So was the book worth reading, well I kind of have mixed feelings about that question. Given that the book suggested that we do not really know anything and that everything is simply defined because if man's need to find order then we do not really know how to define if something is worthy now do we? I may just be being sense but I feel it's a valid comment because I honestly am not sure if it was worth reading. The discussion we had made sense, and the book certainly would have been slightly more worthless without them. I felt as if the information presented by the novel had truth to it, it was bitter, but it was truth. The only thing that's preventing me from fully embracing the novel is an inability to find any point in this truthful information. The narrator begins the book stating that an overly conscious man is cursed by his consciousness, yet he precedes to tell us everything that's led said man counscious, this making us conscious and just as cursed. So if knowing everything that he tells us will only plague because we know nothing then what is the point in plaguing us. Honestly why damn us to the same suffering the narrator explains. I simply see no point in acknowledging these ideas when they will only serve to torture my mind and because of that I do not really see the worth of reading this book when the book itself tells you that the consciousness it holds is makings greatest weakness.
What I am likely to remember the most is the idea of the overly conscious man living a more difficult life. I find extreme truth in this statement, in fact it's actually something I often think about. I'm a fairly smart person, That's not to brag or anything because I do think our class is filled with fellow smart people, so everyone may be able to relate to the time in which I cannot stop myself from overthinking everything. I stay up at night thinking about the meaning of life and how I could possibly never find the answer. The stars freak me out because the vastness of the universe honestly make me feel like I'm about to be consumed by the void . Intelligence is a curse because it bring consciousness and steals blissful ignorance.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
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