blog on essay 1
Forsaking an illusion and accepting reality is more accurate in Palto's expert "the allegory of the cave",than in the matrixs.Historical as well as personal example demonstrates that this is true.
Inthe year 1462 there was a navigator by the name of christopher colombus.He believed that the world was round.However most people in the era thought that the world was flat and if anyone sailed to the horizon they will fall off and die.The portuguese were great sea navigators.They were able to sail to india,whom they lost contact with before the reniasance,and engage in trade.Because of the back and forth trading portugal became wealthy.Spain was jealous of portugal's successso they decided to give into Christopher Colombus ideology.He believed that by sailing west he would end up on the east,thus regaining contact with the out side worl,india and china.Spain king and Queen finance the trip.
IN 1492christopher columbus engaged in sailing.His crewmen sommoned him to return because they were not optimistic in his ideology.He negotiated with them saying "Give him one more day and if he doesnot sight land he will return.Eventual they sightedland.It was the island The Bahamas. Although christopher columbus did not find india or china his belief was verified that the world was round and not flat.Now mankind is able to navigate the sea,trading goods and service with different countries,thus building their economy.
In the period of the middle age and the renaisane the church monopolized learning and most people were illiterate.Broadcasting information that was contrary to what was thought by the church was considered a crime against God.The church believed that it was the other planets that revolved around the earth. An italian scientist called galileo Galo made observation of the universe. At night he looked at the planets through a powerful telescope. He observed certain patterns of the planets. the results of his Experiments proved to him that it was the planets that revolved aroud the sun.He published his findings andhe was arrested by the church.He was released when he conformed to there belief. he later died.Other scientist investigated his finding and found it to be true.In the mordern age because of galileo belief mankind is able to predict the weather,travel to space allowing satellite to orbit the earth and fully comprehend the esoteric laws of physics.
the british monarchy colonized alot of nations,including the united states of America.One particular island they colonized were Trinidad and Tobago. A greatman called Dr. eric Williams believed that the islan was capable of standing on its own feet.The citizens of the island did not believed him.They were looking at the size of britian and its economic strength in comparison to Trinidad and Tobago.Dr.eric williams proposed his thoughts to the Queen of england and she decided to give him a chance.Dr eric williams became the prime minister of the island and the country was able to stand on its own feet.Although Trinidad and TObago is a Third world country they are able to compet in the global market.They are so economically prosperous that they are assisting other islands. Thanks to Dr.eric williams belief that Trinidad and Tobago could be an independent nation.
People who were born into slavery did not believe in freedom.They never knew what it felt like to be emancipated from slavery.those slaves,who were able to by themselves out of slaverywere at a disadvantage because their living conditions were poor.They still had to work and they were not given full priviledges.The right to vot and obtain an education were denied from them.It was not untill great men like Martin Luther,Malcolm X and Nelson mandela who fought for the emancipation of slavery that those ,bonded by slavery,now enjoy the prosperity of being free.Now these people who were once slaves are able are to vote,obtain an education and practice their religious beliefs.
When i was youngerpeople gave me the impression that america was heaven.In america you dont have to work hardand things were cheap and affordable.Looking at rappers on television programs also reinforce that belief.Economic conditions and opportunity were declining in my country so I decided to miograte to amereica.My first job was roof construction.I had to work at seven o,clock in the morning to attend work and depart at eight o clock at night.Sometimes i would have to shovel off three layers of shingles from the roof. It was real hard work.I had never endured such physical labor in my life.eventually i became used to it.Although some people dont like working hard,hard work have benifits.working hard though meto save and value what I earned.it also taught me how to be responsible.It opened my eyes to the world where a mother or father makes that sacrifice to feed and send their children to school.It also taught me that I should not take life for granted.
Based on examples in history and personal experiences,giving up an illusion and embracing reality is painful but eventually we accept that the reality is better.
Monday, October 31, 2011
blog 5
Mankind are curious creates.They always want to make improvement to current technology and themselves.However what they fail to realize is that sooner or later these improvements that we are making are only blinding us to what we are actually doing to ourselves.Eventually they will soon despise their creations and improvement and come to realize that the answer that they are looking for is already solved.
