Imagination

Have you ever asked yourself “what is the need for reading if it is displeasing for me?” People may think that reading is a hobby and that it is not for everyone except for those that love reading. However, literature has similar effects to the brain as lifting weights or going on a run does for muscles in the body; it strengthens the brain and enhances thinking skills. Most would not argue that exercise is degrading to the body. Unlike with reading, many argue literature does not improve the…

interesting, and entertaining pieces. Section IV focused on the use of imagination and creativity to better situations in unexpected, often unbelievable ways. Section V focused on people taking action and the resulting effect of a community bringing about change. Although the decision was difficult, I selected a favorite piece from each section to focus on. In “To Love the Marigold” Susan Griffin discusses the use of imagination with regards to hope and our current situations. In “We Are All…

Imagination: It’s All in Your Head In Jane Austen’s novel Northanger Abbey, Catherine Moreland lets her imagination get the best of her in numerous occasions. On some occasions, she struggles with separating the reality of society in Bath from Gothic novels she reads avidly. In others, she is simply naïve to the inner characters of those around her. In both cases, it can be argued that her mental struggles could have ultimately have lead her astray, away from Henry Tilney, and away from Bath,…

have to use their imagination for play time, they are instead exposed to an overwhelming amount of information which is a way to disable a student’s imagination versus stimulating and exercising it. Students no longer have to process information on their own and develop problem solving skills, instead they can solely depend on the answers technology gives us without thinking twice. Using Dyson’s analogy of mental diabetes, schools should consider how their student’s imagination can be stifled by…

To never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations means to defy expectations. When I think of limited imaginations, the word “stereotype” come to mind. The word stereotype has done an abundant number of things to limit and belittle the progression of many communities, especially the black community. Because of stereotypes, people are assessed as a group, rather than as individuals. Stereotypes claimed that all black people speak slang and never articulate, and that black people deserve…

the novel as a whole. Glass has given the reader a new lens to look through, which exposes new interpretations of a character’s emotion and imagination; utilizing metaphors such as: light bulbs and mirrors. Leo Gursky uses imagination to cope with the unattainable love he has for Alma. Towards the end of the novel, Leo’s vision had been clouded by imagination, creating an obsessive behavior toward the journey for Alma. “I asked a pear to become a pineapple, a pineapple to become a light bulb,…

(5.1.5-10) The triple comparison between a lunatic, a lover, and a poet, highlights the assumed commonalty that all three types of people have unsound thoughts. Since a “lunatic” is a wildly foolish person and a poet has “remarkable powers of imagination, creativity, and expression” (OED Online) one may assume that a lover possess both these attributes due to the involvement in this comparison. If a lover has the attributes of a “lunatic” it is safe to presume that a lover’s love is complex…

knew I could become a master of alchemy, a renowned redstone engineer, or even a superb general of a small army of players in a Minecraft server. Besides allowing me to appreciate practical architecture on a realistic level, the exercising of the imagination I never knew I possessed provided me with an opportunity I will never forget, one that granted me immense confidence to pursue the hidden imaginative potential of my mind. This opportunity was something far different from that which one…

there was an infinite and a nothing. He believed that people had very strong imaginations and that it is possible that they came up with this idea there is a higher power, which people refer to as God. Pascal stated, “In short it is the greatest sensible mark of the almighty power of God, that imagination loses itself in that of thought” (Spielvogel p. 495). He believed that people were so caught up in their imagination that they could not distinguish between what was real and what was fake.…

's adventures due to the method of imagery, which then intersects with the reader 's imagination. According to Tolkien, "the human mind is capable of forming mental images of things not actually present"(page 78- Fantasy). This tactic of using imagination brings this fantastic world of Bilbo Baggins more realistic. However, one must consider the different levels of imaginations in a fantastic text. The imagination referred to in with this text is the art of creating an "inner consistency of…