Throughout, everyone has to overcome obstacles. The amount of obstacles and the trial that you may endure differ. Colin Wilson, author of many bestselling books, including a personal favorite The Outsiders has said an interesting statement about the way a man completes the trials and obstacles of life. ""The average man is a conformist, accepting miseries and disasters with the stoicism of a cow standing in the rain." This quote, coming from the brilliant mind of Colin Wilson, explains the mindset of the average man, or possibly women in a true manner. This quote has a lot to say about the average man and women.
The first explanation of the average man is the attempt to stay ordinary, or to be "normal". They will endure pain without showing …show more content…
Wilson compares the stoicism of the normal people to a cow standing in the rain. The animal that endures the cold and wind in the rain has no other choice than to stay right where it is. The average man can, and will do the same, even if the escape route is in plain sight. The standing cow will endure pain and suffer of life, even if it is unnecessary just to stay under the radar. This really is quite sad. Some of the best stories are based of men who stand up for themselves, and be a rebel cow. But the ordinary man will stand in the cold and graze, just like all the other animals in the field, trying to blend …show more content…
What are the standards of normal? Some of the qualifications are to have a family, a steady job, support your family, and to appear happy in public. Is depression also a requirement to be a normal man? In countless number of cases, the mindless zombies of the human race will suffer from pain and depression, just to be thought of as the normal family, and to be just another cow grazing in the field during the storm. A common term for this is adaptation. The human race will naturally change their mindsets just to fit in. Sometimes, in the case of adaptation, this does not require a change at all. Once a person starts to fit in, no more change is required. Recall the word picture from earlier, the father man who has a job refuses to stand up for himself and takes abuse day in and day out. But what does all this pain and suffrage reward the common man? It rewards him with the mask of happiness and the figure of being normal. The common man will not change because he is already ordinary, and being different wouldn 't allow him to be another cow standing in the cold
The first explanation of the average man is the attempt to stay ordinary, or to be "normal". They will endure pain without showing …show more content…
Wilson compares the stoicism of the normal people to a cow standing in the rain. The animal that endures the cold and wind in the rain has no other choice than to stay right where it is. The average man can, and will do the same, even if the escape route is in plain sight. The standing cow will endure pain and suffer of life, even if it is unnecessary just to stay under the radar. This really is quite sad. Some of the best stories are based of men who stand up for themselves, and be a rebel cow. But the ordinary man will stand in the cold and graze, just like all the other animals in the field, trying to blend …show more content…
What are the standards of normal? Some of the qualifications are to have a family, a steady job, support your family, and to appear happy in public. Is depression also a requirement to be a normal man? In countless number of cases, the mindless zombies of the human race will suffer from pain and depression, just to be thought of as the normal family, and to be just another cow grazing in the field during the storm. A common term for this is adaptation. The human race will naturally change their mindsets just to fit in. Sometimes, in the case of adaptation, this does not require a change at all. Once a person starts to fit in, no more change is required. Recall the word picture from earlier, the father man who has a job refuses to stand up for himself and takes abuse day in and day out. But what does all this pain and suffrage reward the common man? It rewards him with the mask of happiness and the figure of being normal. The common man will not change because he is already ordinary, and being different wouldn 't allow him to be another cow standing in the cold