Micheal Redhill shares his belief on what true measure of success in life is in his essay, “I Witness”. He states “true measure of success in life is how well we connect,” and that the “richness of every personal experience can be a seedbed for art.” He specifically provides examples of ancient literature, and other works of art to support his belief, therefore successfully convincing his readers. Micheal Redhill emphasizes the importance of connections, particularly on connections between generations. To thrive in life individually or together as a race, making connections is indeed vital to our success: through literature shared from our ancestors to the sharing of our own to the future generations.
In “I Witness,” Micheal quotes a passage written by a Japanese lady a thousand years ago, about mosquitos. One can determine from a quote in this passage, “a mosquito appears, announcing himself in a reedy voice. One can actually feel the wind made by his wings,” even a thousand …show more content…
“When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, I used to take a precious penny of my own and hide it for someone else to find,” it is the desire of sharing something important to you by putting it out there into the world. This desire every human being has in them allow us to investigate and study each other’s lives over the vast time and distance that separates us. Through the paintings, essays, letters, and carvings left by our ancestors, we were able to discover the development of species (such as the buffalo), the lifestyle back then, and how it compares to our lives now. However, from our antecedents’ literature, we were only able to develop basic conclusions. Conversely, as we record our discoveries, novels, movies, and music, our future generations will have a more comprehensive collection of literature and data than we
In “I Witness,” Micheal quotes a passage written by a Japanese lady a thousand years ago, about mosquitos. One can determine from a quote in this passage, “a mosquito appears, announcing himself in a reedy voice. One can actually feel the wind made by his wings,” even a thousand …show more content…
“When I was six or seven years old, growing up in Pittsburgh, I used to take a precious penny of my own and hide it for someone else to find,” it is the desire of sharing something important to you by putting it out there into the world. This desire every human being has in them allow us to investigate and study each other’s lives over the vast time and distance that separates us. Through the paintings, essays, letters, and carvings left by our ancestors, we were able to discover the development of species (such as the buffalo), the lifestyle back then, and how it compares to our lives now. However, from our antecedents’ literature, we were only able to develop basic conclusions. Conversely, as we record our discoveries, novels, movies, and music, our future generations will have a more comprehensive collection of literature and data than we