Reflection on World lit. Semester 1

This semester in World Literature has taught me about and reiterated the importance of world connectivity. I have become more aware of the problems globally and how certain issues and concerns are shared by the world. Just because my life is very different that someone who lives in the  slums of India might share the same concerns as me even though out lives are very different. I've also learned about the cry of the human heart, not just the  American heart. I've learned how religion and disorder in society are things that connect the world in some way. My religious beliefs could be the same as someone across the ocean and all the religions connect to each other because they all address a problem. Even though I may not agree with someone's life choices or religious beliefs, I now can understand the motive behind it and realize that their choices, although different from mine, are valid and important to them.I have learned this semester that the world is united but doesn't always see it. We are all fighting for a common cause but don't always see it and that's why society is starting to break down. This picture represents world literature because even though we all have different backgrounds at the end of the day we all live on the same world and have to get along.

"If you realize what the real problem is-losing yourself, giving yourself to some higher end, or to another-you realize that this itself is the ultimate trial. When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness" (126 Campbell). What makes religion effective is based in on the fact that you believe not what yo believe. The thing that changes people is the giving one oneself to a higher cause and transforming yourself even when it's hard because you have an ultimate goal in mind.

"Those who are more thrifty(as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass; the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies, and summer boots for fine gentlemen" (3 Swift). Not only does Swift suggest that they kill innocent children but now that they use them as clothes. By making clothes out of the carcasses, the dead children will now benefit people by clothing them. This says something about society, like the fact that we use the suffering of others to benefit ourselves.

. “He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where the path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one’s walking life was spent watching one’s feet” (76 Golding). People may never fully understand humanity. They can try to understand the past why thing were like that but it is difficult to analyze your current situation and live it at the same time. Most of your life is spent watching the path instead of watching what's to come.