Bliss

steak doesn 't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize? Ignorance is bliss.” (The Matrix) Cypher, one of the unplugged rebels, betrays the rebels for a taste of normalcy and ignorance. As he comments, Ignorance is bliss such…

Education Can Brighten the Cave Ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power… right? In Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” he creates a literal and allegorical meaning of the cave. The cave is very dark; therefore, what the prisoners see is limited to the little light provided by the fire and images cast from the shadows. They have no access to the light provided by the outside world. Figuratively, the cave conveys the contemporary world of ignorance and the prisoners represent the ignorant people in…

In fact, "in the Middle Ages it was not a crime to hit a woman, rape a woman, and sometimes depending on the circumstances, it was condoned to kill a woman; especially if she had been unfaithful." (Bliss, 2013). It is interesting to note that despite being subject to abuse to a man in some discursion, she still believes that it is the women who should be in control of the man instead. Evidence of this is shown in her tale of The Wife of Bath. The…

Robert Gross shows the significant role of Concord, Massachusetts, in the fight for independence through the perspective of the common person, in his book, The Minutemen and their World. Gross presents Concord as a town that played a great role in the revolution, while altering the community forever. Concord life is explained before, during, and after, “A shot heard ‘round the world.” Although Gross supports his ideas with numerous sources of evidence, he states that history is not simply an…

The Matrix vs. Allegory of the Cave “Do not try to bend the spoon instead, realize there is no spoon”. That spoon is a part of the matrix which is just as fake as the spoon so in a sense “There is no spoon” is a clever way of telling Neo there is no matrix. The Matrix was created by the Wachowski brothers who wanted to create a unique view of the world and have their audience dive into the philosophical question, what is real? Yet, this isn’t the first time this question has been used to create…

Barrier products play an important role in effective and protective skin care regimes (Nix, 2006). Barrier creams are protective products, designed to form an occlusive barrier between the skin and noxious substances, not to be confused with emollients which moisturise the skin (Voegeli, 2008). Overenthusiastic application of some barrier creams may reduce the effectiveness of continence pads by clogging the absorbent layer and causing urine/loose stool to pool against the skin. This causes…

Censorship: Is Ignorance Bliss? The issue of censorship has been a long debated topic that has become more widespread over time. It forces us to discuss what could potentially be offensive to someone or a group of people and omit details to avoid controversy. In some instances censorship is taken to the extreme and the slow build up of said omissions can lead to bigger societal issues. Censorship affects society as a whole and its overuse leads to an inept sense of communication and ignorance.…

How? The energies of longing - for the existence in the physical reality - from the "beings in bliss" are transmitted to the spiral 's first three basic energies - "instinct", "gravity" & "feeling". First, the energies come into contact with "instinct-energy", which has already reached the second stage of its increasing trend. The combination of these…

his neighbor happy or gone while he was in despair. No matter how many times he wanted to blame Luke he knew deep in him that he drove away Luke. Till this very day Jimmy has thought of what he gained, loved, and lost hoping someday he can enjoy the bliss he felt years ago with his old…

dictionary defines escapism as a tendency to seek distraction from unpleasant realities, which is what the character's goal was. They tried to use this machine to make them happy and forget about all their real world problems and just go into a state of bliss. Jus6t as well all the characters who even wandered into this room full of “happiness” ended up not caring for their bodies for at least two days, the idea of hunger even came up but blind minded people just shoved the ideas aside. “Mom,…