Literatures can make us dissatisfied with our lives and even make us jealous of the strange anomalies that occur in the life of a fictional character. Take my life as an example: a typical Chinese boy in Canada living under a stereotypical Chinese roof; with that, my family forces encourages me to look in the direction of universities and with an invisible hand they impatiently drag patiently guide me towards their my own goals. In other words, my life has no clear purpose, no strong climax, no interesting plot, no diverse character developments and not even a unique style. How good can a story turn out to be if it is lacking in so many areas?
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Think about it, it is 1:34 PM October the 28th, and right now I'm writing this inquiry essay. If I could rewind time, I would be able to polish my work so there will be less grammatical and spelling errors. There is this one saying of how time is valuable, but if you’re a time traveler you can have as much time as you wanted. Time is very valuable, to me at least, so I would be so willing to exchange the ability to time travel with one of the main character of the book, Henry. I am a person, a person is susceptible to greed, so it isn't unreasonable for me to want acquire something that that other people have that I don’t. If I am not able to acquire something I want I would obviously feel dissatisfied. Hence because of the novel being functional and all, it is very unlikely that I would ever get to experience the benefits of warping through space and time. An extraordinary example of this would be Henry picking the winning number for a million dollar lottery (Niffenegger 278) as he already knows about it from the future. Who doesn't want a million dollars? Not me of course. Having grown up in a less financially stable family I was taught the truth of the unforgiving world at a young age, even when I was young, I knew the value of a million dollars. This made me envious, what if I was in that position? would I had to …show more content…
However, a life without any source of resistance is like a foggy lake on a quiet day; every single inch of the water is still and even. And if everything is identical, then it would be a boring scenery. I feel that this lack of excitement is why middle-class people turn to gangs and crime. We all want to feel special and impactful, so different from the rest. If the norm is to behave and being a good citizen, then to being unique would mean to disobey the law and being a bad citizen. In the novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Henry’s life is anything but safe and stable. He jumps in time in an uncontrollable and unpredictable fashion (Niffenegger 39). Because of the time traveling abilities, he finds out the date of his death and piece together the way he is going to die. At this point of time in the book, Henry knew exactly what he wanted to do because his limited time left forced him to reflect on his life(book club). A person like me will not experience these kinds of warning and feelings like Henry’s because I am very far away from death. I have even thought about how I'm going to finish this
I find the real world to be dissatisfying and disappointing. Hence, this is why I fantasize about …show more content…
Think about it, it is 1:34 PM October the 28th, and right now I'm writing this inquiry essay. If I could rewind time, I would be able to polish my work so there will be less grammatical and spelling errors. There is this one saying of how time is valuable, but if you’re a time traveler you can have as much time as you wanted. Time is very valuable, to me at least, so I would be so willing to exchange the ability to time travel with one of the main character of the book, Henry. I am a person, a person is susceptible to greed, so it isn't unreasonable for me to want acquire something that that other people have that I don’t. If I am not able to acquire something I want I would obviously feel dissatisfied. Hence because of the novel being functional and all, it is very unlikely that I would ever get to experience the benefits of warping through space and time. An extraordinary example of this would be Henry picking the winning number for a million dollar lottery (Niffenegger 278) as he already knows about it from the future. Who doesn't want a million dollars? Not me of course. Having grown up in a less financially stable family I was taught the truth of the unforgiving world at a young age, even when I was young, I knew the value of a million dollars. This made me envious, what if I was in that position? would I had to …show more content…
However, a life without any source of resistance is like a foggy lake on a quiet day; every single inch of the water is still and even. And if everything is identical, then it would be a boring scenery. I feel that this lack of excitement is why middle-class people turn to gangs and crime. We all want to feel special and impactful, so different from the rest. If the norm is to behave and being a good citizen, then to being unique would mean to disobey the law and being a bad citizen. In the novel, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Henry’s life is anything but safe and stable. He jumps in time in an uncontrollable and unpredictable fashion (Niffenegger 39). Because of the time traveling abilities, he finds out the date of his death and piece together the way he is going to die. At this point of time in the book, Henry knew exactly what he wanted to do because his limited time left forced him to reflect on his life(book club). A person like me will not experience these kinds of warning and feelings like Henry’s because I am very far away from death. I have even thought about how I'm going to finish this