Ernest Cline
Authors Life
When Ernest was writing his book ready player one he was imagining the future and what it would be like and the possibles of VR ( A new kind of platform that emerges the user into a world which seems to be real).He grew up playing and loves al types of video games and board games. "Human beings are not wired to live the way we live now". He goes on to say that the way we are living cities driving cars and going to work has only been a thing for the human race for the past couple hundred years. He says millions of years of evolution craved the human race to be hunters and conquerors and explorers, not people who live the same life everyday trapped in a cubical. Cline claims that because of this change people are searching for a way to fulfill that hunter- gathering instinct. Some people do it with sports but according to him most do it with video games which is why he chose to write a book about just that, a massive online , interactive experience where everyone and become anyone.
Author/ character comparison
Ernst Cline most likely relates to the main charater own wade watts. He is exciting full of knowledge and loves to dwell on the past video games movies and books.
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