Ignorance, Ignorance And Ignorance

There are people in the world who are smart. Although there are people who are as dumb as a mouse. Charlie from Flowers for Algernon was at first a disabled person with an I.Q of 55 and with not a lot of friends. He had discovered there was an experiment that can possibly make someone have lots of intelligence. Once he did, he became smart and now has an I.Q. of 180. Even though Charlie likes to be smart, he finds out “Ignorance is bliss.” The quote “Ignorance is bliss” means not knowing anything is good. Although there were a lot of events showed he was happy he wasn’t dumb anymore. Therefore, ignorance is not bliss because it’s not good to have bad intelligence, and if a person is having a hard time living, they might consider doing something unheard of.

The saying "ignorance is bliss" is not always very accurate. The book Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory for a real historical event – the Russian Revolution. It demonstrates how people's ignorance can be the cause of their social and political oppression and how the knowledge of others' ignorance can lead to power, which ultimately corrupts those who possess it. These themes are portrayed through the characters and in real life.

Ignorance is like going through life with shut eyes, unaware and unfamiliar. It is like a foreboding, grey cloud, – the colour of ash and soot – hanging above and blanketing people’s vision. Alternatively, in the world, ignorance has become a fluent trait in the growing population where people live through their lives in ignorant bliss because they do not take time to consider reasoning beyond a normal perspective. Ignorance does not always necessarily refer to one’s knowledge in an academic sense, but more so is one’s understanding of their surroundings and the world. Ignorance often defines and influences choices and ethics, and frequently comes from inaccurate beliefs, lack of consciousness, and misleading information; it will be people’s

This can be compared to present-day events in which people think themselves happy at having watched a wrestling match or basketball game. It satiates the senses alone, the visible realm, whereas knowledge is something eternal that is independent of other people. Happiness resides, therein, in something interminable.

Ignorance is defined as, "Lacking knowledge or awareness in genera; uneducated or unsophisticated." In the novel Animal Farm, George Orwell addresses the topic of ignorance. Orwell illustrates that the social and political oppression of the animals is due to their inability to read, which causes them to believe everything they are told. First of all, the animals' ignorance prevents them from realizing the pigs are taking advantage of them. The pigs constantly manipulate the laws to fit their needs. The narrator says, "...it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken." Because the animals lack the ability to read, they are not able to realize that the rule has been manipulated.

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.", says Martin Luther King Jr. Truer words have never been spoken, for when ignorance is bliss, there is a steep price to pay. In The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer creates a character named Matteo Alacrán, and for the first half of the book, he is ignorance personified. When Matt learns the truth about his identity, his bubble of bliss is shattered, but perhaps it was for his own good. The great poet Thomas Gray writes, "Where ignorance is bliss, / Tis' folly to be wise." Yes, ignorance is bliss, but it is just as much of a "folly" as wisdom.

Does knowledge really bring true happiness? In the story Flowers for Algernon Charlie Gordon is a 37 year old, mentally challenged man, who wants nothing more than to be smart. Well he got his chance to be smart and he took it; he was chosen for an operation that could change his life and make him much more intelligent than he actually was. Charlie thought being smart would make him “normal” but the operation ended up being unsuccessful. He went back to the way he was. In the story The Garden Of Eden, Adam and Eve were chosen to be the first humans. They chose to bite from the tree of knowledge and disobey God. They were punished to live life and then die. Both Charlie Gordon, and Adam and eve resemble each other in many ways.

Everyone has ignorance and it will always be present. It is a matter of how knowledge intervenes that judges the outcome. James Madison describes a similar aspect. He mentions knowledge as the power that relieves ignorance and allows people to be their own governors. In Fahrenheit 451, the character of Montag is a great example. He is once an ideal, ignorant citizen, but it all changes once he meets Clarisse, who unlocks a vault full of knowledge to him. Moreover, the crave for knowledge grows and Montag meets Faber who helps reveal the meaning of knowledge, allowing Montag to

2nd BODY: One of the desirable aspects of ignorance and why one may choose ignorance is its ability to mask problems and allows them to manifest into an even bigger beast. Many problems today like depression and conflict

Ignorance is known as a lack of knowledge or understanding. This word is most definitely not a term of endearment; in fact it’s the complete opposite. In the book Into The Wild, written by Jon Krakauer, it tells the story of a man who gives up everything he owns to travel to Alaska and live in the wild. Christopher McCandless (also known as Alexander Supertramp) is known to many as ignorant and arrogant because of the little physical baggage he carries with him. Although these people may not agree with Chris’s choice of lifestyle, many find fulfillment in life on the road. Life on the road is not suited for everyone, but the advice that Chris gives to Ron Franz, and 81 year old man that he meets on his travels, is to not settle

“There is no way to be completely happy without being oblivious to the world around you” (Maredith Close). Everybody is oblivious, sometimes on purpose, sometimes not, though it tends to be beneficial. As said by Maredith Close, true happiness can not be achieved without oblivion, but in extreme cases, too much happiness for someone can cause less for someone else. Being oblivious can cause calm thoughts, but when conceived in extreme, can cause confusion and lack of comprehension, perhaps leading to irrational actions.

Preference, segregation, or enmity coordinated against somebody of an alternate race in light of the conviction that one 's own particular race is superior is prevalent. Prejudice is as old as human culture itself. For whatever length of time that individuals have been around, the contention has remained alive; people have constantly despised or dreaded individuals of an alternate country or skin color. It is said that racism or prejudice is simply some portion of human instinct, but we are not born with racism. We learn to discriminate from our societal norms.

“Without education, we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.” Said G.K. Chesterton, writer, philosopher, and journalist. What this quote means is without knowing right from wrong, we are in a danger of mixing the two up and accepting what is wrong as normal without knowing it. Ignorance is unawareness of or lack of knowledge about something. Without ignorance, there wouldn’t be many problems in our world as everyone would do the right thing. In the book To Kill a Mockingbird, there is a great amount of Ignorance shown by means of age, race, and religion.

Ignorance is bliss as said by many people. As defined in the dictionary it is,”lack of knowledge or information”(google). It could be a blessing or a curse. In this case, humans being ignorant is a curse. Our thoughts have been so conditioned that our curiosity has been stolen from us. We no longer have her own unique thoughts, we just go with what we are told. In How The Water Feels To The Fishes by Dave Eggers, he writes how ignorant humans can be to everyday things like, air.

Ignorance is a slavery tool that is widely used by slaveholders to administer acts of slavery. Initially, many individuals were made to believe that slavery was a natural occurrence. People believed that blacks did not have the capability of actively participating in their civil rights, and therefore should be owned by white community. In this narrative, the whites are depicted as individuals who access power and keep blacks from the time they are born till they die. Slaves are ignorant of important aspects in their lives, not because they like it, but are forced to be in this status. The ignorance that is enforced ensures that the slave children are deprived of the