Ignorance

In oedipus’ case, his sight representing his avoidance and ignorance of the truth, while his blindness represents his acceptance of the truth and his fate. After Jocasta's suicide Oedipus blinds himself while saying, “No more, / No more shall you look on the misery about me, / The horrors of my own doing! Too long…

is casting judgment down on these people for what he ASSUMES to be the case. Much of this is an assumption on how more or less knowledge has a direct effect on happiness. I suppose this story (The Good Brahmin) illustrates a possible benefit of ignorance, while Plato’s work ‘The Cave’ shows us the danger. I sense The Brahmin to have settled on a reality where he will never have all the answers. That we (humans) are a part of the grand mystery known as Life. How it is no different than the number…

Although the poem is called Queer theory and Blanco is gay this focuses more on gender norms rather than actual sexuality. It reflects on what it was that made a boy or girl back then a queer according to those around him, as well it describes the ignorance of people because of the obsession of upholding an image, and lastly the consistency of keeping traditions of our elders even if times have changed.…

Persepolis is a graphic novel that centers around the life of Marjane Satrapi. Satrapi’s memoir provides an insightful point of view on the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Marjane, a typical teenager, goes through the hardships of living through a war; her story shows the evolution of a young girl. The censorship of Persepolis is quite absurd; the graphic novel has the chance to relate to, encourage, and educate a child’s mind. Throughout the world many children go through hardships, in Satrapi’s…

Keith Haring was a famous artist in Pop Art and Graffiti Art. His works were deemed as quite controversial as it touched on subjects that were seen as a taboo at the time, such as sex. Toward the end of the 1980s, Keith Haring created this painting to face the absurd stereotypes surrounding the AIDS illness. The main spark of this movement is that many of his friends were dying of AIDS. He is strongly committed to fighting this disease and put his notoriety on the line for this cause. He also…

dialectic methodologies in order to aid them in finding true knowledge in what they apply it to. Having noted their adamancies in winning another argument, and not contemplating fully, he uses an allegory of a cave (in Book VII) to represent their ignorance to a better way of living or thinking. Plato wrote Respublica…

In any society, there's a status quo. These three sources all show examples of the struggles that are experienced when mentally conforming to the status quo of society. They point out that from the beginning of your life, you're molded to think & live in certain ways. While its easy to conform to the status quo, these sources also show us that we can escape this & live life to our choosing. However, our lack of knowledge might not provide us with the bravery we need to endure that change. In…

according to 2012 presidential election polls (248). Despite the fact that I believe residents of our country should get informed and involved in political processes, the U.S. would not be better off if most eligible citizens began participating due to ignorance, media manipulation and too many differing opinions. In a…

that is crumpled and full freckles. Jack is head chorister and leader of the hunters in the novel. The role of the hunters are to gather food for the rest of the tribe. The character traits that show Jack’s change are ignorance, jealousy, and cruelty. Jack shows his ignorance by disrespecting and breaking the rules that everyone agreed on. During a meeting Ralph called late at night, talk about the beast arises. Jack then begins breaking the rules and is frustrated with Ralph…

in his last desperate attempt to deny death, he considers sacrificing his dog a good and wise plan. Unable to follow through, and after trying to run to the camp, he encounters his fate, welcomes death, and is still unable to contemplate his own ignorance, the path he has traveled since he realized the ability to take his first…