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The Bad Road In Mark Twain's The Mishomis

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In The Mishomis Book, there were multiple fires described; the seventh being the last. Each fire led up to the seventh fire; the time where the light-skinned race will be given the choice between two roads. The good road will lead to eternal peace, love, brotherhood, and sisterhood. The bad road will result in suffering and death of everyone on earth. The good road is known as the road to spiritualism. The light-skinned race will follow the way of God, and he will lead them to their eternal peace, love, brotherhood, and sisterhood. The bad road is known as the road to technology. “In today's society, technology and spiritualism often conflict dramatically. More and more people are straying away from morals and their spiritualistic self.” …show more content…

Technology seems to be nothing but great for many reasons. As technology advances, we acquire new and safer ways of communication, travel, and equipment used to save lives. For example, it is much easier to call someone on the phone than it is to send letters in the mail. Also, more lives are saved now than a long time ago due to more advanced equipment in hospitals. We can definitely say that technology has only done us right, but we might think differently if we look at it from a different angle. As technology advances, it begins to take over jobs that humans once had. For example, we have factories to do many of the jobs that humans once did by hand. This is not necessarily bad, but I could see robotic waiters/waitresses and self driving cars in our future. This will take away a lot of connection between humans because it will cause them to interact less. It could also cause them to become lazy because they will no longer be needed for everyday jobs such as being a waiter/waitress or driving a car. There will also be a lower demand for jobs, causing more people to fall into …show more content…

I would say most definitely. Not only have we been given the choice between spiritualism and and technology, but we have made our choice; the wrong choice. According to the seventh fire, we will cause a lot of suffering and death to Earth's people if we continue on the route that we have been going on. In my opinion, we were not destined to make this choice. I believe that if our society was different, we may have made the choice toward spiritualism. If we were not so caught up with following the crowd, each and every one of us would have taken more time to truly ourselves. If we were able to do that, we might have been able to think more logically about our choices for the future. In “She Came to Stay”, Beauvoire describes how Françoise’s sense of self is transformed by her experiences with other people. She explains how the way that other people look at her changes the way she views herself, and transforms her completely. This relates to our society very well. Everyone cares what other people think, and that is what shaped us into the people we are today. If we didn’t care so much what other people think, we would have much more time to figure ourselves out. I also believe that this would have drawn us closer to spiritualism, and eventually leading us down the good

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