Ignorance

Think of the phrases, “ Ignorance is Strength and Freedom is Slavery.” In the novel 1984, these indicate a totalitarian society, a reality based on information the government forces upon its people. The strength of the language in the book 1984 is a potent and compelling language at that and as a result, the government goes through great lengths to influence and control the language. A closer examination of these slogans will reveal how the government of 1984 uses these slogans to manipulate…

The theme is ignorance. It origins deep inside the thoughts of a human. For others, on the tip of their tongue. In the world, ignorance is an gargantuan characteristic. Especially over social media, where the most racial slurs and white supremacy occurs. Racial slur is a term designed to insult someone based off race, ethnicity, or nationality. White supremacy is the belief of white people being superior to those of other races. Which is just one of the numerous acts or sayings that occur. The…

Bravery or Ignorance? Into The Wild is a biographical book by Jon Krakauer; about a young man named Chris McCandless who decided to leave his privileged life right after having graduated from college. He gathers up all his savings and gives them to charity then sets out to learn his meaning of life in the Alaskan Wilderness. The book was made later into a dramatic film and biography directed by Sean Penn. In the story, he is said to be thought of as bright and ignorant at the same time (Krakauer…

White ignorance has led to the continuing cycle of brutality against blacks in America. The movie Rosewood exemplifies how established cultural prejudices caused by fear lead to violent acts. Fear made by racial preconceptions, makes room for the imagination of the individual that allows such bigotry to exist. Similarly, as Dr. J.W. Wiley puts it, “racism is largely predicated on unfamiliarity with the “Other”” (Wiley 121). America's racist past has created a wall that separates people of…

Spiritual ignorance is the cause of slumping of scientific development In this century of technology, science and spirituality are considered mutually irrelevant. However, the truth is that the relation between them is best described as an alliance whose preservation is very important. Due to this important alliance, the decline of spirituality has in turn led to the decline of scientific development. Most people in the 21st century think that they are living in the century of science and…

(Conrad 57). Kurtz’s blindness to his brutality towards the natives of the Congo is the core of his ignorance. It isn’t until the time of his death that he made aware of how, “uncivilized he had become and…

manager, I would imagine it to be very disheartening to find your other fellow managers to be very racially ignorant. This ignorance is obviously the cause for the patients being dissatisfied, and things have to change. With sensitive topics like this, I believe there are a few different ways we can approach it. I believe that one of the best solutions to this problem of racial ignorance is to hold a seminar on “workplace discrimination”. This seminar would be a great way to educate the…

We call this Socratic Ignorance, after one of history’s greatest thinkers. Socrates did not consider himself a man of wisdom, and set out to prove it by talking to the educated politicians, inspired poets, and skilled craftsmen of his time. He deduced they all considered themselves more knowing than they really were, which led Socrates to the conclusion that he was the wiser because only he was aware of his own ignorance (simple ignorance), and they were not (double ignorance). In his apology…

make the same mistakes. Furthermore, James Cameron’s production warns his audience about ignorance, showing the importance of listening and understanding. Finally, his film highlights the importance of caring for the environment. The movie Avatar warns the audience that terror only leads to more terror, through it’s war scenes, harsh characters and confronting depictions of terror. This terror unfolds…

Douglas S. Mayen 12th Grade English Ms. Brophy 11 March 2016 Xenophobia - Fear of the Unknown Ignorance has played a major role in a multitude of events that happened throughout history. Ignorance can be cause due to a number of reasons; being oblivious about a certain subject, not trying to understand the other point of view about the subject, to caught up in one’s own life to think about others, ignoring factual statements so their beliefs would not be considered wrong, etc. Being ignorant is…