Diamond Age.

The ending was kind of rushed, seed technology wasn’t really touched on in detail. On the up side the book becomes more about actual human ties. Nell and Miranda met through the Primer, if it wasn’t for the Primer Nell wouldn’t be the person who she is today. Due to the fact that Miranda is basically the Primer, if it wasn’t for Miranda Nell wouldn’t be who she is. Nell also helped Miranda. She made her feel like she had a reason to do what she was doing, She felt like she had a sense of responsibility with Nell. She was the person who was supposed to teach her and care for her because Nell had no one else in her life to do so. By Miranda becoming Nells mother it kind of says that humanity cant be replaced by technology. The Primer taught Nell to work within a technological environment but still value human relationships at the same time. In the beginning of the book women were put down and looked down upon and at the end its more empowering, Nell ends up running her own little army. She becomes an independent, knowledgeable young girl, thanks to the Primer.

Diamond Age.

When the drummers are introduced, it gets a little weird. One second its this massive orgy and the next the girl explodes into flames What a weird situation to be in! Miranda talks about her relationship with Nell. Miranda goes as far as to change her work schedule because Nell was going to school and started only opening the primer at night. She wanted to find a way to track Nell down because she felt like she was her mother in a sense. She was told it wasn’t possible to find her, that there would have been no trail to connect Nell to the account. Even when she went out with friends she said that she felt like she was a mother without actually having a child. Miranda really cares about Nell and is trying to raise her as if she is her own daughter.
Fiona was given the primer before her father, Hackworth left. She believed that every time she opened the primer it was really her father who was telling her the stories. She felt as if her father never really left her even though he had been gone for some time.

Nell & The Primer.

I love how Nell’s “animal friends” are used as people in the stories of the Primer. Its like the Primer is a mirror of Nell, for example when she is attempting to do a summersault, Belle was making the same exact mistakes Nell was and she was learning from them.
Nell witnessed the incident between the Shanghai police and Tony. There was blood everywhere, she saw Tony attacking himself with a knife where he thought the seven minute special went into this body, it was a huge mess and defiantly nothing a little girl like Nell should have seen. Nell was left to clean up the mess, but of course a little girl has no idea how to clean up a blood soaked kitchen and living room, nor should they have to. The blood ended up smearing around and when her mother got home she blamed Nell for making the mess and not being able to clean it up. Nell was hurt and went and dove into the Primer. Because of this the primer kind of reminds me of a coping mechanism for her. She turned the events of her terrible day into a story that she approved of, in turn she ended up forgetting the real events of what happened.
Nell kicked Kevins ass, he was rude to her and in a way kind of fueled her fire. He continued to antagonize her and say mean things to her and she used what dinosaur taught to her to kick his ass. Even when he admitted that she had won she still proceeded to gouge his eyes out, pull his hair, and kick him between the legs, eventually dropping him to the ground. without the Primer Nell probably wound have never done something like this.
Kevin learned how to bully someone from Burt. What happened to Kevin got back to Burt and Nell and Harv were punished. Miranda was determined to get Nell out of that house for good and this was the perfect opportunity. Miranda had just told Nell how the Cyclops was killed with a pointed stick, Nell decided to take matters into her own hands. Nell knew Burt would hurt her again and she wanted to hurt him, she charged at him with a screwdriver but didn’t stick with it, it just scraped his head. Burt was now on a rampage, Nell and Harv took off running.
Miranda admits that she is basically raising someone elses child for them. Because of everything that had just happened with Burt she was worried about Nell, she didn’t know if she was dead or alive.
The primer teaches Nell about a situation so she knows what to do before it happens. When she encounters the stranger and ends up going with him she feels trapped. When the stranger really does approach Nell she knows that she isn’t going to make the same mistake again and throws sand in his face.
Harv and Nell are on the move and were currently in Shanghai jurisdiction. Harv was forced to leave Nell because of his past. He kissed her and ran away.

Diamond Age.

Nell seems to have it rough when she isn’t living life through the primer. Her mom has little to no patients and snaps on her, she tells her to get out of her fucking hair. What kind of mother says that. Luckily Nell has the primer to act as her parental guidance because she defiantly isn’t getting any at home. When Nell visits the play room she get picked on by the other kids, they go as far as to push her down and play keep away with her book. She gets really upset by this and starts crying. When she finally got the book back she went into the corner and started to read it. She is aware that if she has issues the book will help her out, this seems to be what keeps her coming back for more.
The baby breeding ship is the weirdest thing. Every room is filled with infants. Dr. X invited judge Fang on the ship so he could basically confess and show judge Fang what was going on in the ship. There are fifty thousand kids on just one ship!
Hackworth ends up getting punished, his punishment is less because he agrees to give Dr. X the key for the data so that other children can benefit from it.