Albert Knox means that as we get older, we might forget or cannot make time to think about the world in such was that we used to. As the novel progresses, the phrase “lose the ability” changes the way people perceive it. The beginning of the novel, the reader may think of this statement as the truth, as they have “snuggled” deep into the rabbit’s fur. Though out the novel, the reader slowly climbs up the fur and realizes that there is more going on in their life than they thought. We do not think about this as we have gotten used to how the world works, and therefore these questions have been noted as ‘non-important’.
I think that the ability to wonder is innate and cannot be gotten rid of. As crawling down further down into the rabbit’s fur makes us, humans, feel safe, we do not wish to crawl back up from the safe assumptions we have made about life. I can neither agree nor disagree as at different stages of life, we priorities different things, and therefore at some point in life I would have thought about those questions. As recent as last week, I have pondered the question of “Is God actually real?”. As life progresses, there are things that we find easier to find the answer of, such as “How do I do this math question?” and therefore push the questions that we think is harder/impossible to find the answer to, to the back of our heads.
It is possible to agree with Albert Knox as to some people, they have not been introduced to “the correct insight, since real understanding comes from within.” As well as some people decide to “crawl deep into the rabbit’s fur”, and don’t attempt to find the truth, and the most important questions in life. Disagreeing with this statement would be, as Albert Knox said, not being able to “get to the bottom”. This can be because of the reasons of not being able to answer them repeatedly, and therefore get frustrated.
3 comments:
"and don’t attempt to find the truth, and the most important questions in life."
These questions such as "whether God exists" COULD be the most important questions in life for some people but for others it wouldnt even be a question. Believers for example would not doubt whether God exists or not and I personally dont care about the answer because I dont think that it would have drastic effect on the way I live my life.
I never said I wasnt curious about the answer to some of the "philosophical" questions brought up in the book but that I dont think that it would "have a drastic effect on my life" and so I try to just forget about it.
I agree with you, even though maths is not necessarily easy, it's definitely less mind-blowing, and 'safer' than pondering the origins of the universe, etc.
But then again, think about Religious Studies in Y9. We were taught about the different beliefs on the universe's beginnings and God's existence. Doesn't that also qualify as "an answer"? In which case, it only depends on which point of view we agree with and accept as a valid answer, doesn't it?
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