In the movie Gatteca genetically engineered Anton and normal human being Vincent were brothers.The fact that Anton was genetically engineered he was thought by the society and his parents the he was the superior one in comparison to his brother Vincient.Initially the was proven to be true when vincent and his brother will play a game call cat where they will swim out into the sea and who ever out of the two gave up they will be the loser.Anton always dominated this game.Even at the same age Anton was the taller of the two,he grew at a faster rate than his brother vincient.ONe day when they were playing cat vincient for the first time won his genitically superior brother.This victory changed his life.He went on to accomplished his dream as an astronut. ALthough he accomplished this dream by impersonating Eugene,genetically engineered, identity he was succesful. His brother on the other hand was a detective which is low in rank than an astronut.All in All genetical engineered humans are not superior than the average human being.The average human beings will soon come to this realization that genetically transforming someone is a was of investment hence they will look at them as the other an destroy them.
IN the essay by Annas man on the moon,he mentioned the crusadors wanted to eradicate the muslims who were considered to be the other. This war took place in the middle age.Turkish muslims occupied jerusalem and the crusadors who were christians wanted to eradicate them from the holy land.The crusadors hosted wars against the muslims known as the Crusades.This war went on for two hundred years.The Muslim remained undefeated which in turn lead the crusades back to italy.The crusades thought that the muslims were inferior to them,however the reversed proved to be true.
Through out history women have been treated inferior and discriminated by their superior bieng,man.I beleived that this concept stem from the bible where it says that God extracted a rib from man to produce a woman and that god have created a woman as a helper to man rather than a dominator. IN the period of the reniasance women were not allowed to go on stage and sing.When shakespeare wrote his play Romeo and Juliet it was a man who acted as juliet on stage. In the Jehovah witness fate women are not allowed to go on the stage an administer the word of god.There also have a saying that women are bond to the laws of their husbands.In other words the man is the sole controller of their lives.IF you look at women roles in society you will see that women are as capable as men or even better.Oprah whinfrey,Hillery clinton just to name a few are carrying out dominatant roles in domestically and internationally.WOMen in general will start veiwing men as the other.
In the movie Gatteca genetically engineered Anton and normal human being Vincent were brothers.The fact that Anton was genetically engineered he was thought by the society and his parents the he was the superior one in comparison to his brother Vincient.Initially the was proven to be true when vincent and his brother will play a game call cat where they will swim out into the sea and who ever out of the two gave up they will be the loser.Anton always dominated this game.Even at the same age Anton was the taller of the two,he grew at a faster rate than his brother vincient.ONe day when they were playing cat vincient for the first time won his genitically superior brother.This victory changed his life.He went on to accomplished his dream as an astronut. ALthough he accomplished this dream by impersonating Eugene,genetically engineered, identity he was succesful. His brother on the other hand was a detective which is low in rank than an astronut.All in All genetical engineered humans are not superior than the average human being.The average human beings will soon come to this realization that genetically transforming someone is a was of investment hence they will look at them as the other an destroy them.
IN the essay by Annas man on the moon,he mentioned the crusadors wanted to eradicate the muslims who were considered to be the other. This war took place in the middle age.Turkish muslims occupied jerusalem and the crusadors who were christians wanted to eradicate them from the holy land.The crusadors hosted wars against the muslims known as the Crusades.This war went on for two hundred years.The Muslim remained undefeated which in turn lead the crusades back to italy.The crusades thought that the muslims were inferior to them,however the reversed proved to be true.
Through out history women have been treated inferior and discriminated by their superior bieng,man.I beleived that this concept stem from the bible where it says that God extracted a rib from man to produce a woman and that god have created a woman as a helper to man rather than a dominator. IN the period of the reniasance women were not allowed to go on stage and sing.When shakespeare wrote his play Romeo and Juliet it was a man who acted as juliet on stage. In the Jehovah witness fate women are not allowed to go on the stage an administer the word of god.There also have a saying that women are bond to the laws of their husbands.In other words the man is the sole controller of their lives.IF you look at women roles in society you will see that women are as capable as men or even better.Oprah whinfrey,Hillery clinton just to name a few are carrying out dominatant roles in domestically and internationally.WOMen in general will start veiwing men as the other.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
blog 4 ignorant bliss and knowledge
In the story Odipus the king,Odipus was ignorant to the fact of what was causing the city to be plagued by with suffuring.Lines 29-30 states "Disease infects our fruits blossoms in our land, diease infects our herds of grazing cattle etc" etc.In an effort to satisfy hih curiosity Odipus dispatched Creon his brother in law to learn the cause of the disaster.Lines 81-83 states "So i have sent out my brother-in-law,son of Menoeceous,Creon,To PYthain Apollo's shrine,to learn from him what I might do or say to save the city".Creon came back with the awsner stating to Odipus that it is the death of Laius was the cause of the suffering.In order to rectify the situation Odipus had to find the killer.This again demonstrate that he was ignorant of who the killer was.Lines 31-32 states "WHen Laius fell in bloody death,where was he-at home or in the field or in another land.
