Critical Thinking Question: How does this text deal with individuals and groups? Are people acting alone and in competition with others, or does this text imagine people working together?

Title: READY PLAYER ONE

Author: Ernest Cline

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Elaboration

1. “I loathed the Sixers and was disgusted by their very existence.” (pg. 34) 2. “Solos like me, didn’t care much for the clans,” (pg. 34) 3. “You should join the Sux0rs, they can use you vast stores of knowledge.” (pg. 44) 4. “I wanted to travel incognito.”

1. I believe the Sixers is a stupid organization and is a waste of time if you are applying to it. Joining a group that searches for Halliday’s Easter Egg sounds like a good idea, but when you find the egg, you have to share the prize with everyone in the group. 2. In my opinion, the hunt for the egg is best done solo. Being alone means not sharing information with anybody from family to foe. If you share information with someone, you will probably be stabbed in the back. 3. The Sux0rs is a nickname given to the Sixers because mostly everyone disagreed with their idea of a gunter clan. Telling a kid that they belong to a group of so called losers pretty much explains that the Sixers/Sux0rs is a disgrace to the gaming world. 4. This can show the concern of Wade and how he wants to stay solo. If someone started to follow him and find the tomb he was looking for, then he could easily be defeated and lose finding the copper key. Even though the game world is no player vs player, the tomb can be a pvp location and Wade would be defeated horrifically.

Claim: Even though working in a group can complete a task faster, there are some scenarios where you should be alone.