In Chapter 2, Albert Knox states that "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world." What does he mean? Do you agree with him? Explain why or why not, using examples from this first section of the novel (pp. 1-120) and your own life experiences.
From the quote, "It seems as if in the process of growing up we lose the ability to wonder about the world." , we can tell that Albert Knox is saying as we grow older, we will LOSE the ability to wonder about anything.
However I do not agree with him, since I think that we will NEVER LOSE the ability to wonder, no matter how old, how used to our pattern of everyday life, or even how busy we are. What I agree is that we (including everyone that is still breathing) will tend to wonder LESS about anything around us, due to the busy lifestyles that we are living in, which leaves us a limited amount of free time where we can wonder about the world.
For example, all artists from around the world will eat breakfast, goes and paint many paintings everyday to earn money in order for them to survive, although they are used to their fixed pattern, but they still need to be creative and think of ideas for them to paint new paintings that will attract customers. In order to be creative, they will need to be wondering about the things around them continuously, which just proves that no matter how used to the fixed patterns they have, they STILL wonder.
Sometimes, for some people, although they are busing eating their food, sneezing, or probably in a very boring lesson, they could be wondering, what makes this food taste that good, or 'oh no, i wonder how will my girlfriend think of me', or maybe wondering how can I escape school, all these "wonderings" can be done at the same time. So no matter how busy the person is, they could STILL wonder.
In the end, I think that even grown-ups can still wonder, but they just tend to wonder LESS, as we become busier, but I am certain that we will never LOSE the ability to wonder about anything.
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Hi Jacky
A very nice entry but I am confused about your second example, the 'boring lesson' one. The question is about wondering about the world such as 'where did the world come from', not just everyday wonderings.
Good Luck!
That example of painters is very interesting, but wondering about what to paint, is different to wondering about the world, and where everything came from, or once was.
I understand what you two are trying to express, however I don't fully agree with both of you.
Firstly I want to ask, What is the 'World'?, for some people, they say that the 'World' is a phenomenon, in religions, they say its "something holy" created by "God", scientifically, its one of the planets in the universe that's created by the big bang, as you can see, there is not a specific answer.
But what we know is that the world is everything around us, therefore wondering about the things around us is just the same as wondering the 'world', however its only a part of wondering about the 'world', since there are other parts as you both have said, 'Where the world come from?'.
i appreciate the example of the artist but just like the other two i am a little confused with your other eaxamples but neverthless i do agree with most of what you are saying.
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