Life is strange and hard to explain and everyone sees it in a different way. Two authors that discuss life and death are Alan Lightman in "Our Place in the Universe" and Virginia Woolf in "The Death of the Moth." They describe both similarl and differently, they both feel pity for things that live, and are confused in were everything should belong, are both confused by life and admire both the peace and tragedies that mother nature has to offer. Although, Lightman is more interested with the scientific ideas that philosophers and famous scientist often believe in, unlike Woolf who pays more attention to the spiritual ways of life.
Lightman pities him self, he feels that he is so small compared to the universe and that he is not contributing to life and the universe as a whole. He both loves and hates the large universe he lives in because it has so much to offer, and he has nothing to give back. He asks a question that is yet to be answered, the question of “whether we exist within the frame work of nature, or as awkward observers of a system we have no place …show more content…
He is not sure about an infinite life like the lives that the planets do. He admires scientist that study it, and does so himself, because he doesn’t know what he should do in life. He doesn’t know if the Universe is there for him or if he’s just there to look at it. Woolf on the other hand looks at life very spiritually; she observes the moth struggling to face death and is fascinated by it. She describes how every life is valuable no matter what. “Were all on the side of life,” she sais, meaning even the moths life counts. She observes the moth’s last moments before death defeats it now that it is dead; she is as fascinated with the situation as she was when it was a
Lightman pities him self, he feels that he is so small compared to the universe and that he is not contributing to life and the universe as a whole. He both loves and hates the large universe he lives in because it has so much to offer, and he has nothing to give back. He asks a question that is yet to be answered, the question of “whether we exist within the frame work of nature, or as awkward observers of a system we have no place …show more content…
He is not sure about an infinite life like the lives that the planets do. He admires scientist that study it, and does so himself, because he doesn’t know what he should do in life. He doesn’t know if the Universe is there for him or if he’s just there to look at it. Woolf on the other hand looks at life very spiritually; she observes the moth struggling to face death and is fascinated by it. She describes how every life is valuable no matter what. “Were all on the side of life,” she sais, meaning even the moths life counts. She observes the moth’s last moments before death defeats it now that it is dead; she is as fascinated with the situation as she was when it was a