the virtual world can get to the real world, it will never be the same. The virtual world lacks the human interaction that you can only receive while living in the real world. Even with all of technology’s advancements, it is and never will be better than the real world. Maybe at first people will fall for the visage, but eventually everyone will see technology for what it truly is, a tool to make human lives easier, not a replacement for the world in which humans