The term used said by Albert Knox was “It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world” and this is true, as compared in the book whereby as a child we are all curious about what we see around us as we have never touched or seen anything like it before. So we become curious and question what we see, but as we all grow older we start to accept the things around us as we have seen them basically everyday of our lives and therefore are no longer curious about the things we once were. The reasons for this is because we all become more knowledgeable and therefore know more about the life around us, and the objects surrounding us that we no longer become curious and we no longer question where we all or where we live.
There could also be another issue whereby we no longer wonder about the world because we feel that there are no answers, such as when Sophie starts to ask herself who she really is, and where the world came from. The truth is we have question that we are curious about, but as we know that there are no answers to these questions we just accept the fact that things are just there and we just happen to live on it, and so we just accept things without being curious about its origins or where it became how it is to be. As a baby we are curious about the things around us because we feel that we do not need to know the answers, just what it is, but as we grow older we start to think too deep and as a child we wouldn’t be capable of doing so, therefore as we start to think too deep we start to ask questions, some that have answers and some that we human beings simply don’t possess but wished we did.
Therefore as we don’t have answers to the questions we ask we feel disappointed at our own limits that we prefer to just accept everything we have and not have to ask questions that would soon come back to make us feel constricted. In a way we don’t want to acknowledge our limits, because human beings believe that they are capable of the impossible, but when we are actually faced with an impossible situation we no longer want to face it because it shows us that we are actually limited and when we question our own limits we feel as if we lack knowledge and we therefore feel let down by our boundaries. Children don’t know of limits as they are free in their own way, and as we grow up we start to build up our own limits that we wouldn’t be capable of doing as a child because as a child you don’t know what impossible means and therefore there’s nothing you can’t do. In that way I guess that’s why some adults envy children, because of their freedom.
4 comments:
I like your point that as we grow older we realise we don't have the answers for everything, and that the inability to answer these questions causes us to forget about the questions in the first place. What I don't get is the point about the baby though, are you saying that children do not question? Because, afterall, 'why' is their favourity word..
I find it interesting how you mention that once we realize that we can not answer questions, we give up. It's quite a general statement, and it has left me with a question.
If we realize we can not answer a question, then shouldn't we try to find a way where we can answer that question? If we are stuck on algebra or literature, should we not try and study that area so we can answer the question that we are faced with?
For Gloria's question I said that as children we question everything because its the first time we see everything, as we grow up then we start to stop question everything.
And for Gary's question we don't look for questions for life because unlike in algebra and literature, there is no definite right or wrong answer, because no one knows the real answer. Such as the theory on God and evolution, we can't say whether its right or wrong because no one has the real answer, only theories that help us understand the world in a certain way.
Hey Steffi,
You stated that "Children don’t know of limits as they are free in their own way, and as we grow up we start to build up our own limits that we wouldn’t be capable", so therefor your argument only stays true if only children wonder, only due to their ignorance and adults do not. However, your argument does not explain why the elderly once again, like children, wonder.
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