TED DİYARBAKIR COLLEGE / 10-A
From a Cryogenically Frozen Human-Machine
Işılsu GİRGİN
“ I don ’ t remember what happened after I closed my eyes for my long sleep .” I said to my sister ’ s granddaughter .
I was the first human being who has been cryogenically frozen and woken up . At first , I couldn ’ t understand where I was . Everything had changed after 128 years .
It all started when I learned there was no way for me to live more than a year and beat breast cancer , if I didn ’ t accept freezing my body . My parents were rich enough to afford my process and agreed to it .
I was totally healthy when I woke up . But with a difference : my body parts had been replaced with machines . After realizing my physical differences , I learned even my genome had been changed . Doctors were acting like there was nothing to worry , because they were halfrobots themselves .
I learned later that everyone who was born those days had to undergo these changes after birth . At first , I couldn ’ t believe it because I couldn ’ t perceive the world the way I did before .
However , there were some logical facts about this human-machine situation . My sister ’ s grandchildren told me there wasn ’ t enough water for us to live with a complete body . As a result of global warming , most of the civilizations submerged and people were dying due to lack of water necessary to maintain their basic needs . So , it was an obligation for us to live without water now .
The solution was to have scientists change people ’ s genomes and body . They had to accelerate the adaptation change , otherwise it could take ages to deal with it .
I am still trying to get used to this body . I wish I lived that one year and saved our water from this disastrous end .