In the matrix Neo was ignorant to what the matrix was.When neo was at his office he got a phone call from morphus.Morphus said to neo "I know you have a question".Neo responded by saying what is the Matrixs.When Trinity met Neo at the Club she began talking in his hear saying I Know you want to know what is the matrixs.To satisfy his curiosity Neo took trinity's request to see Morphus.
Both Neo and Odipus was Ignorant to Knowlegde,in their cave, but they were willing to explore the truth.
When Teiresias told Odipus that he (odipus) was the killer.Lines 421 states "For the accused polluter of this land is you".Odipus did not accept the truth and he rebuked the prophet.In the Matrixs when neo swollowed the pill morphus revealed the matrixs to him.At first he did not accept the truth but eventually he did.
Odipus eventually was convinced that he was the killer after the servant who was with Laius at the time of his death told him the story. The story was a reflection of what Odipus had experience in the past.The truth cause his wife who was also his mother jocasta, to commit suicide.Odipus in turn blind himself.Odipus fate was death or he must flee the land and left to die.The prophecy of the gods was fullfilled:The son will kill his father and marry his mother.The truth is very humiliating and degrading.Knowing the truth was not bliss.
In the Matrixs Neo learnt that the world in which he was living in was the matrixs and not the real world the real world was a deserted barren land where humans were used as fuel for the agents.So in the matrixs Knowledge is not bliss.In the matrixs Cipher sell out morphus to the agents, in return the agents promised him he will eradicate his memory about the real world and allow him to live in the matrixs.Cipher could not tolerate the truth of what the real world was (not bliss) so he decided to live in his cave(the matrixs).
In the matrixs and odipus knowledge is not bliss. Remaining in the cave,ignorance to the truth, is bliss.
In the matrix Neo was ignorant to what the matrix was.When neo was at his office he got a phone call from morphus.Morphus said to neo "I know you have a question".Neo responded by saying what is the Matrixs.When Trinity met Neo at the Club she began talking in his hear saying I Know you want to know what is the matrixs.To satisfy his curiosity Neo took trinity's request to see Morphus.
Both Neo and Odipus was Ignorant to Knowlegde,in their cave, but they were willing to explore the truth.
When Teiresias told Odipus that he (odipus) was the killer.Lines 421 states "For the accused polluter of this land is you".Odipus did not accept the truth and he rebuked the prophet.In the Matrixs when neo swollowed the pill morphus revealed the matrixs to him.At first he did not accept the truth but eventually he did.
Odipus eventually was convinced that he was the killer after the servant who was with Laius at the time of his death told him the story. The story was a reflection of what Odipus had experience in the past.The truth cause his wife who was also his mother jocasta, to commit suicide.Odipus in turn blind himself.Odipus fate was death or he must flee the land and left to die.The prophecy of the gods was fullfilled:The son will kill his father and marry his mother.The truth is very humiliating and degrading.Knowing the truth was not bliss.
In the Matrixs Neo learnt that the world in which he was living in was the matrixs and not the real world the real world was a deserted barren land where humans were used as fuel for the agents.So in the matrixs Knowledge is not bliss.In the matrixs Cipher sell out morphus to the agents, in return the agents promised him he will eradicate his memory about the real world and allow him to live in the matrixs.Cipher could not tolerate the truth of what the real world was (not bliss) so he decided to live in his cave(the matrixs).
In the matrixs and odipus knowledge is not bliss. Remaining in the cave,ignorance to the truth, is bliss.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Blog 3: Matrix and Plato--Which is more accurate?
Forsaking an illusion and conforming to the reality is more accurate in plato's story about the allegory of the cave than the movie ''The matrixs. History has proven that giving up an illusion and conforming to reality is benificial.
In the prehistoric times mankind thought that the world was flat.This thought prevented people from traveling because they thought they would die.
