Alan W. Watts has adressed the issue of anxiety of today modern society. This anxiety caused my various situations in our modern busy lives. He writes, "We have been accustomed to make this existence worth-while by the belief that there is more than an outward appearance-that we live for a future beyond this life here." What he means by the, is that in today modern society, we always try to push ourselves to create a better life for.us in the future. People do this in many different ways. Religious or not, we find ourselves doing this sometimes even subconciously. In the case of religious people, they thrive to do good deeds, and keep from doing sins for what? So that they will get into heaven or a better afterlife. This is a bigger veiw, but what about people who are not religious? They do it too. For example, the average college student. He or she let's college kick their butt so that they will be able to get a better job and make a better life for themselges. I think that Watts writes this book to help us realize. To help us us realize the over activity of our modern day lives. To help us realize that we do all of this for something that may it may not actually happen or come true. There are mAy suggestive themes throughout the book so far that back up thus idea if over activity in our lives, and the anxiety if what is yet to come. Because we do not know what is yet to come we try to make it the best in the future, but while doing that sometimes making our present lives suck.
this is one paragraph... I think that you should break it up. And it has to be at least 1000 words, right? You should have an intro and conculsion, as well, but other than that, this was strongly written
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Cameron's draft, I feel that the book he is reading is really deep. Although, i couldn't really understand some of the ideas that he is trying to say, I feel that he puts lot of thinkings onto this draft. The quote he placed in is complicated to understand, however he tried explaining it and i actually understood it. Good job Cameron !
ReplyDeleteHey cameron, This is interesting, It actually seems like something I would read and agree with. Good job explaining it. Is this book a fiction or non fiction or what genre is it? it certainly does not seem like a story.
ReplyDeleteI agree with kasia i think you should break it up because then it won't seem as cluttered. Then it would seem more organized. I also agree with Jessica because it does seem like a really deep piece that get really emotional and could definitely have a lot of different emotions from different readers. Also i feel like a lot of people can relate to this piece one way or another. Awesome book choice.
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