Japanese Quince Essay

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According to John Locke, humans are born with natural rights and the government acts as our agent to exercise these rights. However, without this form of government or law, life as we know it, would become a "free for all" so to speak.

What does it mean to give up stability and routine in our life? It takes a dedicated and thorough

individual to live a well-organized life as they work hard to ensure all of their endeavours are

accomplished at a certain time. For others, particularly the teenagers in the world, this may not be their

cup of tea. To them, it would feel like a suffocated bubble in which they feel trapped in. They live by

different manners in which they socialize with different people and enjoy feeling like they belong to a
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Sacrificing stability and routine in one’s life only leads to success in enjoying life. In

order to enjoy experiences or situations, one must engage in activities they are not familiar with. Doing

so will result in interaction with other people as well as gaining a skill thereby understanding different

cultures and lifestyles. In this book, Japanese Quince, the author shines the light on a methodical

character named Mr. Nilson and displays an idea which suggests that sacrificing stability and routine is

not the way to go.

In Japanese Quince, we take a journey into the systematic life of Mr. Nilson. Through living his

systematic life, Mr. Nilson devotes himself to the Square Gardens where he spends most of his time

walking around in. The Square Gardens here, is a symbolism for Mr. Nilson’s way of thinking in a

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