This thought was reinforced by the teaching of the church.It was untill the year 1492 when christopher columbus traveled to the caribbean mankind change their thought about the world being flat.When they discovered that the world was round and not flat they began to travel.Travelling enable different country and island to trade goods and service with one another.This created a new civilization in that trading help strengten a country economyand it allowed impoved communication amongs the countrys
In the period of the reniasance and the middle age there was a obstacle between biblical teaching and science.The church monopolized learning and every thing the the church thought was believed to be true.The church believed that the planets revolve around earth. A great italian scientist called Galilio prove them wrong by observing the plants at night with a telescope.His results proved that it was the planets that revolved around the sun.When he published his findings the church sommoned his arrest. He was placed in solitary confinement.He was released when he conformed to what the churched believed.He later died.Due to additional reseach by other scientist on galileo discoveres man kind is now able to travel to the moon.Mankind are now able to understand the reason for climate changes. The weather man is now able to predict the weather and make us better prepared for bad weather or a huricane.
More than a decade the little island of Trinidad and Togabo (Caribbean)was colonized by the British monarchy.There was a scolar called Dr.Eric Williams who believed that the twin island could stand alone.The citizens of that island thought it was impossible.However the british monarchy decided to give him a chance.Now Trinidad and Tobago is the strongest economical island in the caribbean.Although a third world country Trinidad and Tobago is competing with first world country in the trading market.This is very benificial for the country's development.
When I was younger people aroud me gave me the impression that america was the land of milk and honey.People never had to work hard in this place.It was a free for all.When I came to America and experience it for myself I learnt that they were lying.America is a place where an individual have to work hard,like the assidious Mexican to be prosperous and enjoy the luxury of life.Although some people don't like working hard due to lazyness.Hard work make an individual stronger physically and mentally.It gives one the endurance to cope with life stresses and it also prepares one for the unexpected.
Those poeple that were born into slavery never new the world outside of slavery. They thought that this was the only way of life.They never had controll of they lives and certain privilidges to them was inaccesible. For instance a free education.After the victory from Martin luther fight for equallity of treatment and other mogul like malcom X,Nelson Mandela and Bob marley.Those who were born into slavery are now in access to privilidges that were previously denied.
HIstorical examples and personal experiense shows that giving up an illusion and embracing the truth is more accurate in PLato's story than in the movie THE matrixs.
In the prehistoric times mankind thought that the world was flat.This thought prevented people from traveling because they thought they would die.
This thought was reinforced by the teaching of the church.It was untill the year 1492 when christopher columbus traveled to the caribbean mankind change their thought about the world being flat.When they discovered that the world was round and not flat they began to travel.Travelling enable different country and island to trade goods and service with one another.This created a new civilization in that trading help strengten a country economyand it allowed impoved communication amongs the countrys
In the period of the reniasance and the middle age there was a obstacle between biblical teaching and science.The church monopolized learning and every thing the the church thought was believed to be true.The church believed that the planets revolve around earth. A great italian scientist called Galilio prove them wrong by observing the plants at night with a telescope.His results proved that it was the planets that revolved around the sun.When he published his findings the church sommoned his arrest. He was placed in solitary confinement.He was released when he conformed to what the churched believed.He later died.Due to additional reseach by other scientist on galileo discoveres man kind is now able to travel to the moon.Mankind are now able to understand the reason for climate changes. The weather man is now able to predict the weather and make us better prepared for bad weather or a huricane.
More than a decade the little island of Trinidad and Togabo (Caribbean)was colonized by the British monarchy.There was a scolar called Dr.Eric Williams who believed that the twin island could stand alone.The citizens of that island thought it was impossible.However the british monarchy decided to give him a chance.Now Trinidad and Tobago is the strongest economical island in the caribbean.Although a third world country Trinidad and Tobago is competing with first world country in the trading market.This is very benificial for the country's development.
When I was younger people aroud me gave me the impression that america was the land of milk and honey.People never had to work hard in this place.It was a free for all.When I came to America and experience it for myself I learnt that they were lying.America is a place where an individual have to work hard,like the assidious Mexican to be prosperous and enjoy the luxury of life.Although some people don't like working hard due to lazyness.Hard work make an individual stronger physically and mentally.It gives one the endurance to cope with life stresses and it also prepares one for the unexpected.
Those poeple that were born into slavery never new the world outside of slavery. They thought that this was the only way of life.They never had controll of they lives and certain privilidges to them was inaccesible. For instance a free education.After the victory from Martin luther fight for equallity of treatment and other mogul like malcom X,Nelson Mandela and Bob marley.Those who were born into slavery are now in access to privilidges that were previously denied.
HIstorical examples and personal experiense shows that giving up an illusion and embracing the truth is more accurate in PLato's story than in the movie THE matrixs.
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