Ignorance

actions. Once he accepts what he has done, Oedipus gets a sense of clarity even though he is still in pain. The various symbols throughout Oedipus Rex help to illustrate the theme that ignorance will lead to a downfall but the truth will bring clarity, even if painful. The first symbol, blindness represents ignorance and how it can affect one’s life in a negative way. Truths are revealed to the characters,…

Is Ignorance Bliss or Is It Better to be Knowledgeable Being knowledgeable is a very valuable skill to have. In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, the main charter, Charlie Gorden was both very knowledgeable and ignorant at times. Charlie started off very dim-witted at the beginning of the story, but after undergoing a procedure which increased his IQ threefold he became very knowledgeable. He would later find out the operation was temporary and he reverted back to his old…

In the Good Brahmin, Voltaire asks the following question: "would we rather be happy living in ignorance, or frustrated and dissatisfied for knowing the truth?". The moral of the story is basically: "is ignorance bliss?". "Ignorance is bliss" is a very common saying. But is it really? "Would you rather be Socrates dissatisfied or a pig satisfied?". For some people, it may not be easy to answer this question, but for other people like me, the answer is very clear. Voltaire talks about how…

categories” (Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm, 43). “The Farmer’s Bride” by Charlotte Mew talks about innocence and ignorance, a girl that is too young to marry and think about sex with a man she barely knows. A smiling and beautiful girl whom the farmer has chosen because she will make a good farm wife. Unfortunately, her childish innocence is equated by the farmer’s indifference toward the afraid girl and his ignorance of a woman’s needs and humanity. He chooses her as he would choose his cows, seeing…

Lots of people tend to not know a lot of things. This is based on the unwillingness to learn and seek the truth. We always tend to have the urge to meet our goal without actually learning or practicing. Ignorance does affect society as a whole and it is definitely an issue we are dealing with today. Many people are not taking interest in what is around them, and in the world in general. This tends to be the cause of having a certain mindset causing people not to listen to others opinions.…

The Slavery of Ignorance Slavery is the ability to allow ignorance to take away opportunity created by knowledge. This system has and will always be used against anyone that lacks education, keeping them in a state of unawareness. Fredrick Douglass is also an example, not of just slavery, but how gaining knowledge can overcome this system that is not just a physical state of the body. Slavery is also a condition of the mind, due to the inability to receive education. The life of Douglass is a…

or talents can result in negative thoughts or actions. People can misunderstand some situations and never learn that they have caused discomfort or negative feelings with their perceptions of the situation. The guard at the jail is an example of ignorance to someone’s feelings. In Bender’s story, Lisa states, “The guard at the jail beamed at the ice girl. My wife had cancer, he said, and you fixed her up just fine. The ice girl smiled. Her smile was small.”(126) Lisa sees the ice girl’s…

The Effects Ignorance in Fahrenheit 451 As technology progresses mankind is becoming less social and blinder to the world around them. Today, many people are glued to their smartphones, engaging in less face to face interaction and more virtual simulation. Similarly, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, published in 1950, takes place in the future, and society has distanced themselves from one another. In the novel, Guy Montag is coming back from work when h meets a girl named Clarisse who makes him…

Ana Baletskaya Ms. Jemar ENGL1302AN01 30 March 2017 Ignorance is Bliss “The Jewelry” is a short story that makes you question all you know about human nature. It requires you to examine all relationships with those close and wonder about the agendas of the heart, the depth of a person’s love and their promise of devotion. This story is particularly interesting because of the irony it casts over the reader by providing such realistic descriptions of a married pair. The couple in this story seemed…

Ignorance is the worst form of blindness. In the short story, “Cathedral,” Raymond Carver creates a dynamic character who is judgmental and lacks insight, but ironically, a blind man soon helps him see. This character, never actually given a name, is also the narrator. Carver’s decision to withhold his name is intriguing since he gives the blind man a name, Robert. The narrator in “Cathedral” himself produces an antisocial, prejudiced personality for others to interact with, but shows the…