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“When life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade.” This is the start of the
quote. Originally the quote was, “When life gives you lemons, you make
lemonade.” Cave Johnson warped this quote. One would expect the “you make
lemonade” part, but he contradicts it. Why? Well, because life gave him moon rocks,
which in turn gave him an incurable disease. How sad. No really, it is sad how
there is one less fictional science fanatic.
“Make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don’t want your damn lemons, what
the hell am I supposed to do with these?” In this quote Cave Johnson further
exposes his hate of “life”. When he refers to lemons, he means moon rocks, the
rocks that gave him the disease. He wants life to take the moon rocks back. It
made him mad. Johnson also states later, “What the hell am I supposed to do
with these?” This implies that he had not found any use for them. In the game,
mood dust (grinded up moon rocks) was as useful as a plain white piece of tile.
“Demand to see life’s manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give
Cave Johnson lemons!” This quote shows how Cave Johnson despised the disease.
He wanted to despise that day of life, when he received the disease. Throughout
the game, Johnson became more and more aggressive towards the disease.
And finally, “Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house
down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon
that burns your house down!” Here Johnson was on his last nerve. Here he wanted
his team of scientist (he was a science research CEO) to find a cure to his
disease, which was symbolic to burning life’s house down.
In the end, Cave Johnson was unable to find the cure. His team of researchers
were useless to his in devours. He even went out of the way to make an AI with
his intelligence. But his death wish was to have his assistant, Caroline, to
take over the AI. He died too fast and too soon. And to think that lemons could
kill.
And finally, “Do you know who I am? I’m the man who’s gonna burn your house
down! With the lemons! I’m gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon
that burns your house down!” Here Johnson was on his last nerve. Here he wanted
his team of scientist (he was a science research CEO) to find a cure to his disease,
which was symbolic to burning life’s house down.
In the end, Cave Johnson was unable to find the cure. His team of researchers
were useless to his in devours. He even went out of the way to make an AI with
his intelligence. But his death wish was to have his assistant, Caroline, to
take over the AI. He died too fast and too soon. And to think that lemons could
kill.
