Ignorance

they say, ignorance is bliss. What is unknown is exciting, and therefore if there is no unknown, there is nothing to look forward to. Ignorance is the opposite of knowledge. Humans are ignorant, and that is what keeps the mind motivated to learn. As Douglas Shuler states in “Doctor Faustus in the Twenty-First Century”, “Ignorance provides the motivation for learning when people yearn to fill a void.” (Shuler 260-61). If there were nothing more to learn, there would be no more ignorance, and…

Siddhartha 's journey to the Truth was by no means a simple one. The beginning of the novel, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, starts off by introducing Siddhartha 's struggle; "Siddhartha had begun to feel the seeds of discontent within in him... He had begun to suspect that that his worthy father and his other teachers, the wise Brahmins, had already passed on to him the bulk and best of their knowledge" (Hesse 5). Similarly, Neo, the main character in the Wachowskis ' The Matrix, feels a similar…

The naval officer has a very civilized-looking appearance, but at the same time, his ignorance of the boys’ savagery proves that savagery is existent outside of the island. When Ralph sees the officer, he immediately becomes concerned with his appearance, implying that Ralph sees him as a part of civilization. However, the officer is not as…

The first stage of the cycle is the Golden Age symbolizing innocence, begginings, and ignorance. As with most, the purest and happiest moments of Josh’s life take place in his childhood prior to being corrupted by the nefarious principles of the adult world. The movie starts off with Josh being in the Golden Age. He is a radiant example of…

The purpose of this paper is to dissect the aspect of innocence and experience. The theme is found in many pieces of literature such as: movies, songs, poems, and plays. Innocence and experience is compared often and how it is applied in real life applications from childhood to adulthood. Random quotes are used to show that innocence and experience is usual. To properly analyze the theme, the album, Trilogy by The Weeknd is used as an example to display innocence and how experience changed the…

In the novel The Chrysalids by John Wyndham, there are many examples of how hypocrisy, bigotry and ignorance are evident in David’s society. People in Waknuk, including the main character, David, are ignorant to the world around them. Through the first few chapters of the novel, David is a prime example of ignorance, being so young and having a lack of knowledge on what Deviations are actually like. Bigotry is also evident in the Waknuk society, and Joseph Strorm is a prime example of that.…

The film “In Time”, directed by Andrew Niccol expresses the capitalistic society through the movie by setting that money is currency. In this scene, the timekeeper Raymond Leon arrests Will Salas and takes back all of his time that he received from Henry Hamilton for a gift. After losing his time just left with 2 hours, he ran away with a hostage which is Sylvia Weiss. In this interrogation scene, the power of a system and ignorant society was shown with a high angle, low angle and wide shot for…

Loss of Innocence In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by, Harper Lee many characters throughout the novel lose their innocence for different reasons. To lose one’s innocence can be interpreted in different ways but it is usually caused by society because you’re growing up and seeing all the imperfections in the world. Growing up will leave a scar on the individual emotionally and physically because it is such a changing point in their life, it will be a great impact. It is positive because the…

The Analysis of the Three Poems “My Papa’s Waltz”, “My Father’s Hats” and “Those Winter Sundays” are poems which are real exciting and express the love of fathers towards their kids. In these poems they describe to us the friendship between children and their fathers. The poem “My Papa’s Waltz” explains how a young boy was dancing waltz music with his drunken father. The young son appeared to enjoy having fun with his father while dancing despite the fact that he kept on chafing his ear on his…

Ignorance, the seeming bane of society, a concept that eluded even the most intelligent man seen in modern times, Albert Einstein. To put it in his words, “The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” While on the topic of ignorance, it is important to note that in our modern world, one can be called ignorant for just about anything. More often than not, politicians simply hurl this word relentlessly into each other’s faces, as a type of sophisticated insult, or a politically…