War has been customized to part of life just like death is. Throughout the 1950’s the world lived in fear of an atom bomb and with society being so busy preparing itself for the potential occurrences that the current conditions were overlooked. The constant worries of war and suicide in Heaven and Nature can leave a lasting devastation behind on families and friends. In both essays “The Future is Now” and “Heaven and Nature” war seemed to be the general underlying idea along with life.
Katherine Ann Porter wrote “The Future Is Now” examining human’s tendency to forego the present and look only towards the future. During the time of war, the scare of the atom bombs forced many to plan for what could happen. She includes multiple stories, one being about a man cleaning his table in an apartment across from her. She questions why he would be doing such a thing when he …show more content…
Life is needed and in “Heaven and Nature” by Edward Hoagland the value of life decreases to some “people not only lose faith in their talents and in their dreams or values; some simply tire of them.” (Hoagland 508). In the first essay by Porter, people values their lives and wanted to find the best way to stay safe by constantly worrying about their future but in this essay, Hoagland makes the observation that as people get older and began to look back on their lives, suicide becomes a more viable option to a person’s problems. Many people, when they reflect the choices that they have made, a question arises that never goes away, what if. Life is all about choices. There are different types of suicides “there are desperate suicides and crafty suicides, people who do it to cause others trouble and people who did it to save others from trouble...” (Hoagland 508). He gives a lot of imagery and insight on various situations that humans go through by telling short descriptive stories that might give us information to as why one would do
Katherine Ann Porter wrote “The Future Is Now” examining human’s tendency to forego the present and look only towards the future. During the time of war, the scare of the atom bombs forced many to plan for what could happen. She includes multiple stories, one being about a man cleaning his table in an apartment across from her. She questions why he would be doing such a thing when he …show more content…
Life is needed and in “Heaven and Nature” by Edward Hoagland the value of life decreases to some “people not only lose faith in their talents and in their dreams or values; some simply tire of them.” (Hoagland 508). In the first essay by Porter, people values their lives and wanted to find the best way to stay safe by constantly worrying about their future but in this essay, Hoagland makes the observation that as people get older and began to look back on their lives, suicide becomes a more viable option to a person’s problems. Many people, when they reflect the choices that they have made, a question arises that never goes away, what if. Life is all about choices. There are different types of suicides “there are desperate suicides and crafty suicides, people who do it to cause others trouble and people who did it to save others from trouble...” (Hoagland 508). He gives a lot of imagery and insight on various situations that humans go through by telling short descriptive stories that might give us information to as why one would do