Grok

lies in the word “grok,” as it is centrally significant to the way Mike sees the world. Although the meaning of the word can never be translated into English, it is clear that “grokking” is something more than knowing—one who “groks” is connected to all other who “grok” and everybody and everything that is “grokked.” Within this, Mike finds a connection to the human God—just as God is a force that flows through everything in the universe, so is “grokking.” Just as all people “grok,” Mike believes that

Like on Mars, Michael spent the majority of his time thinking and attempting to grok. However, Michael did discover that he was different than humans. We learn that Mars is an advanced society in comparison to Earth, because there is no wrongness on Mars. In order to dispose of a wrongness, Martians are capable of making things “disappear

‘Son, you've got something on your mind.” “Yes.” “Do you want to talk it out?” “Yes. Father, it's always a great goodness to be with you, even if nothing is troubling me. But you are the only human I can talk to and know that you will grok and not be overwhelmed.” (Heinlein 414) Summing up the unique relationship that both Mike and Jubal share is placed in one word, mentorship. Mentorship is when one person, normally an elder or older individual, takes someone younger under

government officials in society are the equivalent to “Old Ones” in Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. They are the ones the Martians trust to guide them, and rightfully so as their creditability is built upon the fact the use the idea of grok, or fully understand situation, before acting or passing judgement on it. These reputable figureheads lead the Martian society, teach religion, philosophy and all the other fundamentals of life. Valentine Michael Smith raised by these Old Ones, a human

Jubal holds a perpetual fondness for sculptures, and throughout the novel they repeatedly betoken the fate of The Man from Mars, Valentine Michael Smith. After Michael left his mentor, Jubal, in order to teach humanity what he calls “Truth”, Jubal is visited by Ben Caxton, a liberal columnist and old friend to Jubal, who came to express his concerns for the untraditional sexual practices of the church that Mike founded. Before given a chance, Jubal shows his collection of sculptures, starting with

As a reader, Nora and Torvald Helmer encapsulate the stereotypes of a Victorian marriage. The women were notorious for their responsibilities in the household, keeping everything tidy for their husband who glorified them for attending to her duties at home and raising their children. The men on the other hand, were raised to assume that they must sustain and take charge of all financial duties. For those who can operate society successfully (white males with an income) life was a little bit more

ways. Cohen sees this task to be outside the capabilities of the justice system. The myriad of components that lead an individual to crime whether they are economic, psychological or otherwise, is too complex for the justice system to be able to grok fully. Cohen equates this project to the reconstructing of society as a whole. In order to truly be able to rehabilitate a single offender society itself might have to adjust in order to prevent this particular criminal from reoffending. Critics

“Well, well, this is a fine mess, huh?” Teena surveyed the divot in the side of the tree with pensive curiosity. She bit her lip while poking her fingers into the still smoldering cavity. I watched her in stunned silence, my ears still ringing. We'd dodged a disaster on this one. Teena had been confident in the work of her engineers. She'd wanted to take the weapon into battle untested. She owes yours truly an apology. We'd argued over the test. Teena had wanted to build a hunter's blind high in

Stranger in a Strange Land is a book written by Robert A. Heinlein that completely throws away the social mores of the late fifties/ early sixties society. The book opens with a ship returning from a trip to Mars with an interesting passenger, a man, Michael Valentine Smith who was the son of a previous voyage to Mars that was believed to be entirely dead. This was a human raised by Martians, who are an ancient race that has various powers that are discovered later in the book to be possessed by

Under the Surface Hydraulic fracturing, or hydro fracking, is a sizeable issue for many. The process includes pumping the fracking fluid, which is a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals deep below the surface to fracture the rock and free the natural gas. People are either in favor or against hydro fracking. There is no in-between. While it is highly controversial regarding the safety of hydrofracking, some argue it’s unsafe because it contaminates the ground water, facts show otherwise. Many