To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nor even to found a school…it is to solve some of the problems of life, not only theoretically, but practically. – Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Invisible in the Society
People with different thinking pattern will be easily excluded from the majority or by oneself. Because people always believe that their believes and thoughts are always correct. Therefore, people who hold different opinion are excluded from them. In the Little Miss Sunshine, all the members in the family hold different thoughts and believes, and they don’t support with each other’s idea and eve sometimes against it, which cause the disfunction of the family. However, on the road trip to the Little Miss Sunshine competition, they learn to understand each other and respect each other’s ideas and believes. Also, at the end, Olive’s appearance and performance are totally different from social expectation, her family still support her. Every kind of idea and believe in the society needs to be respect. Although people thinks that it is not appropriate or hard to accept, they still need to be respect. Not only people who hold different idea has been marginalized in the society, people who is different from the majority is isolated from the society. There is a quote in the invisible man that “ Light is the truth and truths the light”. The invisible people are living in the dark and deserving society which could put some attention on them. They deserve light that could light them up in the dark. The light could be a newspaper to a post online that could draw public attention to them. Each of person in this world is an individual. They could be similar but they cannot be identical. Therefore, there will be mire than million kind of thought and belief. We cannot force everyone think in the same way. it is not necessary to accept every kind of thoughts, but we cannot deny those thoughts different from us. We can disagree but we cannot ignore their thought and believes.
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I believe that, as you say, people tend to stick to their own views. Also, this alienation is not only between individuals, but also presents among different groups defined by race, border, social status, etc. Beside respecting each others' differences, I think people should also try to understand each other, as their beliefs may have a lot in common even though they are stated differently.
ReplyDeleteI too believe that everybody's beliefs and ideas need to be respected but unfortunately we live in a world where understanding and respect is not associated with every topic. Also, the invisible light and respect go hand in hand because in order to respect someone's view you must be able to recognize their presence. Additionally, I really like how you stated that everybody's thoughts might differ because it recognizes that everybody has an authentic and unique view on the subject.
ReplyDeleteI greatly connected with your post Angela as I too, share many of the same beliefs as you. It is my desire that one day we will be able to fully embrace individualism and respect those around us. We cannot mold others to result in the way we want them to be.
ReplyDeleteI really agree what you mention above about individuality leads to the alienation from the community. And I also think people who pay lots of attention on individualism sometimes forget to embrace other's opinions. Therefore, while we emphasize the individualism, we still need to keep the sense of unity inside.
ReplyDeleteI really agree what you mention above about individuality leads to the alienation from the community. And I also think people who pay lots of attention on individualism sometimes forget to embrace other's opinions. Therefore, while we emphasize the individualism, we still need to keep the sense of unity inside.
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