Every house today is full of smart appliances, such washing machine, dishwasher, vacuum cleaner, microwave, stereo system, etc. These objects have drastically changed people’s lives. They made it easier to cope with household chores. It seems that new technologies govern the lives of all people on planet. It’s simply impossible to imagine modern life without labor-saving gadgets. A couple of decades ago people had no idea what smartphones or iPhones are, while today nearly everyone has one. It is undoubtedly the best communication and entertainment device. People can connect with each other everywhere they go through social network, text messaging, low-cost calls, chats rooms, etc. It is hard to stay even a day without such handy gadgets. Although, there are, of course, some disadvantages of rapid technological progress. Firstly, doctors state that all electronic gadgets are dangerous for health. For example, we spend hours I front of computer or laptop monitors, which results into eyesight deterioration, backaches and headaches. Mobile phones are also harmful to health due to their electromagnetic radiation. Secondly, all modern gadgets make us lazy and clumsy. Thus, we easily gain excessive weight. Thirdly, people have become too dependent on these gadgets. They get stressed or unconfident when they forget a mobile phone or tablet at home. In my opinion, gadgets produce addiction, which is bad for people’s mind. Nevertheless, it is hard to underestimate the role of new technologies in our life.
The Prince and the pauper a tale in which TWAIN, referring to the history of England of the XVI century , tells the amazing story of how rags Tom Kenti, the spitting image of the heir to the throne, by accident, took on the time the place of the Prince, the real Prince Edward was instead hit Tom in the environment of the poor and learned the bitter and terrible truth about the tyranny and despotism of the monarchy, about the abject poverty of the people. The writer talks about the ordeal of the Prince, had almost ended tragically; the comic describes those provisions that fall found himself in the role of heir to a poor boy That made a lot of good people and made wiser and more humane experienced Ministers and courtiers. The book shows the internal degeneration of the capricious and indifferent to the people of crown Prince Edward, who, taking the throne, becoming a good and fair monarch. Written with much love for the oppressed and ruined people, the book excites both young and adult readers.
