He means that if the venture needs you to be anyone else but yourself, it will lead to no good. This reveals to me that Thoreau believes strongly in the individual, being yourself, and seeking your own path. This quote is also applicable to modern life because many ventures nowadays require you to conform for some purpose. The second aphorism I remembered is “Our life is frittered away by detail...Simplicity, simplicity.” Thoreau means that our focus and attention to detail now in society and culture do nothing but to waste our lives away needlessly. He believes simplicity is the better choice.
Delbanco’s interpretation that Thoreau creates world that we both need and fear is basically saying that Thoreau creates the perfect world that we would need to best survive and would strive the best in; however this world is something that we as people are not used to and have never experienced so we would be skeptical and scared when it is presented to us. I definitely agree with Delbanco’s statement about Thoreau’s world. Although it would be nice to love in a world where things were based on a man’s conscience rather than government, and the people played a bigger part in how things were ran; it would be something nobody is used to therefore no one would really know what they were doing and who is to say we can trust everyone’s conscience because there are some people in the world with bad consciences. In my opinion Thoreau’s world would only work in
Gilgamesh never thought about how hard his people had it, and he would have continued to think that they had it easier than they really did. He would have never figured it out unless he had the experience, which he did thanks to Enkidu. In the end, Enkidu really changed Gilgamesh’s perspective on the world and they way things are when you’re not being waited on all the time. Enkidu made Gilgamesh realize that he had to help others out and can’t just be helped. He made him know what it was like to have a loving friend, and the devastation of loosing one.
All her life she had done nothing but serve others, never acting selfishly, and now God’s answer to her faithfulness was to take away her nephew Jefferson. Still, she pushes on, doing everything in her power to help Jefferson become a man before death. How much she does for Jefferson is an example of the type of religious faith these people had. No matter how many bad things were thrown at them in their lives, they persisted on, serving God and others. Grant, however, finds it hard to have faith in religion, instead sticking to a more realistic way of thinking.
The world needs to stop being so greedy and stupid. Greed always leaves to some sort of chaos. Stupidity leads to horrible mistakes that we will regret later on in the future. If countries would leave each other alone by not being so overwhelming stupid the world would be such a peaceful place to be on. We need to leave all the drama in the past and start a new beginning.
Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but as regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to-day, and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously, neither
If we live our lives without faith they would be extremely lonely and unfulfilling, aspects of faith are all around us. We can specifically use it in our present mindsets, love and future. In order to be confident in the decisions you make you would have to know all the possible out comes of a situation and have everything perfect. The problem is we are not all knowing nor anywhere near perfect, but through faith we can trust those around us to help when mistakes are made. In keeping a faithfully open mindset relationships are built, you may even feel love.
Miranda Anderson Mr. Krueger C.I.S. Introduction to Literature 1 June 2014 The Trade Off Of Humanity For A Stable Utopian Society In a world where during the 20th century through today, where humans cave into their tendencies for simplicity, Huxley combats current society trends through use of a metaphorical distopia that focuses on a world of conformity and lack of humaniry, as if everyone in the society were nothing more than computers. Huxley's main purpose of this satire of a novel is to show that in order to create a more simplistic life style, humanity, individuality and innovation much be destroyed because none of these traits are compatible with the stability of a utopian society, therefor could not coexsist with one. To show the
That goes to show that even though people conform or try to conform you will always be more comfortable with the origins of your heritage and the way of life that you were raised in and not giving up until your death. Today's generations are exactly the opposite for the most part. People don't work as hard or appreciate what little things they have in life, relying on technology for just about everything. The significance of the essay's title depicts the Kiowa's legends and folktales. It describes the place of origin and the journey Scott's ancestry traveled.
Encouragement is also a very important factor in this process. In 2 Thessalonians 2: 16-17 it states, “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave his eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.” Overcoming Rebellion Rebellion is defined as a refusal of obedience or order. Many people don’t like the idea of giving control to anyone but themselves. This can hindered a person greatly because God is in control of our lives and knows what our plan is. If a person continues to deny what God has for them, then their lives will not be happy.