Whatever you think the concept of discovery is, you are correct. Discovery is subjective - it means whatever you think it means. Discovery may help us to change our assumptions and beliefs about the world or maybe help with breaking through challenges and ideas to invent something new. Whether motivated by wonder and/or curiosity, discovery has the power to be transformative. Since the dawn of time, humans have always wondered what their purpose was with a desire to seek out and understand the truth, despite the harsh reality that we may discover in the process.
Robert Frost's poems 'The Tuft of Flowers' and 'After apple picking' and President Ronald Regan speech delivered after the disaster of the Space shuttle Challenger all explore the …show more content…
The wonder of the narrator rustic lifestyle leads him to a harsh discovery of loneliness and isolation. In the countryside, it's a completely different experience to living in the city. You get the taste and feeling of a bucolic lifestyle where half the town is pastoral and connected while the other half is isolated. The use of rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter such as "who mowed it in the dew before the sun" sets the pastoral theme for this poem to establish the country atmosphere and convey the gentleness of nature. "And I must be, as he had been - alone" expresses the thoughts of isolation the narrator has self-inflicted in himself. This shows that by seeking a pastoral life through wonder, he is encompassed with the harsh reality of isolation. Towards the end of the poem, the narrator realises that he has been encapsulated in his own harsh reality when he indicates "I thought of questions that have no reply, and would have turned to toss the grass dry". A butterfly acts as a catalyst by leading the narrator to a tuft of flowers that he had spared, showing he's one with nature, breaking his self-encapsulation of isolation. The simple beauty of the tuft of flowers dissipates the harsh reality of isolation living a bucolic lifestyle. Through the narrator's wonder of a …show more content…
During mid-launch into space, the space shuttle Challenger exploded killing all 7 astronauts on board instantly. This shook the entire world and showed that through the curiosity of space travel, it can lead to a discovery of how harsh the reality of life is instead of an amazing endeavour of space exploration. In this case, the harsh reality of thousands of man-hours, billions of dollars and 7 lives were lost (one civilian). If you've ever looked up into the sky and wondered what's out there it’s a wonderful mind game of wonder and curiosity. Your thoughts link back to what Ronald Regan said about the curiosity of space exploration. "We'll continue our quest into space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes more volunteers. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journey continue" shows that the speech is simple, short, straightforward and unambiguous. Being simple and straightforward gets straight to the point of connecting wonder and curiosity with humans. The use of imperatives and repetition reminds us that even though a horrible disaster we must not give up our wonder and curiosity, “There will be more and more and yes more”. Throughout the speech, President Ronald acknowledges that 25 years may seem like a long time for a space program but the harsh reality is that we've only just begun. "For 25 years the United space program
Robert Frost's poems 'The Tuft of Flowers' and 'After apple picking' and President Ronald Regan speech delivered after the disaster of the Space shuttle Challenger all explore the …show more content…
The wonder of the narrator rustic lifestyle leads him to a harsh discovery of loneliness and isolation. In the countryside, it's a completely different experience to living in the city. You get the taste and feeling of a bucolic lifestyle where half the town is pastoral and connected while the other half is isolated. The use of rhyming couplets and iambic pentameter such as "who mowed it in the dew before the sun" sets the pastoral theme for this poem to establish the country atmosphere and convey the gentleness of nature. "And I must be, as he had been - alone" expresses the thoughts of isolation the narrator has self-inflicted in himself. This shows that by seeking a pastoral life through wonder, he is encompassed with the harsh reality of isolation. Towards the end of the poem, the narrator realises that he has been encapsulated in his own harsh reality when he indicates "I thought of questions that have no reply, and would have turned to toss the grass dry". A butterfly acts as a catalyst by leading the narrator to a tuft of flowers that he had spared, showing he's one with nature, breaking his self-encapsulation of isolation. The simple beauty of the tuft of flowers dissipates the harsh reality of isolation living a bucolic lifestyle. Through the narrator's wonder of a …show more content…
During mid-launch into space, the space shuttle Challenger exploded killing all 7 astronauts on board instantly. This shook the entire world and showed that through the curiosity of space travel, it can lead to a discovery of how harsh the reality of life is instead of an amazing endeavour of space exploration. In this case, the harsh reality of thousands of man-hours, billions of dollars and 7 lives were lost (one civilian). If you've ever looked up into the sky and wondered what's out there it’s a wonderful mind game of wonder and curiosity. Your thoughts link back to what Ronald Regan said about the curiosity of space exploration. "We'll continue our quest into space. There will be more shuttle flights and more shuttle crews, and yes more volunteers. Nothing ends here; our hopes and our journey continue" shows that the speech is simple, short, straightforward and unambiguous. Being simple and straightforward gets straight to the point of connecting wonder and curiosity with humans. The use of imperatives and repetition reminds us that even though a horrible disaster we must not give up our wonder and curiosity, “There will be more and more and yes more”. Throughout the speech, President Ronald acknowledges that 25 years may seem like a long time for a space program but the harsh reality is that we've only just begun. "For 25 years the United space program