Monday, November 23, 2015
Bewilderment and Certainty
Bewilderment, to me, is having confusion or a struggle of something after learning of something. Like mentioned in the essay, a dream is projecting an internal story and after you want to learn more and can become confused or want to learn more. You become bewildered with the story pictured. I think certainty is necessary in life because humans don't like the struggle of not knowing what is happening or will happen next in life or anything. In the essay, the story of King Midas, the story was told of the touch of gold, everything he touched would turn to gold after making a wish. He didn't know what had happened and became sad but he had the sense of bewilderment because he saw what was happening but wanted to know more. In the story's conclusion, it's said, "The lesson seemed to involve more than greed- it was about looking too hard and too possessive at living things," shows how King Midas is an example of how we don't need to know everything in life, but just the right amount. Certainty is necessary because we don’t want to bet on life each day and not know what will happen today or the next, or in a week with a situation. Bewilderment is necessary like certainty because it gives us the sense to know more about ourselves and what will happen to or for us but not have to gamble on what could happen for us or what we’ll do to succeed in knowing something or doing something.
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My take on bewilderment is that it is the state of being disoriented in life, not knowing what is going to happen next but, curiosity of questions keeps one from being confused. When the author, Fanny Howe, compares it to a dream it is a perfect example of bewilderment and uncertainty. It is like being dropped into the middle of a scene where we are confused and unable to comprehend how we got in such a crazy situation so our minds just roll with whatever is happening. It is impossible to be certain what will happen next in a dream just like life. Sometimes we want to be certain about our future whether we are going to make the right decision or not but of course we cannot be sure. Bewilderment is a part of life that plays out for us because we just roll with whatever will happen next because we will never be able to control our certainty.
ReplyDeleteI agree that bewilderment means to have confusion or a struggle. To myself as a personal definition I think bewilderment means that you are discombobulated and don’t know what to do. I believe that certainty is necessary to us because we need to have something that is in order or to have structure in our lives. Structure and order are great to have in life but I think that being bewildered is also an important part to our lives as well. Like Howe said in Bewilderment, “When you are not part of something or someone's life, then you do not need an explanation to their actions, words, or being because you do not know them personally” but if you do know them personally having an explanation from someone all the time would ruin surprises or secrets. If we knew what was going on all the time then we wouldn’t be able to have surprise parties, parents couldn’t surprise their kids with new cars on Christmas, and we as a whole would know what was going on 24/7. Where’s the fun in knowing everything all the time?
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