The Influence of History on the Present and the Future of Human Beings

History is something that molds and shapes a person into who they are today. Thomas King shows this in his novel Truth and Bright Water through many of the characters. He not only lets you see how the aboriginal people’s history has affected their lives today, but also how the personal history of some characters has affected their lives. A person’s past can help one understand why they live their life the way they do; it is the answer to any question you had about them. All the minor events that go on throughout the novel explain how history affects an individual’s identity and Franklin, aunt Cassie and Monroe are excellent examples.

Buddha, a man who devoted himself to years of contemplation and self-denial, once said “do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”. Thinking too much about times gone by typically keeps your mind stuck in neutral. Existing in an earlier life could result in revisiting feelings of anger, guilt, resentment, sorrow, or shame. Obsessing about the people and events precipitating such negative feelings can lead to endless rethinking. Becoming increasingly lifeless, or infatuated, thinking really cannot progress toward any resolution. Ultimately, it is pointless to employ memory to hold onto what may have been lost many years ago. As a result of not letting go of the past, it is possible to be robbed of present opportunities. Often, in many novels the characters are still dwelling on their past in the present. In The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the author demonstrates how George Wilson and Jay Gatsby are held hostage by their pasts with little hope for their futures.

A person’s past will always be with them; it defines them and can influence the perception of them to those around him. Their past can impact their future and their morals. There are many characters to choose from to write about this topic but I prefer a certain one. This person’s past affects everyone around him and helps aid the book in the right direction.

History matters a lot for each human life. First of all, it helps us to understand

Even though a vast majority of us wish that it was possible to turn back the hands of time and change or rewrite history. However, the truth of the matter is that we simply cannot. Everything happens for a reason, and we should learn to accept it. Accept it for what it is, rather than what we would like it to be.

Remembering the past is important, your past is how you got to where you are now. The past has helped shape who you are today. Although you can help change your future, the past is unchanged you can never change the past, the past is something that will always be with you, and it’s part of who you are. When you can’t remember the past you will have a hard time preparing for the future. Remembering is important for Jews, and non-Jews because when you stop remembering your past you start to lose your identity, and can’t learn from yours, or others mistakes.

Most people believe that the only way to get they want is to go to war or revolt against those who treat them badly. Some people also fear that good and honest people will turn to this type of violence to get what they want because it worked in the past. Look how the Pueblo Indians dealt with the Spanish, how Thomas Paine believed the only way to get their freedom from Britain was to encourage everyone to join the fight, and how Thoreau was afraid of expanding America because it meant the increase in slavery and in the chance slaves would turn on the United States of America to win their own freedom. History can be used to learn about our past and to see how it has affected the way the world acts today.

Among their past having a great effect on their present self, Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, Willie Bodega in Bodega Dreams and Eric Carmen the composer of Boats Against the Current remain hopeful in trying to achieve their goal. The authors and writers of these pieces of literature all talk about a character's past with one another and then moves to the present and has them with a different character. This takes a toll on Gatsby and Bodega as they both try to show the love they once had, but both fail trying to do so. Although some may say your past is in the past, i believe that your past can greatly influence your present and future self as shown by Fitzgerald, Quinonez and Eric Carmen by the use of symbolism and characterization.

People often become trapped in past memories and devote all their energy to recreating those events. This is true of The Great Gatsby as seen in the quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "So we beat on; boats against the current; borne back ceaselessly into the past." Obsession can often evolve into idolization preventing personal growth. Dwelling on the past can adversely impact one's life. Becoming obsessed with, and consistently trying to re-live, the past will stifle one's ability to grow, mature and move on with their life.

In this paper, I will be outlining the costs and benefits of social and technological fixes, and then I will be assessing the use of social and technological fixes of air pollution through the use of automobiles.

You can’t repeat the past. Yes, you heard right, as much as we want to stay in the moment it won’t last endlessly sadly. Now there are those that take to accept that reality and those who refute it and try to do their best to avert the inevitable. There is a great book that depicts this perfectly, and that is The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald. One of the main characters Gatsby believes you can repeat the past.

Psychologists at NPR’s Health News channel say that “When memories never fade, the past can poison the present...”. Not only is it unhealthy to live in the past, it’s impossible, as evident in The Great Gatsby. “...his life had been confused and disorderly since then, but if he could return once more to that certain starting place, he could figure it all out...” (Fitzgerald, pg 71). What’s done is done, what’s gone is gone. We have only the present to take hold of, and the future to dream in.

Indeed, the idea that the past can be changed is first discussed by Pike himself while he addresses a paper written by John Saunders. In said paper, Pike describes two types of facts about the past: “hard” facts, which are finished in the past, and “soft” facts, which depend at least partially on events in the future to be true. Pike concedes that “soft” facts about the past can be changed, as they aren’t considered true until an event in the future comes to

American society is known for having the highest standard of living across the globe; this is solely due to the consumerist culture that is brought forth by capitalism. Americans in the U.S. take pride in these standards and in the freedoms that this democratic nation has established. The 20th century will always be remembered in American history as a century of radical changes on the social and political fronts of the nation. Literature, too, evolved quickly from specific, compartmentalized fields which fit into categories, to works which had no set definition—nobody knew what to do with them. These changes also took place in poetry; artistic expression began to change across the arts and so did the mediums. Poets across the nation

     There is no empirical evidence that the past to carry on to the future. If the past has no rule for the future, experience becomes useless. It is then that customs render the future. “ the mind is carried by custom to except heat