Richard E. Miller, the author of “The Dark Night of the Soul,” is asking us a very interesting and inspiring question that can be pretty complex. That question is, “What might the literate arts be said to be good for? (439)” This is a complex question, in for what he said that this question is to “animate the meditations that follow. (439)” He is asking us to do an essay about this question, how we can forge it, and how we can explain it. This all bases into “The Literate Arts” essay that he’s asking us to do. The question he asks is put into one aspect that is a part of the Literate Arts, and how it’s meant to be. The topic I chose is: Doubt. This part is about my view of the Literate Arts, and what they mean. The Literate Arts is basically
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Doubts are not just what you not want to do; it’s also dark thoughts that come into your mind that you can’t do. One quote that I can use is, “If you’re in the business of teaching others how to read and write with care, there is no escaping the sense that your labor is increasingly irrelevant. (438)” Doubts actually remind me of my dad’s death, in which case I have many doubts that make me feel what I don’t want to do, and dark minds coming into my head. Back to the quote, it’s telling us that you can’t escape your doubts and dark thoughts that you have inside of yourself; you can treat it, but you can’t completely heal from …show more content…
Now think about where you were the last time you saw that person in your life. You’re using the Literate Arts as a way you view your past, and what your doubts were. Doubts include doing something you don’t want to do but are forced to do it, going somewhere you shouldn’t be, and predicting stuff that isn’t real. If you think about all of those things as a doubtful way of getting through life and preceding to go further into your mind, chances are you have a doubtful mind, and you can’t really go through real-life situations, which means that you are really doubtful of what you want to become. I still have these doubts today of what I want to become in the future, and what the future holds for me, like how much do I get paid, where am I going to live, and what do I have to do to work throughout these situations. I don’t know how long these doubts can stay in my mind, but they will stay in your heart for as long as you live your life. Even writings have a sense of doubt, including Mary Louise Pratt’s essay, “Arts of the Contact Zones.” There are certain contact zones that we should actually stay away from, like talking to a stranger, someone you can’t trust, and different relationships with different ages. Why you should stay away from them is basically so that you don’t go to the bottom of the earth. Now you should realize why her writing contains these doubts, and you should process on why all writers create a
Doubts are not just what you not want to do; it’s also dark thoughts that come into your mind that you can’t do. One quote that I can use is, “If you’re in the business of teaching others how to read and write with care, there is no escaping the sense that your labor is increasingly irrelevant. (438)” Doubts actually remind me of my dad’s death, in which case I have many doubts that make me feel what I don’t want to do, and dark minds coming into my head. Back to the quote, it’s telling us that you can’t escape your doubts and dark thoughts that you have inside of yourself; you can treat it, but you can’t completely heal from …show more content…
Now think about where you were the last time you saw that person in your life. You’re using the Literate Arts as a way you view your past, and what your doubts were. Doubts include doing something you don’t want to do but are forced to do it, going somewhere you shouldn’t be, and predicting stuff that isn’t real. If you think about all of those things as a doubtful way of getting through life and preceding to go further into your mind, chances are you have a doubtful mind, and you can’t really go through real-life situations, which means that you are really doubtful of what you want to become. I still have these doubts today of what I want to become in the future, and what the future holds for me, like how much do I get paid, where am I going to live, and what do I have to do to work throughout these situations. I don’t know how long these doubts can stay in my mind, but they will stay in your heart for as long as you live your life. Even writings have a sense of doubt, including Mary Louise Pratt’s essay, “Arts of the Contact Zones.” There are certain contact zones that we should actually stay away from, like talking to a stranger, someone you can’t trust, and different relationships with different ages. Why you should stay away from them is basically so that you don’t go to the bottom of the earth. Now you should realize why her writing contains these doubts, and you should process on why all writers create a