1.it was a bright sunny day in April,and the clocks were striking thirteen
This is the narrative hook. A narrative hook occurs at the beginning of a passage to get the reader interested in the rest of the story. In this hook, the speaker begins talking about what seems to be a wonderful great day. Then the reader is hit with the fact that the clocks are striking thirteen. This makes it very different than what the reader is used to. While many people use a 24 hour clock instead of a 12 hour clock, it is usually only in digital form. Therefore, the word striking is not used. Striking is used for a digital clock because the hands move and are said to strike numbers. It is rare to find a 24 hour analog clock in our setting.
Considering the new technological, economical and scientific development, it can be safely assumed that the future is rosy. On the technological side new projects such as virtual reality are being tested. In the near future people might even go in the virtual world themselves just like it is mostly showed in science fiction.
On the scientific side, new discoveries have been made such as pithovirus a giant virus found in Siberia. In the near future there is a high probability that cure or even vaccines against HIV/AIDS since a lot of research is being done in genetics though it requires a high amount of knowledge and technological resources
