So recently, tragedy has started to present herself in different lights. The stories we've read, ted videos we watch occasionally, and an article written a while back. She at first was presenting herself lightly before the discussion of tragedy. But as the topic was being explored, the more I started to understand what she looks like.
So recently a book that I showed interest in was finally in my hands. So I started to read it like anyone else and right from the very beginning. Tragedy was evident in it in the most peculiar way. We humans in a fantasy setting was the lowest of the lowest races to ever exist. We could not detect spirits or magic in anyway. We did not have the abilities to fight off anyone or anything present in that time. It was so horrible, that the society lived on the basic philosophy of sacrifice. Not the one where you strive for perfection in any sorts of ways. But the ideal of sacrifice one to save two. And this was implemented by a child who was probably twelve at the time. And as you continue to read the very well done piece of story it tells. One individual, has decided to fight fate and changed it into something that he wishes to exist. He wants to live, his companions want to live, every human being wants to live. Even though the population is a grand total of less than two thousand human beings. So as you read this tale that is being told through a game of black jacks. I could recognize tragedy for what the individuals we studied were talking about.
For you see, against all odds of the world that was within a fantasy setting. The main character, Riku, truly believed that humanity could survive the great war. He was expressing irrational behavior that is evident within all of us humans. And this week, a ted talk dealt with irrational behavior we all express. That we think we are choosing the best paths but in the end it was decided by us. The human race was created by the gods, to see if a race that could not express any abilities whatsoever could change the war. More exactly, just for fun than anything else really. But Riku, truly believed differently and so he decides to take matters within his own hands.
For that is all I have learned this week. Yes, the ted talk did help define tragedy in another light or two. That irrational thinking plays a role in it and it is true by the way. But I am starting to physically see it in stories that I am reading now. Take notes on what I see and describe how this book redefines tragedy. It is truly a surprise what one could learn with one word that deals with a feeling but it could be viewed in all sorts of ways.
https://creativisticphilosophy.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/are-human-beings-rational/
So recently a book that I showed interest in was finally in my hands. So I started to read it like anyone else and right from the very beginning. Tragedy was evident in it in the most peculiar way. We humans in a fantasy setting was the lowest of the lowest races to ever exist. We could not detect spirits or magic in anyway. We did not have the abilities to fight off anyone or anything present in that time. It was so horrible, that the society lived on the basic philosophy of sacrifice. Not the one where you strive for perfection in any sorts of ways. But the ideal of sacrifice one to save two. And this was implemented by a child who was probably twelve at the time. And as you continue to read the very well done piece of story it tells. One individual, has decided to fight fate and changed it into something that he wishes to exist. He wants to live, his companions want to live, every human being wants to live. Even though the population is a grand total of less than two thousand human beings. So as you read this tale that is being told through a game of black jacks. I could recognize tragedy for what the individuals we studied were talking about.
For you see, against all odds of the world that was within a fantasy setting. The main character, Riku, truly believed that humanity could survive the great war. He was expressing irrational behavior that is evident within all of us humans. And this week, a ted talk dealt with irrational behavior we all express. That we think we are choosing the best paths but in the end it was decided by us. The human race was created by the gods, to see if a race that could not express any abilities whatsoever could change the war. More exactly, just for fun than anything else really. But Riku, truly believed differently and so he decides to take matters within his own hands.
For that is all I have learned this week. Yes, the ted talk did help define tragedy in another light or two. That irrational thinking plays a role in it and it is true by the way. But I am starting to physically see it in stories that I am reading now. Take notes on what I see and describe how this book redefines tragedy. It is truly a surprise what one could learn with one word that deals with a feeling but it could be viewed in all sorts of ways.
https://creativisticphilosophy.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/are-human-beings-rational/